Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Ghana's youth unemployment rate stands at 5.83% as of 2025-12-31, up from 5.35% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Ghana's youth unemployment rate was 5.83%, up from 5.35% in 2024.
In 2024, Ghana's youth unemployment rate was 5.35%, down from 5.35% in 2023.
In 2023, Ghana's youth unemployment rate was 5.35%, down from 5.4% in 2022.
In 2022, Ghana's youth unemployment rate was 5.4%, down from 5.99% in 2021.
In 2021, Ghana's youth unemployment rate was 5.99%, down from 6.32% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.83% | +0.479% |
| 2024 | 5.35% | -0.005% |
| 2023 | 5.35% | -0.05% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | -0.583% |
| 2021 | 5.99% | -0.334% |
| 2020 | 6.32% | +0.444% |
| 2019 | 5.88% | -0.232% |
| 2018 | 6.11% | -0.268% |
| 2017 | 6.38% | -4.24% |
| 2016 | 10.62% | -3.62% |
| 2015 | 14.24% | +4.93% |
| 2014 | 9.31% | +4.59% |
| 2013 | 4.72% | -1.95% |
| 2012 | 6.66% | -2.14% |
| 2011 | 8.81% | -2.25% |
| 2010 | 11.06% | +0.248% |
| 2009 | 10.81% | +0.547% |
| 2008 | 10.26% | +0.268% |
| 2007 | 10% | +0.502% |
| 2006 | 9.49% | -1.18% |
| 2005 | 10.67% | -1.18% |
| 2004 | 11.85% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 13.05% | -1.21% |
| 2002 | 14.26% | -1.12% |
| 2001 | 15.38% | -1.05% |
| 2000 | 16.42% | +0.551% |
| 1999 | 15.87% | +2.97% |
| 1998 | 12.9% | +0.884% |
| 1997 | 12.01% | +0.866% |
| 1996 | 11.15% | +0.936% |
| 1995 | 10.21% | +0.904% |
| 1994 | 9.31% | +0.996% |
| 1993 | 8.31% | +0.825% |
| 1992 | 7.49% | +1.93% |
| 1991 | 5.56% | — |
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Ghana's youth unemployment rate is 5.83% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 5.35% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 16.42% (2000); the lowest is 4.72% (2013), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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