Ghana: Children out of school, primary, female

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 78.5% in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 29.5% in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Ghana had the 15th highest value of the 72 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Ghana in the 2024 ranking

• Honduras — 12th of 72: 162,426
• Zimbabwe — 13th of 72: 151,054
• Brazil — 14th of 72: 128,826
• Guatemala — 16th of 72: 98,449
• Ukraine — 17th of 72: 91,122
• Lebanon — 18th of 72: 71,222

What this measures

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Limitations: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 19 values

Children out of school, primary, female in nearby economies

• Benin — 136,278 (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 659,756 (2024)
• Burundi — 309,603 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 14,764 (2022)
• Cameroon — 251,398 (2019)
• Chad — 519,892 (2024)
• Comoros — 10,666 (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 84,011 (2023)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 337,596 (2024)
• Equatorial Guinea — 62,954 (2015)
• Eritrea

More education data for Ghana

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 4.98 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.97% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 100.67% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 101.25% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 122,558 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.02 (2020)

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Questions people ask

What is Ghana's children out of school, primary, female?

99,325 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is down 85.58% from 688,955 in 1999 (7.45% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 688,955 in 1999 and the lowest 99,325 in 2024.

How does Ghana rank?

15th highest of 72 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER.FE, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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