Girls in primary school in Ghana

Girls in primary school in Ghana: 0% in 1820 and 86.6% in 2019, by Our World in Data estimates.

Latest, 2019: 86.6%
Since 1820: +86.6 percentage points

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% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

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What the numbers say

The highest was 89.5% in 2015, the lowest 0% in 1820.

Every year

% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

Year	Ghana	World
2019	86.6	–
2018	85.1	88.2
2017	85.8	88.2
2016	87.1	88.3
2015	89.5	88.2
2014	87.2	88.3
2013	85.1	88.2
2012	–	88.2
2011	80.7	88.1
2010	–	87.9
2009	72.5	87.9
2008	73.6	87.6
2007	68.2	87.2
2006	63.1	86
2005	63.3	85.4
2004	–	84.7
2003	59.6	83.5
2002	59.5	81.4
2001	56.8	81
2000	61.5	80.7
1999	57.9	79.9
1998	–	78.9
1997	–	78.1
1996	–	77.9
1995	–	78
1994	–	78.3
1993	–	78
1992	–	77.7
1991	–	77.8
1990	–	77.3
1989	–	77.6
1988	–	76.6
1987	–	75.8
1986	–	75.3
1985	–	74
1980	44.4	75.8
1975	42.4	72.9
1970	37.5	69
1965	56.3	66
1960	25	63.1
1955	27	57.4
1950	12	51.4
1945	9.3	43.5
1940	7.2	40
1935	5.5	38.2
1930	4.2	36.4
1925	3.2	33
1920	2.4	30.5
1915	1.9	29.2
1910	1.4	28.1
1905	1.1	25.1
1900	0.8	23.3
1895	0.6	21.8
1890	0.5	20
1885	0.4	19
1880	0.3	17.2
1875	0.2	15.7
1870	0.2	13.2
1865	0.1	10.6
1860	0.1	9.3
1855	0.1	8
1850	0.1	6.8
1845	0	5.9
1840	0	5.2
1835	0	4.5
1830	0	4
1825	0	3.5
1820	0	3.1

Good to know

The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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