Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Ghana or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 3.78 million number against 243,537 number in Ghana as of 2019.

What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

3.54 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Ghana

243,537 number

in 2019

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

3.78 million number

in 2019

Ghana rank

30th

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank

31st

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

Ghana
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 3.78 million number against 243,537 number in Ghana, a difference of 3.54 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 15.5 times Ghana's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 30th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.74 million number	5.79 million number	4.06 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s	1.32 million number	4.32 million number	3.01 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s	338,601 number	3.95 million number	3.61 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Ghana or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 3.78 million number against 243,537 number in Ghana as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 3.54 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Ghana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Ghana ranks 30th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,726 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/