Ghana - Services Employment 2015
39.22%
+0.53% from 2014
Ghana's services employment was 39.22% in 2015, increased +0.53% from 38.69% in 2014. This was the 37th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 10.10% | -2.1% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 16.14% | -11.3% |
| 3rd | Niger | 18.00% | -1.3% |
| 4th | Chad | 19.69% | 1.3% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 20.14% | 1.9% |
| 6th | Central African Republic | 20.35% | 3.7% |
| 7th | Lao PDR | 20.76% | 5.7% |
| 8th | Uganda | 21.43% | 0.7% |
| 9th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 22.58% | 1.2% |
| 10th | Zimbabwe | 25.64% | 1.1% |
| 11th | Tanzania | 25.70% | 1.5% |
| 12th | Malawi | 27.20% | 0.9% |
| 13th | Guinea-Bissau | 27.58% | 0.5% |
| 14th | Burkina Faso | 27.89% | 2.3% |
| 15th | Zambia | 28.95% | 1.0% |
| 16th | Mali | 29.47% | 16.5% |
| 17th | Eritrea | 29.80% | -7.0% |
| 18th | Moldova | 29.92% | -2.3% |
| 19th | India | 30.77% | 3.1% |
| 20th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 31.32% | 2.4% |
| 21st | Myanmar | 31.54% | 1.8% |
| 22nd | Rwanda | 32.17% | 3.7% |
| 23rd | Bhutan | 32.35% | -0.5% |
| 24th | Cambodia | 32.61% | 7.9% |
| 25th | Viet Nam | 33.24% | 3.2% |
| 26th | Equatorial Guinea | 33.44% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Afghanistan | 33.73% | 4.6% |
| 28th | Guinea | 34.73% | 1.6% |
| 29th | Pakistan | 34.97% | 0.2% |
| 30th | South Sudan | 35.65% | 1.7% |
| 31st | Bangladesh | 35.98% | 2.6% |
| 32nd | Tajikistan | 36.02% | 2.1% |
| 33rd | Sierra Leone | 36.60% | 0.9% |
| 34th | Kenya | 37.06% | 1.1% |
| 35th | Lesotho | 37.39% | -1.5% |
| 36th | Cameroon | 39.09% | 2.0% |
| 37th | Ghana | 39.22% | 1.4% |
| 38th | Albania | 39.86% | 0.5% |
| 39th | Vanuatu | 40.15% | 3.9% |
| 40th | Angola | 40.32% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Benin | 40.49% | -1.4% |
| 42nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 40.90% | -2.7% |
| 43rd | Morocco | 41.84% | 1.4% |
| 44th | Timor-Leste | 42.20% | 2.0% |
| 45th | Tonga | 42.26% | -0.3% |
| 46th | Congo, Republic of | 42.27% | 1.4% |
| 47th | China | 42.40% | 4.4% |
| 48th | Georgia | 42.65% | 5.1% |
| 49th | Comoros | 43.92% | 2.2% |
| 50th | Thailand | 43.95% | 2.3% |
| 51st | Haiti | 43.97% | 1.1% |
| 52nd | Nepal | 44.60% | 0.9% |
| 53rd | Qatar | 44.63% | -2.6% |
| 54th | Indonesia | 45.10% | 1.4% |
| 55th | Sri Lanka | 45.57% | 0.1% |
| 56th | Turkmenistan | 45.57% | 1.7% |
| 57th | Sudan | 45.64% | 0.9% |
| 58th | Mongolia | 45.78% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Nigeria | 45.99% | 1.4% |
| 60th | Togo | 46.21% | 1.1% |
| 61st | Fiji | 47.45% | 2.2% |
| 62nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 48.71% | 2.3% |
| 63rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 48.72% | 2.5% |
| 64th | Armenia | 48.76% | 0.7% |
| 65th | Guatemala | 49.23% | 0.5% |
| 66th | Uzbekistan | 49.51% | 0.1% |
| 67th | Azerbaijan | 49.58% | 1.3% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.71% | 2.1% |
| 69th | Mauritania | 49.85% | 1.1% |
| 70th | Solomon Islands | 49.86% | 1.2% |
| 71st | Liberia | 50.52% | 0.7% |
| 72nd | Serbia | 50.59% | 1.5% |
| 73rd | Türkiye | 51.16% | 2.6% |
| 74th | Nicaragua | 51.28% | 0.6% |
| 75th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.51% | -0.6% |
| 76th | North Macedonia | 51.67% | 1.0% |
| 77th | Tunisia | 52.14% | 0.9% |
| 78th | Romania | 52.16% | 6.2% |
| 79th | Gambia, The | 52.96% | -0.1% |
| 80th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 53.25% | 3.1% |
| 81st | Gabon | 53.60% | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Senegal | 53.68% | 3.4% |
| 83rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 53.73% | 2.4% |
| 84th | Ecuador | 54.41% | -1.1% |
| 85th | Philippines | 55.07% | 1.7% |
| 86th | Honduras | 55.22% | 0.9% |
| 87th | Samoa | 55.59% | 0.6% |
| 88th | Yemen, Republic of | 56.55% | 0.5% |
| 89th | Oman | 57.26% | 0.3% |
| 90th | Syrian Arab Republic | 57.75% | -0.1% |
| 91st | Peru | 57.85% | -1.2% |
| 92nd | Guyana | 57.89% | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Poland | 57.93% | 0.9% |
| 94th | Belarus | 58.07% | 1.2% |
| 95th | Namibia | 58.59% | 4.9% |
| 96th | Czechia | 59.05% | -0.3% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 59.71% | -1.1% |
| 98th | Slovak Republic | 59.98% | 0.0% |
| 99th | Algeria | 60.01% | 0.7% |
| 100th | Malaysia | 60.01% | 0.6% |
| 101st | Ukraine | 60.22% | 1.6% |
| 102nd | Paraguay | 60.56% | 3.0% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | 61.43% | 5.8% |
