Ghana vs Morocco: Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita

Ghana

44.0%

in 2011

Morocco

48.3%

in 2012

Ghana rank

34th

Morocco rank

32nd

Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita over time

Ghana
Morocco

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 48.3% against 44.0% in Ghana, a difference of 4.3%.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Morocco ahead.

Ghana ranks 34th and Morocco ranks 32nd of 44 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita
Unit: %
Source: Herrendorf et al. and Groningen Growth and Development Centre (2015) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 44 places, 2,481 data points, 1801–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The vertical axis shows historical estimates of the employment share in the service sector. The horizontal axis shows GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.