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Ghana - Youth Unemployment 2018

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Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank

6.11% −0.27pp from 2017 Global rank: 30th

Ghana's youth unemployment was 6.11% in 2018, decreased +0.27pp from 6.38% in 2017. This was the 30th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Youth Unemployment by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	0.31%	-38.8%
2nd	Cambodia	0.38%	-0.5%
3rd	Niger	0.74%	0.7%
4th	Solomon Islands	1.29%	-0.2%
5th	Chad	1.51%	1.3%
6th	Myanmar	1.84%	-48.6%
7th	Burundi	1.99%	-10.4%
8th	Liberia	2.30%	-0.1%
9th	Mali	2.34%	4.5%
10th	Benin	2.62%	-12.1%
11th	Tanzania	2.85%	-6.3%
12th	Moldova	3.21%	-18.3%
13th	Sierra Leone	3.57%	-29.8%
14th	Japan	3.67%	-20.5%
15th	Kazakhstan	3.78%	-0.4%
16th	Guinea-Bissau	3.87%	0.9%
17th	Thailand	4.01%	-8.3%
18th	Madagascar	4.18%	7.9%
19th	Papua New Guinea	4.19%	-0.5%
20th	Cuba	4.24%	-1.2%
21st	Viet Nam	4.65%	-34.8%
22nd	Côte d'Ivoire	4.67%	-11.2%
23rd	Guatemala	4.68%	-5.3%
24th	Uganda	4.88%	-3.3%
25th	Senegal	4.92%	-15.7%
26th	Macao SAR, China	5.05%	-0.9%
27th	Lao PDR	5.13%	-11.3%
28th	Bahrain	5.63%	0.7%
29th	Iceland	5.90%	-21.8%
30th	Ghana	6.11%	-4.2%
31st	Germany	6.22%	-8.1%
32nd	Togo	6.23%	-32.9%
33rd	Cameroon	6.50%	1.5%
34th	Philippines	6.61%	-10.5%
35th	Guinea	6.62%	2.8%
36th	Tonga	6.68%	5.7%
37th	Czechia	6.71%	-15.4%
38th	United Arab Emirates	6.75%	-9.7%
39th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.78%	1.9%
40th	Mexico	6.82%	-0.5%
41st	Malawi	6.85%	-0.2%
42nd	Israel	7.03%	-1.8%
43rd	Netherlands	7.05%	-19.2%
44th	Gambia, The	7.15%	-15.0%
45th	Burkina Faso	7.64%	1.4%
46th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	7.77%	-2.0%
47th	Oman	7.85%	-29.0%
48th	Pakistan	7.86%	20.6%
49th	Switzerland	7.94%	-1.5%
50th	Ecuador	7.96%	-6.0%
51st	Mozambique	8.17%	4.8%
52nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.30%	-0.4%
53rd	São Tomé and Principe	8.31%	-0.9%
54th	Peru	8.34%	0.3%
55th	Singapore	8.44%	-9.6%
56th	Turkmenistan	8.45%	-1.2%
57th	United States	8.61%	-6.8%
58th	Hong Kong SAR, China	8.73%	2.3%
59th	Zambia	8.75%	2.7%
60th	Slovenia	8.82%	-21.6%
61st	Trinidad and Tobago	9.16%	1.5%
62nd	Comoros	9.20%	-1.6%
63rd	El Salvador	9.28%	-4.8%
64th	Malta	9.36%	-11.7%
65th	Kyrgyz Republic	9.56%	2.8%
66th	Austria	9.57%	-4.0%
67th	Central African Republic	9.57%	-1.6%
68th	Norway	9.60%	-6.6%
69th	China	9.67%	-7.3%
70th	Nicaragua	9.71%	55.4%
71st	Timor-Leste	9.78%	-14.9%
72nd	Eritrea	9.80%	-1.9%
73rd	Hungary	10.12%	-5.5%
74th	Korea	10.12%	3.5%
75th	Nigeria	10.14%	4.4%
76th	Honduras	10.49%	-2.4%
77th	Denmark	10.52%	-15.1%
78th	Belarus	10.65%	13.9%
79th	Zimbabwe	10.69%	8.7%
80th	Canada	10.71%	-4.7%
81st	Kenya	10.82%	18.9%
82nd	Lithuania	11.12%	-16.2%
83rd	Malaysia	11.40%	1.0%
84th	Azerbaijan	11.64%	-6.1%
85th	United Kingdom	11.65%	-7.0%
86th	Poland	11.69%	-20.8%
87th	New Zealand	11.83%	-8.8%
88th	Bangladesh	11.91%	-1.6%
89th	Australia	11.94%	-5.2%
90th	Vanuatu	11.99%	3.3%
91st	Uzbekistan	12.07%	-6.3%
92nd	Estonia	12.08%	-0.8%
93rd	Latvia	12.19%	-28.2%
94th	Bulgaria	12.68%	-1.9%
95th	Guam	13.13%	1.0%
96th	Ireland	13.76%	-4.5%
97th	Channel Islands	14.01%	-11.4%
98th	Maldives	14.02%	-3.9%
99th	Tajikistan	14.06%	0.7%
100th	Panama	14.10%	-4.8%
101st	Luxembourg	14.18%	-8.4%
102nd	Paraguay	14.52%	1.7%
