Ghana: employment in the services sector

In 2022, the employment level in services as a share of total employment in Ghana remained nearly unchanged at around 41.39 percent.
These figures refer to the share of the overall labor force working in service industries such as retail, hospitality, transport, IT, or communications.

Find more statistics on other topics about Ghana with key insights such as youth unemployment rate, labor participation rate among the total population aged between 15 and 64, and labor force participation rate for males.

Employment in the services sector in Ghana as a share of total employment from 2012 to 2022

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2012 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The source defined employees 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.

The source adds the following information: 'The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels, transport, storage, and communications, financing, insurance, real estate, and business services, and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4)'.

The source does not specify the publication date. The release date is the date of access.

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