Ghana's persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) was 91.39% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.66 percentage points from 86.73% in 2016.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 91.39% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 86.73% | 2016 |
| Highest | 98.43% | 1975 |
| Lowest | 54.85% | 2002 |
| Average since 2013 | 86.01% | 2013–2021 |
| First recorded | 77.08% | 1971 |
Over five years it is up 4.66 percentage points from 86.73% in 2016. Since 1971 it is up 14.31 percentage points from 77.08% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 35 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 32.46 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 38.35 percentage points in 2002. 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 2021, Ghana had the 12th highest value of the 17 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 91.39% | 2021 |
| World | 77.64% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.98% | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 72.62% | 2023 |
Closest to Ghana in the 2021 ranking
- Qatar — 9th of 17: 95.48%
- Cabo Verde — 10th of 17: 94.62%
- Algeria — 11th of 17: 91.92%
- Uruguay — 13th of 17: 90.98%
- Colombia — 14th of 17: 89.84%
- Côte d'Ivoire — 15th of 17: 63.8%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 16 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 91.39 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 80.83 |
| 2016 | 86.73 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 85.1 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Benin — 53.9% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 26.53% (2022)
- Burundi — 45.73% (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 94.62% (2021)
- Cameroon — 60.99% (2023)
- Chad — 71.52% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 72.63% (2020)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 63.8% (2021)
- Eritrea — 80.15% (2017)
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 persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)?
- 91.39% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 14.31 percentage points from 77.08% in 1971. The highest value was 98.43% in 1975 and the lowest 54.85% in 2002.
- How does Ghana rank?
- 12th highest of 17 economies with data for 2021.
- 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.PRSL.MA.ZS, 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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