Ghana - Industry Employment 2018
16.77%
−0.73% from 2017
Ghana's industry employment was 16.77% in 2018, decreased +0.73% from 17.50% in 2017. This was the 63rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | South Sudan | 1.69% | -2.6% |
| 2nd | Burundi | 3.33% | -4.2% |
| 3rd | Djibouti | 5.79% | 2.8% |
| 4th | Lao PDR | 6.79% | 4.3% |
| 5th | Angola | 6.91% | -0.9% |
| 6th | Guinea-Bissau | 7.21% | 2.4% |
| 7th | Uganda | 7.24% | 6.1% |
| 8th | Mozambique | 7.28% | -2.2% |
| 9th | Malawi | 7.50% | 0.4% |
| 10th | Mali | 7.66% | -7.1% |
| 11th | Papua New Guinea | 7.71% | -4.6% |
| 12th | Niger | 7.86% | 1.6% |
| 13th | Tanzania | 8.00% | 0.8% |
| 14th | Solomon Islands | 8.19% | -2.5% |
| 15th | Liberia | 8.39% | 2.2% |
| 16th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 8.49% | 1.4% |
| 17th | Chad | 8.93% | 5.8% |
| 18th | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.27% | 11.4% |
| 19th | Haiti | 9.51% | -0.4% |
| 20th | Madagascar | 9.52% | 1.7% |
| 21st | Zambia | 9.95% | 2.0% |
| 22nd | Moldova | 10.49% | 6.1% |
| 23rd | Sierra Leone | 10.58% | 15.5% |
| 24th | Equatorial Guinea | 10.62% | 1.0% |
| 25th | Vanuatu | 10.62% | 1.4% |
| 26th | Timor-Leste | 10.90% | -7.4% |
| 27th | Zimbabwe | 11.12% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Kenya | 11.15% | 3.3% |
| 29th | Yemen, Republic of | 11.79% | -0.9% |
| 30th | Fiji | 11.93% | 0.6% |
| 31st | Luxembourg | 12.39% | 12.6% |
| 32nd | Macao SAR, China | 12.74% | -3.4% |
| 33rd | Eritrea | 12.87% | 0.9% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 13.06% | 11.3% |
| 35th | Nigeria | 13.40% | -0.3% |
| 36th | Georgia | 13.59% | 9.0% |
| 37th | Samoa | 13.62% | -2.9% |
| 38th | Channel Islands | 13.72% | -1.2% |
| 39th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 13.95% | -0.7% |
| 40th | Mauritania | 14.04% | 1.1% |
| 41st | Sudan | 14.10% | -0.7% |
| 42nd | Guinea | 14.17% | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Bahamas, The | 14.27% | 1.1% |
| 44th | Central African Republic | 14.48% | -0.5% |
| 45th | Cameroon | 14.53% | 0.7% |
| 46th | French Polynesia | 14.69% | -1.0% |
| 47th | Azerbaijan | 14.72% | 2.4% |
| 48th | St. Lucia | 14.83% | -9.3% |
| 49th | Greece | 15.40% | -0.7% |
| 50th | Tajikistan | 15.50% | -0.2% |
| 51st | Rwanda | 15.50% | 16.2% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 15.76% | -0.3% |
| 53rd | Gabon | 15.83% | 2.7% |
| 54th | Peru | 15.97% | -0.7% |
| 55th | Singapore | 16.04% | 1.0% |
| 56th | Netherlands | 16.08% | -3.0% |
| 57th | Jamaica | 16.12% | 2.5% |
| 58th | Comoros | 16.16% | -4.2% |
| 59th | Namibia | 16.22% | -8.0% |
| 60th | Burkina Faso | 16.33% | 3.8% |
| 61st | Botswana | 16.42% | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 16.66% | -2.3% |
| 63rd | Ghana | 16.77% | -4.2% |
| 64th | Iceland | 16.79% | -3.9% |
| 65th | Myanmar | 17.02% | 8.4% |
| 66th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 17.05% | 0.4% |
| 67th | Israel | 17.10% | -1.6% |
| 68th | Ecuador | 17.17% | -0.3% |
| 69th | Cuba | 17.18% | 0.3% |
| 70th | Gambia, The | 17.19% | 1.7% |
| 71st | Nicaragua | 17.32% | -2.3% |
| 72nd | Benin | 17.38% | 2.3% |
| 73rd | Maldives | 17.40% | -3.4% |
| 74th | Belize | 17.49% | 11.4% |
| 75th | Uruguay | 17.58% | -2.8% |
| 76th | Panama | 17.62% | 1.2% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 17.92% | -1.7% |
| 78th | Senegal | 17.99% | 18.9% |
| 79th | Togo | 18.04% | -6.7% |
| 80th | United Kingdom | 18.08% | -0.7% |
| 81st | Sweden | 18.18% | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 18.24% | -5.6% |
| 83rd | Paraguay | 18.59% | -4.7% |
| 84th | Malta | 18.78% | -5.2% |
| 85th | Ireland | 18.82% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Montenegro | 18.90% | 10.6% |
| 87th | Armenia | 18.91% | 13.1% |
| 88th | Denmark | 18.91% | -0.2% |
| 89th | Costa Rica | 18.92% | 5.8% |
| 90th | Norway | 19.07% | -3.1% |
| 91st | Guatemala | 19.10% | 0.5% |
| 92nd | Afghanistan | 19.38% | -4.1% |
| 93rd | Brunei Darussalam | 19.40% | 20.3% |
| 94th | Libya | 19.41% | 1.3% |
| 95th | Philippines | 19.47% | 4.3% |
| 96th | Jordan | 19.66% | -2.4% |
| 97th | United States | 19.70% | 0.8% |
| 98th | Canada | 19.71% | -0.2% |
| 99th | Guam | 19.72% | -0.9% |
| 100th | Australia | 19.89% | 2.4% |
| 101st | Kazakhstan | 19.91% | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Mongolia | 19.95% | 7.6% |
| 103rd | New Zealand | 20.01% | -3.1% |
| 104th | Bangladesh | 20.05% | -1.8% |