103rd	Dominican Republic	14.85%	10.5%
104th	Slovak Republic	14.97%	-21.0%
105th	Equatorial Guinea	15.14%	-1.6%
106th	Bhutan	15.20%	13.8%
107th	Fiji	15.21%	0.6%
108th	Kuwait	15.22%	-0.2%
109th	Belgium	15.75%	-18.1%
110th	Rwanda	16.26%	-2.8%
111th	Indonesia	16.37%	12.5%
112th	Afghanistan	16.40%	-5.2%
113th	Mongolia	16.46%	-5.6%
114th	Romania	16.61%	-11.3%
115th	Finland	16.96%	-15.4%
116th	Russian Federation	16.99%	4.0%
117th	Sweden	17.40%	-2.7%
118th	Ukraine	17.97%	-5.3%
119th	Jamaica	18.06%	-16.7%
120th	European Union	18.12%	-9.8%
121st	Chile	18.14%	2.3%
122nd	Samoa	18.45%	-4.8%
123rd	Colombia	19.45%	5.3%
124th	South Sudan	19.56%	-1.5%
125th	Nepal	19.60%	0.2%
126th	Türkiye	20.01%	-2.2%
127th	Portugal	20.24%	-15.0%
128th	Sri Lanka	20.50%	17.9%
129th	Puerto Rico (US)	20.50%	-14.8%
130th	Cyprus	20.65%	-17.4%
131st	Sudan	20.80%	-6.3%
132nd	France	20.95%	-7.2%
133rd	Belize	22.01%	40.3%
134th	Mauritania	22.20%	5.9%
135th	Morocco	22.43%	1.2%
136th	Lebanon	22.67%	2.9%
137th	Croatia	23.51%	-14.3%
138th	Argentina	23.85%	4.4%
139th	Bahamas, The	24.16%	12.1%
140th	Mauritius	24.20%	-0.1%
141st	Barbados	24.21%	-7.6%
142nd	Suriname	24.79%	-0.5%
143rd	Lesotho	24.89%	1.7%
144th	Costa Rica	25.07%	20.9%
145th	Guyana	25.25%	1.2%
146th	India	26.00%	1.6%
147th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.25%	-19.6%
148th	Virgin Islands (US)	26.47%	1.7%
149th	Uruguay	26.54%	5.1%
150th	Iraq	27.34%	8.2%
151st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	27.50%	-2.5%
152nd	Cabo Verde	27.58%	-13.5%
153rd	Brazil	27.96%	-2.2%
154th	Albania	28.11%	-9.9%
155th	Montenegro	29.61%	-7.0%
156th	Georgia	29.69%	3.5%
157th	Serbia	29.70%	-6.9%
158th	Saudi Arabia	30.21%	-4.1%
159th	Algeria	30.71%	1.4%
160th	Brunei Darussalam	30.81%	5.3%
161st	Italy	32.19%	-7.3%
162nd	Syrian Arab Republic	32.41%	-1.5%
163rd	Yemen, Republic of	32.72%	-3.5%
164th	Angola	32.86%	-2.6%
165th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.60%	1.2%
166th	Armenia	33.62%	-10.9%
167th	Spain	34.36%	-11.0%
168th	Botswana	34.40%	-1.3%
169th	Tunisia	34.88%	-1.2%
170th	Haiti	34.90%	0.4%
171st	French Polynesia	36.20%	0.9%
172nd	Gabon	36.80%	0.7%
173rd	Namibia	37.97%	-8.4%
174th	Jordan	38.94%	9.9%
175th	New Caledonia	39.95%	9.7%
176th	Greece	40.01%	-7.8%
177th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.54%	-15.4%
178th	St. Lucia	41.61%	-7.5%
179th	West Bank and Gaza	42.22%	0.9%
180th	Congo, Republic of	42.66%	0.4%
181st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	42.74%	0.8%
182nd	North Macedonia	45.50%	-2.7%
183rd	Eswatini	49.93%	3.2%
184th	Libya	50.14%	-0.7%
185th	South Africa	53.63%	0.4%
186th	Djibouti	74.98%	1.4%

FAQ

What was Ghana's youth unemployment in 2018?▾

Ghana's youth unemployment in 2018 was 6.11%. This ranked 30th globally.

How did Ghana's youth unemployment change in 2018?▾

Ghana's youth unemployment decreased by 4.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest youth unemployment in 2018?▾

Djibouti had the highest youth unemployment in 2018 at 74.98%.

What is the youth unemployment of Ghana in 2018?▾

The youth unemployment of Ghana in 2018 was 6.11%. This ranked 30th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Ghana's youth unemployment?▾

Ghana's youth unemployment went from 6.38% in 2017 to 6.11% in 2018, a 4.2% decrease.

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