Qualified primary teachers in Ghana
In Ghana, 89.3% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Ghana, 2024
89.3%
Change from 2021
+23.8percentage points
Position in 2024
48th of 79
Qualified primary teachers in Ghana over time
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% of primary teachers. 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 | 89.3% |
| 2021 | 65.5% |
| 2020 | 67.3% |
| 2019 | 61.5% |
| 2018 | 60.4% |
| 2017 | 55.4% |
| 2016 | 56.0% |
| 2015 | 54.7% |
| 2014 | 52.4% |
| 2013 | 53.3% |
| 2012 | 52.3% |
| 2011 | 50.6% |
| 2010 | 50.6% |
| 2009 | 47.6% |
| 2008 | 49.1% |
| 2007 | 53.0% |
| 2006 | 61.5%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2005 | 57.9% |
| 2004 | 68.0% |
| 2003 | 62.1% |
| 2002 | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 68.6% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- The previous available figure was 65.5% in 2021, a change of +23.8 percentage points.
- Since 2012, when it was 52.3%, the figure has changed by +37.1 percentage points.
- Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 48th highest value.
More for Ghana
All statistics for Ghana
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
27.5%
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Primary completion (UIS)
77.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
71.2%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
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