During the State of the Nation Address on Friday, February 27, 2026, President John Mahama claimed that data from the Ghana Statistical Service shows that one million people found employment between the first and third quarters of 2025. He stated: “According to the Ghana Statistical Service, over one million Ghanaians found employment between Quarter 1 […]
Unemployment has emerged as the single most important issue facing Ghana today, with nearly half of respondents (46%) identifying joblessness as the country’s biggest challenge, according to a new survey by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). The nationwide opinion poll, conducted in December 2025 and capturing the views of over 1,000 Ghanaians across all […]
South Africa’s unemployment rate fell in the three months after the formation of a coalition government that has boosted business confidence and led to hopes for more progress on economic reform, data showed on Tuesday. The official unemployment rate fell to 32.1% in the third quarter of 2024, from 33.5% in the second quarter the […]
The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) has shown that females and the youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years are the hardest hit by the country’s unemployment situation. The report indicated that the unemployment rate among the female population is 15.5 per cent higher than the rate for males, which is 11.6 […]
The Deputy Minister for Finance has said government’s efforts have resulted in a decline in the country’s unemployment rate. Mr. John Kumah, interacting with host of PM Express Business Edition, George Wiafe on Thursday stated that reports from the World Bank and other reputable international bodies peg Ghana’s unemployment rate at 7.2 per cent. “It […]
