Ghana — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1989–2025 · 36 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
The latest unemployment rate reading for Ghana was 2.98% in 2025. The previous reading was 2.82% in 2024; the period change was +0.16 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 3.28%.
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- Annual data, 1989–2025
- Quarterly data, 2022–2024
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.98 % |
| 2024 | 2.82 % |
| 2023 | 2.83 % |
| 2022 | 2.87 % |
| 2021 | 3.2 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 3.18 % |
| 2019 | 3.07 % |
| 2018 | 3.2 % |
| 2017 | 3.37 % |
| 2016 | 5.26 % |