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Ghana districts ranked: education index and BECE pass rate

258 districts ranked on the 2021/22 education index, out of 261 on the register. Awutu Senya East Municipal (Central) is first and Ayawaso North Municipal (Greater Accra) is last. The best BECE pass rate we can source is 99.0% in Nanumba South, from 2016/17. Districts are ranked, individual schools never are.

Districts ranked
258
2021/22 education index
Top district
Awutu Senya East Municipal
Central Region, rank 1
BECE pass rate, top
99.0%
Nanumba South, 2016/17
Districts in Ghana
261
2 without a 2021/22 score

Top 20 districts on the education index, 2021/22

Rank 1 is highest. The ranks for the two earlier editions sit beside it. The trend line shows rank only.

Top 20 districts on the education index, 2021/22
DistrictRegion2021/222020/212019/20ScoreTrend
Awutu Senya East MunicipalCentral12492.1
Ayawaso West MunicipalGreater Accra2363882.5
La Dade-Kotopon MunicipalGreater Accra315017777.1
Atwima Nwabiagya MunicipalAshanti4151572.5
Assin SouthCentral5666271.1
Kasena Nankana MunicipalUpper East621119370.2
Bolgatanga MunicipalUpper East7495469.1
STMAWestern822521869
New Juaben South MunicipalEastern910111668.1
Upper Denkyira East MunicipalCentral10253167.2
Builsa North MunicipalUpper East1118616867
Sekyere EastAshanti12596366.6
Kasena Nankana WestUpper East13905866.2
Agona West MunicipalCentral14636764.8
Tano North MunicipalAhafo15628564.2
CCMACentral16525364
Asikuma Odoben BrakwaCentral1716417463.9
Wa MunicipalUpper West18161663.8
Akwapim North MunicipalEastern19687363.7
Adansi AsokwaAshanti2017112463.6

Source: UNICEF Ghana and CDD-Ghana, 2022. A composite score, ranked inside each edition. Our table.

Lowest 20 districts, 2021/22

  1. 261. Ayawaso North Municipal6.73
  2. 260. Adaklu8.31
  3. 259. Ahafo Ano South West8.89
  4. 258. Ahafo Ano South East8.89
  5. 257. Ablekuma Central Municipal12.6
  6. 256. Kpandai13.8
  7. 255. Central Gonja15.9
  8. 254. North East Gonja17.1
  9. 253. Nanumba North Municipal18.1
  10. 252. Savelugu Municipal19.6
  11. 251. Sene East22
  12. 250. Kumbungu22.4
  13. 249. Nanumba South24
  14. 248. Sawla Tuna Kalba24.5
  15. 247. Kpone Katamanso Municipal25
  16. 246. Ketu South Municipal25.5
  17. 245. Gomoa East25.8
  18. 244. North Gonja27.2
  19. 243. Kwabre East27.5
  20. 242. Sekyere Afram Plains27.7

Source: UNICEF Ghana and CDD-Ghana, 2022.

BECE pass rate by district, 2016/17

Average pass rate across the four core subjects, on the district boundaries of that year.

Highest ten

  1. Nanumba South Northern, 99.0%
  2. Bodi Western North, 98.9%
  3. Sefwi Akontombra Western North, 98.9%
  4. Upper Denkyira West Central, 98.8%
  5. Ejura Sekyedumase Municipal Ashanti, 98.7%
  6. Upper Denkyira East Municipal Central, 98.7%
  7. Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Western North, 98.4%
  8. Adansi North Ashanti, 98.1%
  9. Wassa Amenfi Central Western, 97.5%
  10. Sunyani Municipal Bono, 97.4%

Lowest ten

  1. Kadjebi Oti, 41.4%
  2. Nadowli Kaleo Upper West, 40.7%
  3. Talensi Upper East, 40.7%
  4. Jirapa Municipal Upper West, 40.6%
  5. Krachi West Municipal Oti, 36.8%
  6. Lawra Municipal Upper West, 35.3%
  7. Tatale Sanguli Northern, 33.2%
  8. Nandom Municipal Upper West, 32.1%
  9. Pusiga Upper East, 31.5%
  10. Krachi Nchumuru Oti, 28.4%

Source: UNICEF Ghana and CDD-Ghana (with MLGRD), 2019. 201 districts matched to today's register.

Median score by region

The middle district score in each region for 2021/22. Our calculation.

  1. Central59.3 (22 districts)
  2. Upper East57.5 (15 districts)
  3. Ahafo55.3 (6 districts)
  4. Ashanti53 (41 districts)
  5. Western52 (14 districts)
  6. Upper West50.1 (11 districts)
  7. Greater Accra49 (29 districts)
  8. Eastern46.3 (33 districts)
  9. Western North46 (9 districts)
  10. Bono East42.9 (10 districts)
  11. Bono42.8 (12 districts)
  12. Volta42.5 (18 districts)
  13. North East42.2 (6 districts)
  14. Oti40.5 (9 districts)
  15. Northern33 (16 districts)
  16. Savannah27.2 (7 districts)

Source: UNICEF Ghana and CDD-Ghana, 2022.

How these tables are built

Scores and ranks come from the District League Tables. The rank is worked out within each edition over every district the report scores. Download every district input as a CSV to recompute them. Districts created or renamed since the report are matched to today's register where the match is certain, and left out where it is not. Sources are on How we compile this.

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Questions about Ghana's districts ranked

Which district is number one in Ghana for education?
Awutu Senya East Municipal in Central Region ranks first of 258 districts on the 2021/22 District League Table education index. It ranked 2 in 2020/21. The index is a composite score, not a pass rate.
Which district has the best BECE results?
On the 2016/17 District League Table II, Nanumba South in Northern Region has the highest BECE pass rate, 99.0%, averaged over the four core subjects. That is the newest district pass rate we can source, and it uses the district boundaries of that year.
Which district is last in Ghana for education?
Ayawaso North Municipal in Greater Accra Region ranks last of 258 on the 2021/22 index. A low rank describes a district's measured inputs and outcomes together, and it moves from year to year.
Can I compare a district's score across years?
No. The scores jump in level between editions, so each year is ranked on its own and only ranks within a year are shown side by side.
Do you have WASSCE results by district?
No. District-level WASSCE results are not published in a form we can source, so we show none. We will not estimate them.
Do you rank schools?
No. We hold no school-level results, so the ranking stops at the district.

See also regions ranked.