Share of employees in the agricultural sector in Ghana 2012-2022

Published by
Doris Dokua Sasu,
Nov 4, 2024
In 2022, the employment in the agricultural sector as share of total employment in Ghana remained nearly unchanged at around 39.74 percent. Still, 2022 marked the second consecutive decline of the share.
Employment in agriculture is the share of individuals working in agriculture, hunting, forestry, and fishing in order to produce a good or service for profit or pay from the total employed. The data covers people working in a certain period, or not working as a result of being temporarily absent from a job, or in a working-time arrangement.

Find more statistics on other topics about Ghana with key insights such as share of value added by the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector to the gross domestic product.

Share of the agricultural sector in total employment in Ghana from 2012 to 2022

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Release date

October 2024

Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2012 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.

The source defined employment as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. It added that the agriculture sector consisted of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

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