| 105th | Colombia | 20.10% | 2.6% |
| 106th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.12% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Albania | 20.23% | 1.4% |
| 108th | France | 20.23% | -0.9% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | 20.25% | 0.8% |
| 110th | Spain | 20.27% | 1.2% |
| 111th | Switzerland | 20.43% | -0.3% |
| 112th | Brazil | 20.53% | -2.0% |
| 113th | Congo, Republic of | 20.64% | -2.6% |
| 114th | Argentina | 20.78% | -1.6% |
| 115th | Belgium | 20.92% | -1.2% |
| 116th | Lebanon | 21.24% | -1.9% |
| 117th | Eswatini | 21.54% | -6.6% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 21.88% | -0.1% |
| 119th | Finland | 21.94% | 0.4% |
| 120th | Chile | 22.04% | -1.5% |
| 121st | New Caledonia | 22.14% | -11.8% |
| 122nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.15% | -1.7% |
| 123rd | El Salvador | 22.20% | 1.5% |
| 124th | Indonesia | 22.38% | 1.2% |
| 125th | Honduras | 22.59% | -0.3% |
| 126th | Morocco | 22.61% | 0.6% |
| 127th | Uzbekistan | 22.67% | -1.7% |
| 128th | São Tomé and Principe | 22.70% | 0.5% |
| 129th | Thailand | 22.85% | -0.2% |
| 130th | Latvia | 23.00% | 0.2% |
| 131st | South Africa | 23.16% | -0.8% |
| 132nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 23.48% | -2.5% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 23.70% | -2.3% |
| 134th | Ukraine | 24.31% | -0.9% |
| 135th | Portugal | 24.44% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Japan | 24.45% | -0.5% |
| 137th | Mexico | 24.69% | 0.5% |
| 138th | Kyrgyz Republic | 24.76% | -0.1% |
| 139th | Kuwait | 24.93% | -0.7% |
| 140th | Guyana | 24.94% | 0.1% |
| 141st | Pakistan | 24.99% | 2.9% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | 25.02% | -1.9% |
| 143rd | European Union | 25.10% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Korea | 25.20% | -0.4% |
| 145th | India | 25.37% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Austria | 25.44% | 2.1% |
| 147th | Saudi Arabia | 25.66% | -2.6% |
| 148th | Lithuania | 25.77% | 2.5% |
| 149th | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.80% | -0.4% |
| 150th | Syrian Arab Republic | 25.85% | -0.1% |
| 151st | Suriname | 25.98% | 1.3% |
| 152nd | Italy | 26.09% | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Tonga | 26.10% | 0.4% |
| 154th | Iraq | 26.18% | -0.1% |
| 155th | Russian Federation | 26.68% | -0.6% |
| 156th | Viet Nam | 26.70% | 3.6% |
| 157th | Serbia | 26.76% | 6.6% |
| 158th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 26.86% | 1.1% |
| 159th | Malaysia | 27.11% | -2.2% |
| 160th | Croatia | 27.31% | 4.7% |
| 161st | Germany | 27.35% | -0.2% |
| 162nd | Türkiye | 27.75% | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Sri Lanka | 27.94% | -1.6% |
| 164th | Turkmenistan | 28.39% | 0.0% |
| 165th | West Bank and Gaza | 28.76% | 1.2% |
| 166th | Slovenia | 29.40% | 0.4% |
| 167th | Nepal | 29.88% | 1.2% |
| 168th | Estonia | 30.16% | -0.1% |
| 169th | United Arab Emirates | 30.21% | -0.9% |
| 170th | Bulgaria | 30.30% | 3.3% |
| 171st | China | 30.36% | 1.3% |
| 172nd | Belarus | 30.63% | -0.5% |
| 173rd | Algeria | 31.13% | 0.5% |
| 174th | North Macedonia | 31.64% | 3.0% |
| 175th | Poland | 31.82% | 0.5% |
| 176th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.19% | 9.0% |
| 177th | Hungary | 32.47% | 3.0% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 32.98% | -0.7% |
| 179th | Romania | 33.12% | -0.5% |
| 180th | Lesotho | 33.51% | 0.7% |
| 181st | Tunisia | 33.95% | 2.0% |
| 182nd | Bahrain | 35.21% | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Slovak Republic | 36.52% | -1.7% |
| 184th | Czechia | 37.50% | -1.5% |
| 185th | Oman | 46.23% | 6.6% |
| 186th | Qatar | 55.33% | 1.5% |
FAQ
What was Ghana's industry employment in 2018?▾
Ghana's industry employment in 2018 was 16.77%. This ranked 63rd globally.
How did Ghana's industry employment change in 2018?▾
Ghana's industry employment decreased by 4.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest industry employment in 2018?▾
Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2018 at 55.33%.
What is the industry employment of Ghana in 2018?▾
The industry employment of Ghana in 2018 was 16.77%. This ranked 63rd globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Ghana's industry employment?▾
Ghana's industry employment went from 17.50% in 2017 to 16.77% in 2018, a 4.2% decrease.
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