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Africa > Ghana > Labor

GHANAIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Compensation of employees > % of expense 44.82 % Time series [7th of 97]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 74.17 [13th of 162]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 14.5 % Time series [37th of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 13.5 % Time series [82nd of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 35.6 % Time series [78th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 55 % Time series [6th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 14 % Time series [82nd of 94]
Female economic activity growth -2% [133rd of 156]
force with tertiary education > % of total 31 % Time series [1st of 52]
force, total 9,802,989 Time series [47th of 184]
Labor force 11,290,000 Time series [35th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25%
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 15% Time series [24th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 29% Time series [23rd of 29]
Regulation 35 [111st of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 56 [92nd of 123]
Rigidity of employment index 34 Time series [91st of 166]
Unemployment rate 11% Time series [13th of 107]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 8.2 % Time series [49th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 6,000,000 $ Time series [128th of 149]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ghana, Republic of Ghana

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