Literacy rate in the country is now at 69.8 per cent, a report of the 2021 Population and Housing Census conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service has indicated.
This is an improvement on the statistics of the 2010 census, when the rate was 67.1 per cent.
The 2021 data cover people from age six and above who can read and write in any language.
Of the number, males make up 74.1 per cent, while females constitute 65.4 per cent.
The Greater Accra Region has the highest figure of 87.9 per cent, while the Savannah Region recorded the lowest of 32.8 per cent.
Titled: “Ghana 2021 Population and housing census general report volume 3D, literacy and education”, the report also presents the educational profile of the population — three years and older and literacy of persons six years and older.
The data on literacy, school attendance and educational attainment are disaggregated by sex, age, type of locality and region of residence.
The highlights on literacy pertain to three age brackets: six years and older, 11 years and older and 15 years and older, while education is three years and older, 15 years and older and 18 years and older.
