Around 1.74 million (13.4 percent) of the total workforce of 13 million in the age group aged 15 and over were unemployed in the first quarter of the year. These data were published in a study conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).

According to the Annual Survey of Households and Expenditure (AHIES), within the framework of the Project to Harmonize and Improve Statistics in West Africa, funded by the World Bank, the unemployment rate rose from 13.4% to 13.9% (1.8 million people) in the second quarter. The Ghanaian Times report released on Friday said that the survey is being conducted by the GSS to obtain quarterly and annual data on household final consumption expenditure and a wide range of demographic, economic, and well-being variables.

He added that the survey on food security, multidimensional poverty, and unemployment also aims to provide disaggregated data ; nationally and regionally representative data on household expenditure, income, and living conditions in Ghana to support development decision-making.