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Africa > Ghana > Labor

GHANAIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 74.17 [13th of 162]
Female economic activity growth -2% [133rd of 156]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Regulation 35 [111st of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 56 [92nd of 123]
Regulation > Firing 17 [107th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [84th of 123]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date July 2, 1959
Rigidity of employment index 34 ... [91st of 166]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 56.5 % ... [1st of 174]
Unemployment rate 20 % [36th of 182]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 8.7 % ... [47th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 7.5 % ... [44th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 8.2 % ... [49th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 19.4 % ... [31st of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 12.7 % ... [43rd of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 15.9 % ... [35th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 6,000,000 $ ... [128th of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 99,000,000 $ ... [109th of 156]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 99,184,640 BoP $ ... [66th of 115]

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SOURCES: Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ghana, Republic of Ghana

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