Unemployment rate: Ghana
2.979% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.979 |
| 2024 | 2.82 |
| 2023 | 2.829 |
| 2022 | 2.87 |
| 2021 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 3.178 |
| 2019 | 3.067 |
| 2018 | 3.204 |
| 2017 | 3.369 |
| 2016 | 5.256 |
| 2015 | 6.806 |
| 2014 | 4.403 |
| 2013 | 2.173 |
| 2012 | 3.126 |
| 2011 | 4.213 |
| 2010 | 5.384 |
| 2009 | 5.362 |
| 2008 | 5.144 |
| 2007 | 5.104 |
| 2006 | 4.897 |
| 2005 | 5.816 |
| 2004 | 6.758 |
| 2003 | 7.728 |
| 2002 | 8.711 |
| 2001 | 9.615 |
| 2000 | 10.456 |
| 1999 | 10.1 |
| 1998 | 8.2 |
| 1997 | 7.639 |
| 1996 | 7.091 |
| 1995 | 6.484 |
| 1994 | 5.9 |
| 1993 | 5.231 |
| 1992 | 4.7 |
| 1991 | 3.489 |