Ghana produces about 300,000 graduates each year, and nearly 60% fail to secure stable employment. Youth unemployment reached 32% among people aged 15–24 in 2025, according to official data.

Ghana’s 2021 Population and Housing Census puts the youth unemployment rate at an all-time high of 13.4%, almost triple the 5.3% recorded in 2010. This translates to 1.55 million out of the 11.54 ...

There is no doubt that graduate unemployment and unemployment in general are major concerns for governments and policymakers in all jurisdictions. Unemployment has been described as a national ...

The latest Labour Statistics Report from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) shows that Ghana’s unemployment rate averaged 12 ...

\xa0Ghana, like many developing nations, faces a significant and persistent challenge in ensuring sustainable employment for its burgeoning youth population. With over 57% of the nation’s populace ...

The Korean branch of Caritas, the Catholic Church's charitable aid agency, is tackling unemployment in Ghana, especially for young women. It has donated more than US$54,000 to the agency in Ghana, a ...

The Ghana Career and Migration Fair 2025 has reiterated calls to tackle youth unemployment and promote safe migration, under the theme “The Future of Work.” The fair held in Accra, spearheaded by the ...

A total of 13.3 million out of the 15 million labour force in Ghana were employed within the first three quarters of 2025, reducing the country’s unemployment rate from 13.7 in quarter three of 2024 ...

It has been 14 months since the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last released official unemployment data, underscoring ...

The unemployment rate in Ghana has almost tripled in little more than a decade, according to the country’s latest census. More than 1.55 million people, or 13.4% of the west African country’s ...

Workers of Pax Garment, a social enterprise of the Diocese of Sunyani, Ghana, sew protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic in the West African country. (Credit: CNS photo/Michael Akornoba, ...