| 104th | Eswatini | 61.79% | 0.8% |
| 105th | Mexico | 62.40% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Papua New Guinea | 62.62% | -1.5% |
| 107th | Bulgaria | 62.90% | -0.3% |
| 108th | Bahrain | 63.77% | 0.1% |
| 109th | Cabo Verde | 63.99% | 0.4% |
| 110th | Croatia | 64.23% | 0.7% |
| 111th | São Tomé and Principe | 64.34% | 0.4% |
| 112th | Cuba | 64.60% | 0.6% |
| 113th | West Bank and Gaza | 64.62% | 1.7% |
| 114th | Estonia | 64.70% | -2.0% |
| 115th | Iraq | 64.74% | 0.4% |
| 116th | Slovenia | 64.75% | 2.5% |
| 117th | Hungary | 64.77% | -0.1% |
| 118th | Colombia | 64.77% | 0.5% |
| 119th | Costa Rica | 65.75% | -3.7% |
| 120th | Lithuania | 65.86% | -0.4% |
| 121st | Panama | 66.07% | 3.7% |
| 122nd | United Arab Emirates | 66.11% | -0.2% |
| 123rd | Russian Federation | 66.16% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Belize | 66.50% | 1.6% |
| 125th | Suriname | 66.88% | -0.4% |
| 126th | Botswana | 67.23% | -0.1% |
| 127th | Jamaica | 67.32% | 1.1% |
| 128th | Brazil | 67.85% | 1.1% |
| 129th | Mauritius | 67.87% | 1.1% |
| 130th | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.17% | 0.6% |
| 131st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.39% | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Latvia | 68.42% | -0.3% |
| 133rd | Chile | 68.98% | -0.1% |
| 134th | Korea | 69.47% | 0.7% |
| 135th | Saudi Arabia | 69.49% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Italy | 69.65% | 0.3% |
| 137th | Argentina | 69.65% | 0.9% |
| 138th | Austria | 69.70% | 0.4% |
| 139th | Libya | 69.83% | 0.7% |
| 140th | European Union | 70.41% | 0.4% |
| 141st | South Africa | 70.58% | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Germany | 70.98% | 0.7% |
| 143rd | Dominican Republic | 71.15% | 0.5% |
| 144th | Japan | 71.31% | 0.4% |
| 145th | Uruguay | 71.59% | 1.2% |
| 146th | Maldives | 71.76% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Portugal | 71.85% | 0.4% |
| 148th | New Zealand | 71.90% | -1.4% |
| 149th | Greece | 72.45% | 0.9% |
| 150th | St. Lucia | 72.62% | 0.2% |
| 151st | Kuwait | 72.91% | -0.1% |
| 152nd | New Caledonia | 73.00% | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Lebanon | 74.19% | 0.6% |
| 154th | Finland | 74.54% | 2.2% |
| 155th | Montenegro | 74.82% | -2.5% |
| 156th | Jordan | 75.41% | 0.9% |
| 157th | Spain | 75.71% | -1.1% |
| 158th | Switzerland | 75.90% | 0.7% |
| 159th | Ireland | 76.56% | -0.9% |
| 160th | France | 76.88% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Australia | 77.30% | 1.4% |
| 162nd | Belgium | 77.39% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Guam | 77.75% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Barbados | 77.75% | 0.3% |
| 165th | Iceland | 77.92% | 1.2% |
| 166th | Norway | 77.95% | 1.0% |
| 167th | Denmark | 78.08% | -0.1% |
| 168th | Canada | 78.31% | 0.4% |
| 169th | United States | 78.42% | 0.0% |
| 170th | Malta | 78.55% | 0.7% |
| 171st | Virgin Islands (US) | 79.02% | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Sweden | 79.68% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Cyprus | 79.78% | 0.9% |
| 174th | United Kingdom | 80.21% | 0.5% |
| 175th | Netherlands | 81.29% | -0.5% |
| 176th | Brunei Darussalam | 81.34% | 0.8% |
| 177th | Israel | 81.40% | 0.2% |
| 178th | French Polynesia | 82.40% | 0.4% |
| 179th | Singapore | 82.59% | 0.4% |
| 180th | Puerto Rico (US) | 82.59% | 0.4% |
| 181st | Channel Islands | 83.20% | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Bahamas, The | 84.56% | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Macao SAR, China | 85.04% | -0.2% |
| 184th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 86.09% | 0.4% |
| 185th | Luxembourg | 86.26% | -1.2% |
| 186th | Djibouti | 93.27% | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Ghana's services employment in 2015?▾
Ghana's services employment in 2015 was 39.22%. This ranked 37th globally.
How did Ghana's services employment change in 2015?▾
Ghana's services employment increased by 1.4% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest services employment in 2015?▾
Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2015 at 93.27%.
What is the services employment of Ghana in 2015?▾
The services employment of Ghana in 2015 was 39.22%. This ranked 37th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Ghana's services employment?▾
Ghana's services employment went from 38.69% in 2014 to 39.22% in 2015, a 1.4% increase.
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