Ghana
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
30% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
4,431,837 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
4,491,935 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
21%
Source: UNSDG, 2014
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
67
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
37%
Source: DHS, 2008
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
87%
Source: DHS, 2014
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
9
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 91%
(2017)
-
Upper secondary 76%
(2017)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 73%
-
Male 69%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 50%
-
Male 45%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 35%
-
Male 36%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 6%
-
Male 7%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school
-
Female 6%
-
Male 8%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school
-
Female 22%
-
Male 16%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
Accelerated Learning Program
Project/Program
African Women Making A Difference
Network/Convening/Conference
Better Life, Better Future
Project/Program
CAMFED Association
Project/Program
Clean Water Wells
Project/Program
Community Action Plan
Project/Program
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Research Project/Report/Study
DeliverED Initiative
Project/Program
EQWIP HUBs
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education and Training
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
First Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence for Development Impact Project
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender-Responsive Education and Transformation
Project/Program
Getting Back to Kindergarten School Safely
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Ghana Secondary Education Improvement Project
Project/Program
Girls - Participatory Approaches to Students Success (PASS) in Ghana
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Girls' Empowerment Program (GEP)
Project/Program
Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Network/Convening/Conference
Her Choice
Research Project/Report/Study
IDInsight: COVID-19 Response Research
Project/Program
Leading Community Action for Vulnerable Girls: Young African women at the forefront of COVID-19
Project/Program
Learn4Work
Project/Program
LitClub
Project/Program
Lively Minds Programme
Project/Program
Making Ghanaian Girls Great! (MGCubed)
Project/Program
National Kindergarten School Design Review
Research Project/Report/Study
Partnership for Research on Progress and Resilience in Education (PREPARE)
Research Project/Report/Study
Piloting Strategies to Reduce Anemia Among Women in the Fishing Industry in Ghana
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Safe to Learn
Project/Program
Secondary School Bursaries
Project/Program
Service-learning for WASH in schools
Project/Program
Strategic Approaches to Girls' Education (STAGE)
Project/Program
Teach to Reach Remote Classrooms (TRC)
Teacher Professional Development
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of COVID-19 on Young Women
Project/Program
Train for Tomorrow, Ghana
Project/Program
Transformational Teacher Training for Kindergarten Teachers in the Eastern Region of Ghana
Project/Program
Transformational Teacher Training in partnership with the University of Winneba
Project/Program
Virtual and Distance Learning COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program
Project/Program
World Teacher
Project/Program
Youth Clubs
Project/Program
Youth Enterprise
Project/Program
Youth Forward Initiative
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth Think Tank