Ghana - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Ghana was 94.61 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 104.10 in 2012, while its lowest value was 45.46 in 1974.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 56.06
1972 50.75
1974 45.46
1975 45.74
1976 47.14
1977 48.71
1978 49.01
1979 49.12
1980 50.74
1981 52.82
1991 57.42
1992 59.51
1999 62.06
2000 64.73
2001 61.92
2002 63.63
2003 69.10
2004 62.00
2005 70.09
2006 67.54
2007 72.07
2008 77.72
2009 77.56
2011 85.30
2012 104.10
2013 93.81
2014 92.74
2015 98.39
2017 94.48
2018 94.61

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Ghana was 93.04 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 99.11 in 2015, while its lowest value was 57.14 in 1974.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 69.25
1972 62.86
1974 57.14
1975 59.32
1976 62.42
1977 64.28
1978 65.79
1979 65.24
1980 65.58
1981 70.03
1991 73.30
1992 75.36
1999 70.69
2000 73.25
2001 68.82
2002 70.42
2003 67.32
2004 72.38
2005 75.93
2006 71.23
2007 77.12
2008 82.19
2009 84.84
2011 90.72
2012 84.06
2013 95.80
2014 94.53
2015 99.11
2017 94.96
2018 93.04

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Ghana was 93.81 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 98.76 in 2015, while its lowest value was 51.45 in 1974.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 62.83
1972 56.96
1974 51.45
1975 52.70
1976 54.97
1977 56.68
1978 57.59
1979 57.36
1980 58.32
1981 61.61
1991 65.50
1992 67.57
1999 66.46
2000 69.08
2001 65.45
2002 67.10
2003 68.19
2004 67.30
2005 73.07
2006 69.43
2007 74.65
2008 80.00
2009 81.28
2011 88.07
2012 93.86
2013 94.82
2014 93.65
2015 98.76
2017 94.72
2018 93.81

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes