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Ghana: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes

17.00percent · 2024-38.6% since 2007

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T3.CP. Annual figures for Ghana from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.996
202114.709
202014.933
201913.589
201816.968
201716.354
201612.494
201418.705
200924.737UIS_EST
200824.396UIS_EST
200727.669UIS_EST
200633.016UIS_EST
200537.696UIS_EST
200344.919UIS_EST
200243.736UIS_EST
200147.079UIS_EST
200043.991UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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Ghana: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (2000–2024) · Interva