Primary completion (UIS) in Ghana
In Ghana, 77.6% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024.
Ghana, 2024
77.6%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Ghana over time
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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ghana |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.6% |
| 2023 | 78.0% |
| 2022 | 71.5% |
| 2017 | 71.0% |
| 2014 | 65.8% |
| 2011 | 65.6% |
| 2010 | 64.1% |
| 2009 | 65.1% |
| 2006 | 70.3% |
| 2003 | 57.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 78.0% in 2023.
- Since 2003, when it was 57.8%, the figure has changed by +19.8 percentage points.
More for Ghana
All statistics for Ghana
Lower secondary completion
71.2%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
97.5%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
27.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
45.0%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
4.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
5.2%
2024 · UNESCO UIS