UIS · Education

Ghana: Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes

235,313count · 2024-62.3% since 2009

Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OFST.1.CP. Annual figures for Ghana from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2024235,313
2021472,753
2020492,043.017
2019251,230.993
2018364,440.028
2017299,178.047
201610,368.043
2014392,763.933
2012529,329.059
2011438,203.997
2009624,637UIS_EST
2008593,776UIS_EST
2007758,718UIS_EST
2006920,149UIS_EST
2005988,778UIS_EST
20031,166,795UIS_EST
20021,157,276UIS_EST
20011,282,007UIS_EST
20001,104,536UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ofst-1-cp (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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