Upper secondary completion in Ghana

In Ghana, 45.0% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2003 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Ghana, 2024 45.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 44.1%

Upper secondary completion in Ghana over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2003 to 2024
Period Ghana
2024 45.0%
2023 44.1%
2022 47.9%
2017 35.7%
2014 35.8%
2011 12.6%
2010 12.5%
2009 27.6%
2006 6.6%
2003 4.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 44.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2003, when it was 4.5%, the figure has changed by +40.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2024 for Ghana
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org