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Ghana — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Ghana, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
58.52%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -19.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Ghana was 58.52% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 73.07% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.63% per year.
Ghana ranks 115 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Ghana sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 20% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
58.52%
First (1990)
73.07%
Change
-19.9%
Highest
73.07%
in 1990
Lowest
58.52%
in 2025
Average
69.41%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.63%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.52% |
| 2024 | 59.06% |
| 2023 | 59.07% |
| 2022 | 59.1% |
| 2021 | 60.39% |
| 2020 | 61.62% |
| 2019 | 63.71% |
| 2018 | 65.28% |
| 2017 | 66.86% |
| 2016 | 68.07% |
| 2015 | 69.25% |
| 2014 | 70.47% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.