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Ghana - Primary Enrollment 1972

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

56.88% −2.21pp from 1971 Global rank: 71st

Ghana's primary enrollment was 56.88% in 1972, decreased +2.21pp from 59.09% in 1971. This was the 71st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Micronesia, Federated States of	212.53%	-1.0%
2nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	164.01%	10.1%
3rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	163.34%	21.3%
4th	Grenada	138.20%	-0.7%
5th	Brunei Darussalam	131.94%	2.1%
6th	Monaco	131.62%	-3.8%
7th	Gabon	128.83%	1.7%
8th	British Virgin Islands	122.99%	-6.1%
9th	Suriname	118.03%	-3.5%
10th	Vanuatu	118.00%	-4.4%
11th	Cuba	117.97%	2.8%
12th	Kiribati	116.20%	22.2%
13th	Puerto Rico (US)	114.50%	1.1%
14th	Trinidad and Tobago	113.20%	0.9%
15th	Panama	112.99%	3.1%
16th	São Tomé and Principe	111.69%	10.2%
17th	Jamaica	111.59%	2.0%
18th	Dominica	111.06%	-0.7%
19th	Congo, Republic of	108.77%	5.1%
20th	Peru	108.63%	0.6%
21st	China	107.22%	-4.6%
22nd	Fiji	105.96%	1.2%
23rd	Argentina	105.92%	-0.2%
24th	Tunisia	103.67%	-1.9%
25th	Bermuda	103.64%	-1.7%
26th	Belize	103.32%	-1.5%
27th	Gibraltar	102.00%	11.9%
28th	Bahamas, The	101.31%	-3.6%
29th	Seychelles	101.12%	0.6%
30th	Barbados	101.11%	-2.9%
31st	Belarus	100.89%	-0.1%
32nd	St. Lucia	99.92%	5.8%
33rd	Guyana	99.74%	-0.3%
34th	Paraguay	99.68%	-4.9%
35th	Philippines	97.47%	-2.1%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.24%	-0.5%
37th	Bahrain	96.21%	-0.3%
38th	Mongolia	95.70%	1.3%
39th	Sri Lanka	95.11%	-9.8%
40th	Cayman Islands	94.97%	-
41st	Libya	93.98%	11.3%
42nd	Cameroon	90.39%	-2.1%
43rd	Antigua and Barbuda	90.21%	24.9%
44th	Zambia	89.58%	3.0%
45th	Nauru	88.37%	15.1%
46th	Lesotho	86.84%	0.8%
47th	Samoa	86.49%	2.2%
48th	Indonesia	85.59%	0.8%
49th	Madagascar	85.30%	4.7%
50th	Myanmar	85.28%	-1.4%
51st	Syrian Arab Republic	83.60%	4.9%
52nd	Eswatini	82.99%	4.5%
53rd	Honduras	82.83%	1.9%
54th	El Salvador	82.21%	-2.2%
55th	Kuwait	80.22%	1.6%
56th	Algeria	79.23%	6.9%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	75.99%	10.1%
58th	Solomon Islands	73.18%	-0.2%
59th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	70.85%	1.5%
60th	Nicaragua	70.51%	-1.4%
61st	Iraq	70.37%	0.8%
62nd	Zimbabwe	69.56%	5.6%
63rd	Cabo Verde	69.28%	23.8%
64th	Angola	67.91%	8.6%
65th	Togo	66.70%	9.1%
66th	Kenya	65.23%	5.7%
67th	Botswana	64.67%	1.0%
68th	Bangladesh	62.13%	25.1%
69th	Lao PDR	61.55%	6.3%
70th	Guatemala	59.97%	2.1%
71st	Ghana	56.88%	-3.7%
72nd	Côte d'Ivoire	56.75%	-0.1%
73rd	Haiti	54.51%	4.5%
74th	Morocco	53.57%	2.3%
75th	Central African Republic	52.87%	-1.7%
76th	Malawi	49.60%	16.8%
77th	Nigeria	49.55%	9.7%
78th	Papua New Guinea	47.21%	1.2%
79th	Pakistan	45.31%	0.3%
80th	Cambodia	42.57%	40.6%
81st	Tanzania	39.64%	6.6%
82nd	Mozambique	38.32%	-12.2%
83rd	Liberia	37.52%	2.8%
84th	Uganda	37.35%	-4.1%
85th	Senegal	36.60%	-0.2%
86th	Sierra Leone	36.09%	3.6%
87th	Comoros	35.27%	-0.2%
88th	Benin	34.34%	8.2%
89th	Guinea-Bissau	33.74%	16.7%
90th	Afghanistan	32.96%	1.3%
91st	Chad	30.73%	-1.9%
92nd	Burundi	26.97%	-3.4%
93rd	Guinea	26.07%	-16.1%
94th	Mali	23.58%	4.5%
95th	Gambia, The	21.13%	-1.4%
96th	Bhutan	21.13%	7.1%
97th	Mauritania	16.23%	4.8%
98th	Burkina Faso	12.95%	3.7%
99th	Niger	11.71%	4.0%
100th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	8.05%	16.9%

FAQ

What was Ghana's primary enrollment in 1972?▾

Ghana's primary enrollment in 1972 was 56.88%. This ranked 71st globally.

How did Ghana's primary enrollment change in 1972?▾

Ghana's primary enrollment decreased by 3.7% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 1972?▾

Micronesia, Federated States of had the highest primary enrollment in 1972 at 212.53%.

What is the primary enrollment of Ghana in 1972?▾

The primary enrollment of Ghana in 1972 was 56.88%. This ranked 71st globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Ghana's primary enrollment?▾

Ghana's primary enrollment went from 59.09% in 1971 to 56.88% in 1972, a 3.7% decrease.

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