The total unemployed population in Ghana was estimated to reach some 592,000 in 2024, slightly increasing from the preceding year, when around 582,000 people were not in any form of employment. In 2015, the peak of unemployment was observed in the country. Overall, the rate of unemployment has been following a downward trend.
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"The unemployed are persons of working age who were not in employment, carried out activities to seek employment during a specified recent period and were currently available to take up employment given a job opportunity.".
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ILO. (February 23, 2023). Number of unemployed people in Ghana from 2010 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287532/number-of-people-unemployed-in-ghana/
ILO. "Number of unemployed people in Ghana from 2010 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Chart. February 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287532/number-of-people-unemployed-in-ghana/
ILO. (2023). Number of unemployed people in Ghana from 2010 to 2024 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287532/number-of-people-unemployed-in-ghana/
ILO. "Number of Unemployed People in Ghana from 2010 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287532/number-of-people-unemployed-in-ghana/
ILO, Number of unemployed people in Ghana from 2010 to 2024 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287532/number-of-people-unemployed-in-ghana/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of unemployed people in Ghana from 2010 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph], ILO, February 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287532/number-of-people-unemployed-in-ghana/