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Employment in services — Ghana

Employment in services in Ghana in 2025 — 47.2%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 27.9 pp.

2025 47.2% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 137of 182
Period maximum 49.7%2021
Period minimum 19.2%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Ghana, 1991–2025102030405019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 19.2%1992: 19.6%1993: 19.9%1994: 20.2%1995: 20.7%1996: 21%1997: 21.6%1998: 22%1999: 22.4%2000: 22.8%2001: 23.2%2002: 23.6%2003: 24%2004: 24.4%2005: 24.9%2006: 25.3%2007: 27.8%2008: 30.4%2009: 33.1%2010: 36%2011: 36.8%2012: 37.5%2013: 38.2%2014: 38.7%2015: 39.2%2016: 39.8%2017: 40.5%2018: 43.3%2019: 46.3%2020: 47.4%2021: 49.7%2022: 46%2023: 46.4%2024: 46.9%2025: 47.2%
Change over the period: +27.9 pp Annual average: 0.82 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 47.2%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.2 +0.2 pp
2024 46.9 +0.6 pp
2023 46.4 +0.4 pp
2022 46 −3.7 pp
2021 49.7 +2.3 pp
2020 47.4 +1.1 pp
2019 46.3 +2.9 pp
2018 43.3 +2.9 pp
2017 40.5 +0.6 pp
2016 39.8 +0.6 pp
2015 39.2 +0.5 pp
2014 38.7 +0.5 pp
2013 38.2 +0.7 pp
2012 37.5 +0.7 pp
2011 36.8 +0.8 pp
2010 36 +2.9 pp
2009 33.1 +2.7 pp
2008 30.4 +2.6 pp
2007 27.8 +2.5 pp
2006 25.3 +0.4 pp
2005 24.9 +0.5 pp
2004 24.4 +0.4 pp
2003 24 +0.4 pp
2002 23.6 +0.4 pp
2001 23.2 +0.4 pp
2000 22.8 +0.4 pp
1999 22.4 +0.4 pp
1998 22 +0.4 pp
1997 21.6 +0.6 pp
1996 21 +0.4 pp
1995 20.7 +0.4 pp
1994 20.2 +0.4 pp
1993 19.9 +0.2 pp
1992 19.6 +0.4 pp
1991 19.2 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Ghana by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Ghana by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

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