Employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana
Ghana: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 6.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana is 6.8%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana peaked at 6.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 1991.
That places Ghana 9th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.8% | — |
| 1992 | 2.3% | +25.7% |
| 1993 | 2.9% | +28.0% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | +17.9% |
| 1995 | 3.9% | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 4.4% | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 5.0% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 5.0% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 5.0% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 4.9% | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 4.7% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 5.3% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 6.8% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | +0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 6.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.7%, 4.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 6.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.4%, 4.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +28.0% | 2.3% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.7% | 1.8% | 5.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 6.4% | 6.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 6 Tonga 8.4% compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 8.3% compare
- 8 Honduras 7.2% compare
- 10 Somalia 6.2% compare
- 11 Papua New Guinea 6.0% compare
- 12 Switzerland 5.3% compare
More work & labour data for Ghana
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1512 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1464 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.1562 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2734 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 37,518 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 13,752 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 34,429 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 33,119 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 67,548 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Ghana was 6.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Ghana ranks 9th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).