Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Ghana
Ghana: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) was 16.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Ghana, 1991–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male youth population.
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Ghana stood at 16.0%.
The figure is down 25.8% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Ghana peaked at 27.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 2013.
That places Ghana 35th out of 125 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (%) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % of male youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 17.6% | — |
| 2000 | 27.5% | +56.5% |
| 2006 | 22.6% | -17.9% |
| 2010 | 16.8% | -25.5% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | -35.2% |
| 2015 | 24.0% | +120.6% |
| 2017 | 20.8% | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 18.4% | -11.5% |
| 2022 | 25.2% | +37.5% |
| 2023 | 19.7% | -21.9% |
| 2024 | 21.5% | +9.1% |
| 2025 | 16.0% | -25.8% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 16.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.7%, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 16.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15.3%, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.6% | 17.6% | 17.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 25.0% | 22.6% | 27.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 10.9% | 24.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 16.0% | 25.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 32 Costa Rica 16.5% compare
- 33 Turkey 16.3% compare
- 34 Montenegro 16.2% compare
- 36 Honduras 15.8% compare
- 37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.6% compare
- 38 Iran 15.4% 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 share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Ghana?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male in Ghana was 16.0% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 27.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, male recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 2013.
- How does Ghana rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, male?
- Ghana ranks 35th out of 125 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, male rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of male youth population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).