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Education > Primary education Stats: compare key data on Ghana & Nigeria

Definitions

  • Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Pupils > Per capita: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Pupils per 1000: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Teachers per 1000: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Ghana Nigeria HISTORY
Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 79th. The same as Nigeria
6 years
Ranked 114th.

Pupils 2.93 million
Ranked 25th.
22.27 million
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Ghana

Pupils > % female 47.93% female
Ranked 61st. 7% more than Nigeria
44.88% female
Ranked 94th.

Pupils > Per capita 0.132 per capita
Ranked 56th.
0.158 per capita
Ranked 29th. 20% more than Ghana

Pupils per 1000 137
Ranked 46th.
159.52
Ranked 33th. 16% more than Ghana

Teachers 89,278
Ranked 19th.
598,981
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Ghana

Teachers > % female 31.08% female
Ranked 80th.
50.82% female
Ranked 60th. 64% more than Ghana

Teachers > Per capita 4.04 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th.
4.24 per 1,000 people
Ranked 52nd. 5% more than Ghana

Teachers per 1000 4.17
Ranked 54th.
4.29
Ranked 53th. 3% more than Ghana

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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