Data for 2010, 2012, and 2013 were not provided by the source. The source mentions that the number of out-of-school children is calculated by subtracting the number of primary school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school from the total population of the official primary school-age children.
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Children out of primary school in Ghana 2008-2021, by gender
As of 2021, over *** thousand primary-school-aged children in Ghana were not enrolled in school, the majority of whom were boys. The latter reached around *** thousand in number, while out-of-school female children added up to roughly *** thousand.
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World Bank. (October 26, 2023). Number of children unenrolled in primary schools in Ghana from 2008 to 2021, by gender [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 06, 2026, from /statistics/1119347/children-out-of-primary-school-in-ghana-by-gender/
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Number of children unenrolled in primary schools in Ghana from 2008 to 2021, by gender [Graph], World Bank, October 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1119347/children-out-of-primary-school-in-ghana-by-gender/
