Unemployment Rate rose 9.95% to 4.53% in Ghana in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Ghana reached an all time high of 10.4% in 2000 and an all time low of 4.12% in 2019. When compared to Ghana's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Benin amounted to 2.54%, 3.50% in Ivory Coast and 4.05% in Togo in 2020.
Ghana has been ranked 129th within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 24 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Benin | % | 2.61% | 2.57% | 2.52% | 2.44% | 2.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 6.48% | 6.04% | 5.60% | 5.13% | 4.70% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 6.52% | 6.81% | 5.45% | 4.22% | 4.16% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 4.41% | 4.38% | 4.33% | 4.26% | 4.19% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 3.65% | 3.10% | 2.60% | 3.27% | 3.21% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 2.13% | 2.08% | 3.08% | 3.00% | 2.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 6.38% | 7.73% | 7.60% | 7.41% | 7.31% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.520% | 0.520% | 0.510% | 0.490% | 0.470% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 4.56% | 4.31% | 7.06% | 8.39% | 8.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 2.16% | 2.20% | 2.95% | 3.74% | 3.66% |
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