School age population, early childhood educational development program in Ghana

Ghana: School age population, early childhood educational development program was 1.22 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.22 million number
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
9th
of 92 countries
All-time high
1.22 million number
in 2019
All-time low
810,754 number
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

School age population, early childhood educational development program in Ghana, 1998–2019

0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1998200820191998: 810.8k number1999: 822.2k number2000: 836.4k number2001: 850.8k number2002: 868.5k number2003: 886.9k number2004: 904.6k number2005: 916.7k number2006: 929.8k number2007: 942.8k number2008: 955.1k number2009: 967.9k number2010: 984.2k number2011: 1.0M number2012: 1.0M number2013: 1.1M number2014: 1.2M number2015: 1.2M number2016: 1.2M number2017: 1.2M number2018: 1.2M number2019: 1.2M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development program in Ghana is 1.22 million number, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development program in Ghana peaked at 1.22 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 810,754 number, in 1998.

Ghana ranks 9th of 92 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 816,454 number 810,754 number 822,155 number 2
2000s 905,933 number 836,369 number 967,860 number 10
2010s 1.13 million number 984,246 number 1.22 million number 10

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 6 South Africa 1.70 million number compare
  2. 7 Myanmar 1.35 million number compare
  3. 8 Turkey 1.31 million number compare
  4. 10 Yemen 1.21 million number compare
  5. 11 Germany 1.19 million number compare
  6. 12 Argentina 1.10 million number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, early childhood educational development program in Ghana?
School age population, early childhood educational development program in Ghana was 1.22 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development program recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 1.22 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development program recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 810,754 number in 1998.
How does Ghana rank for school age population, early childhood educational development program?
Ghana ranks 9th out of 92 countries with data for 2019.
Is school age population, early childhood educational development program rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. 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 School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
131 places, 2,087 data points, 1972–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood educational development education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/