By Edzorna Francis Mensah
Ghana’s unemployment rate has increased by 0.5 percentage points between the first quarter (13.4%) and the second quarter (13.9%) of 2022.
According to the GSS report, about 390,000 persons 15 years and older unemployed in quarter 1 remain unemployed in quarter 2 of 2022.
“Between the first and second quarters of 2022, about 445,000 persons 15 years and older outside the labour force join the number of unemployed persons, and close to 850,000 persons 15 years and older employed in quarter 1 transition to unemployment status in quarter 2 while more than 500,000 unemployed persons gain employment over the same period,” it added.
During the launch of the Ghana Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) presented by the Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annin, also revealed that “about two-thirds of the employed population is engaged in vulnerable employment with significant variation across urban areas (about 56.4%) and rural (80%)” and “among persons in the labour force (15 years and older) about 380,000 are simultaneously food insecure, multidimensionally poor, and unemployed”.
