Labour force participation in Ghana
The ILO estimates that 58.5% of people aged 15 and over in Ghana were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Ghana, 2025
58.5%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
114th of 181
Labour force participation in Ghana over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.5% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 59.1% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 59.1% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 59.1% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 60.4% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 61.6% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 63.7% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 65.3% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 66.9% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 68.1% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 59.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 69.3%, the figure has changed by −10.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Ghana has the 114th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Ghana
All statistics for Ghana
Women's labour force participation
55.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
56.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
5.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
34.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
18.3%
2025 · World Bank