Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ghana

Ghana: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
29th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9043 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ghana, 1999–2019

00.250.50.7511999200920191999: 0.904 GPI2000: 0.915 GPI2001: 0.925 GPI2002: 0.927 GPI2003: 0.93 GPI2004: 0.925 GPI2005: 0.939 GPI2006: 0.951 GPI2007: 0.964 GPI2008: 0.966 GPI2009: 0.966 GPI2011: 0.973 GPI2012: 0.983 GPI2013: 0.987 GPI2014: 0.991 GPI2015: 0.993 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ghana stood at 1.02 GPI. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ghana peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9043 GPI, in 1999.

Ghana ranks 29th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ghana, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Ghana, 1999 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.9043 GPI
2000 0.9146 GPI +1.1%
2001 0.9252 GPI +1.2%
2002 0.9272 GPI +0.2%
2003 0.9297 GPI +0.3%
2004 0.9251 GPI -0.5%
2005 0.9389 GPI +1.5%
2006 0.9507 GPI +1.3%
2007 0.9642 GPI +1.4%
2008 0.9662 GPI +0.2%
2009 0.9658 GPI -0.0%
2011 0.9729 GPI +0.7%
2012 0.9832 GPI +1.1%
2013 0.9868 GPI +0.4%
2014 0.9909 GPI +0.4%
2015 0.9934 GPI +0.2%
2016 1.01 GPI +1.4%
2017 1.01 GPI -0.0%
2018 1.01 GPI +0.4%
2019 1.02 GPI +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9043 GPI 0.9043 GPI 0.9043 GPI 1
2000s 0.9408 GPI 0.9146 GPI 0.9662 GPI 10
2010s 0.9967 GPI 0.9729 GPI 1.02 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 26 Belgium 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 27 Lesotho 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 28 Honduras 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 30 Malaysia 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 31 Samoa 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 32 Palestine, State of 1.02 GPI compare
  7. 32 Zambia 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ghana?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Ghana was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9043 GPI in 1999.
How does Ghana rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Ghana ranks 29th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,500 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary to male gross enrolment ratio for primary and lower secondary. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.