Enrolment in lower secondary education, male in Ghana

Ghana: Enrolment in lower secondary education, male was 847,096 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
847,096 number
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
40th
of 192 countries
All-time high
847,096 number
in 2019
All-time low
435,191 number
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2019

Enrolment in lower secondary education, male in Ghana, 1999–2019

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1999200920191999: 435.2k number2000: 455.2k number2001: 436.8k number2002: 468.5k number2003: 469.0k number2004: 498.8k number2005: 548.2k number2006: 592.7k number2007: 605.6k number2008: 652.9k number2009: 677.7k number2011: 715.7k number2012: 729.0k number2013: 759.9k number2014: 765.2k number2015: 822.5k number2016: 823.7k number2017: 823.3k number2018: 837.0k number2019: 847.1k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, enrolment in lower secondary education, male in Ghana stood at 847,096 number. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in lower secondary education, male in Ghana peaked at 847,096 number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 435,191 number, in 1999.

Ghana ranks 40th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 435,191 number 435,191 number 435,191 number 1
2000s 540,532 number 436,822 number 677,717 number 10
2010s 791,500 number 715,712 number 847,096 number 9

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  3. 39 Spain 861,617 number compare
  4. 41 Cameroon 825,570 number compare
  5. 42 Saudi Arabia 800,664 number compare
  6. 43 Iraq 774,398 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in lower secondary education, male in Ghana?
Enrolment in lower secondary education, male in Ghana was 847,096 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in lower secondary education, male recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 847,096 number in 2019.
What is the lowest enrolment in lower secondary education, male recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 435,191 number in 1999.
How does Ghana rank for enrolment in lower secondary education, male?
Ghana ranks 40th out of 192 countries with data for 2019.
Is enrolment in lower secondary education, male rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enrolment in lower secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
237 places, 4,657 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private lower secondary education institutions regardless of age.