Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Ghana
Ghana: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 9.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Ghana stood at 9.8%.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Ghana peaked at 14.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 2021.
That places Ghana 79th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.6% | — |
| 2006 | 11.4% | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 8.9% | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | +58.0% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | -33.9% |
| 2022 | 11.4% | +49.5% |
| 2023 | 9.9% | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 9.8% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.0% | 10.6% | 11.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 8.9% | 14.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 7.6% | 11.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 76 Senegal 10.1% compare
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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 manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Ghana?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Ghana was 9.8% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 2021.
- How does Ghana rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Ghana ranks 79th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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