Education and Work (v2.1)
Mean years education of adults aged 20+
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Total | 6.20 | 6.15 | 6.09 | 6.03 | 5.97 | 5.91 | 5.86 | 5.80 | 5.74 | 5.86 | 5.98 | 6.10 | 6.32 | 6.54 | 6.53 | 6.51 | 6.50 | 6.81 | 7.11 | 7.42 | 7.36 | 7.31 | 7.25 | 6.92 | 7.08 | 7.24 | 7.40 | 7.56 | 7.72 | |||
| Ashanti | 6.30 | 6.34 | 6.39 | 6.44 | 6.49 | 6.54 | 6.58 | 6.63 | 6.68 | 6.83 | 6.99 | 7.14 | 7.42 | 7.69 | 7.48 | 7.28 | 7.07 | 7.52 | 7.98 | 8.43 | 8.34 | 8.25 | 8.16 | 7.62 | 7.82 | 8.02 | 8.21 | 8.41 | 8.61 | |||
| Brong Ahafo | 4.99 | 5.06 | 5.14 | 5.21 | 5.28 | 5.36 | 5.43 | 5.51 | 5.58 | 5.78 | 5.97 | 6.17 | 5.91 | 5.65 | 5.54 | 5.43 | 5.32 | 5.71 | 6.09 | 6.48 | 6.50 | 6.51 | 6.53 | 6.71 | 6.76 | 6.82 | 6.87 | 6.92 | 6.97 | |||
| Central | 6.05 | 5.94 | 5.83 | 5.72 | 5.61 | 5.50 | 5.39 | 5.28 | 5.17 | 5.30 | 5.43 | 5.56 | 5.88 | 6.19 | 6.30 | 6.41 | 6.52 | 6.89 | 7.27 | 7.64 | 7.48 | 7.33 | 7.17 | 7.32 | 7.43 | 7.55 | 7.66 | 7.77 | 7.88 | |||
| Eastern | 7.02 | 6.94 | 6.86 | 6.78 | 6.70 | 6.62 | 6.54 | 6.46 | 6.38 | 6.47 | 6.57 | 6.66 | 6.96 | 7.26 | 7.20 | 7.14 | 7.08 | 7.30 | 7.52 | 7.74 | 7.69 | 7.64 | 7.59 | 7.75 | 7.86 | 7.97 | 8.08 | 8.19 | 8.30 | |||
| Greater Accra | 9.17 | 9.12 | 9.06 | 9.00 | 8.94 | 8.88 | 8.83 | 8.77 | 8.71 | 8.81 | 8.90 | 9.00 | 9.18 | 9.35 | 9.35 | 9.34 | 9.34 | 9.44 | 9.54 | 9.64 | 9.60 | 9.57 | 9.53 | 9.09 | 9.31 | 9.53 | 9.75 | 9.97 | 10.2 | |||
| Northern | 1.57 | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.67 | 1.70 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 1.81 | 1.84 | 2.04 | 2.23 | 2.43 | 2.48 | 2.53 | 2.55 | 2.56 | 2.58 | 2.73 | 2.89 | 3.04 | 3.17 | 3.30 | 3.43 | 2.87 | 3.20 | 3.53 | 3.85 | 4.18 | 4.51 | |||
| Upper East | 2.77 | 2.64 | 2.50 | 2.36 | 2.22 | 2.08 | 1.95 | 1.81 | 1.67 | 1.84 | 2.00 | 2.17 | 2.49 | 2.80 | 2.63 | 2.47 | 2.30 | 2.75 | 3.19 | 3.64 | 3.73 | 3.81 | 3.90 | 3.86 | 4.25 | 4.63 | 5.02 | 5.40 | 5.79 | |||
| Upper West | 1.69 | 1.74 | 1.79 | 1.84 | 1.89 | 1.94 | 1.99 | 2.04 | 2.09 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.11 | 2.48 | 2.85 | 2.87 | 2.90 | 2.92 | 3.08 | 3.24 | 3.40 | 3.53 | 3.65 | 3.78 | 3.73 | 3.90 | 4.07 | 4.23 | 4.40 | 4.57 | |||
| Volta | 5.64 | 5.71 | 5.77 | 5.83 | 5.89 | 5.95 | 6.02 | 6.08 | 6.14 | 5.94 | 5.74 | 5.54 | 5.83 | 6.12 | 6.11 | 6.10 | 6.09 | 6.35 | 6.60 | 6.86 | 6.72 | 6.59 | 6.45 | 6.07 | 6.34 | 6.60 | 6.87 | 7.13 | 7.40 | |||
| Western | 6.39 | 6.39 | 6.40 | 6.41 | 6.42 | 6.43 | 6.43 | 6.44 | 6.45 | 6.53 | 6.62 | 6.70 | 7.15 | 7.60 | 7.25 | 6.91 | 6.56 | 7.03 | 7.50 | 7.97 | 7.77 | 7.56 | 7.36 | 7.64 | 7.75 | 7.86 | 7.96 | 8.07 | 8.18 | |||
Lighter numbers are estimates