Home Search
Ghana Statistical service - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Ghana Statistical Service wins 2023 UN Datathon
The Ghana Statistical Service Data Science Team has won the 2023 United Nations Datathon.
The team was made up...
About 8 million Ghanaians are illiterates – Ghana Statistical Service
Findings from an upcoming report from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveals that 7.9 million persons aged six years and older in...
Check out how much Ghana Statistical Service spent on recent corruption survey
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that it spent ¢6 million in conducting its corruption perception report recently released.
Ghana Statistical Service Board inaugurated
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Kumah, has inaugurated the governing Board of the Ghana Statistical Service, charging the members to...
Ghana Statistical Service, UNDP partner to track impacts of Covid-19
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has rolled out a Business Tracker, ...
Ghana’s population now 30.8 million – Statistical Service
Provisional figures from the Ghana Statistical Service puts Ghana’s current population at 30.8 million.
This forms part of the...
Ghana’s external debt rework: Deal or no deal?
Ghana is ‘dollar hungry’ as it begins another round of complex debt rework exercise, a key step in obtaining financing assurances to...
IMF projects single-digit inflation of 8 percent for Ghana by end of 2025
The International Monetary Fund, IMF is projecting that Ghana will return to single-digit inflation by the end of 2025.
Is affordable housing really affordable? — Study of Ghana’s situation by Deloitte
In Ghana, the housing deficit is significant. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), it stood at 2 million units in 2022....
IMF projects 4.4% growth rate for Ghana in 2025
IMF is projecting a growth rate of 4.4 per cent for Ghana by the end of 2025.
This...
Child marriage in Ghana declines by 36.6% between 2010 and 2021
Children aged 12 to 17 years being currently or formerly married or living together with a partner without civil or traditional recognition...
Ghana’s inflation 6th highest in Sub-Saharan Africa – World Bank
Ghana’s inflation of 25.8% is the 6th highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the April 2024 World Bank Africa Pulse report.
Ghana to return to 5.0% GDP growth from 2026 – World Bank
The World Bank is expecting Ghana’s growth rate to reach 5.0% by 2026.
This is coming after it projected...
Ghana’s economy to slowdown in growth in 2024 – World Bank
Ghana’s economy is expected to slow down in growth in 2024 despite an expected improved economic activity, the April 2024 World Bank...
1 in 5 Ghanaians lack easy access to drinking water – GSS
The Ghana Statistical Service's (GSS) 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) has revealed that, approximately one in every five individuals (19.1%)...
Size of Ghana’s economy hits GH¢841.63bn in 2023 – GSS
The size of Ghana’s economy stood at GH¢841.63 billion in 2023, the Ghana Statistical Services has revealed.
This includes...
Ghana records 2.9% GDP growth in 2023
Ghana’s economy grew 2.9 percent growth in 2023 lower than to 3.8 per cent recorded in 2022, the Ghana Statistical Service said...
Unemployment biggest threat to Ghana’s GDP – World Economic Forum
The increasing rate of unemployment in Ghana has becoming alarming in subsequent weeks.
From the staggering 1.85 million Ghanaians...
More than 79K Ghanaian girls aged 12 -17 years married, living with men
According to the Ghana Statistical Service 2022 data on child marriage, some 79,733 girls in the country aged between 12 and 17...
What Bawumia said after launching Ghana Card number at birth
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia officially launched the Ghana Card number at birth system on Thursday, March 14.
According...
Teenage pregnancy: 15% of Ghana’s female adolescents aged 15-19 have ever been pregnant
About 15.2% of female adolescents in Ghana aged 15-19 have ever been pregnant, underscoring the prevalence of teenage motherhood.
Two-thirds of Ghanaians are in vulnerable employment – GSS
The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim has said two-thirds of the workforce are involved in vulnerable employment.
He...
Average unemployment rate in Ghana in 3 quarters of 2023 estimated at 14.7%
The average unemployment rate in Ghana for the first three quarters of 2023 was estimated at 14.7%, with the rate among females...
19% of Ghanaian women support husbands disciplining their wives for burning food while cooking
More Ghanaian women than men believe there is nothing wrong with domestic violence in relation to men beating their wives.
All you need to know about sexual behaviour in Ghana
https://youtu.be/n0adGSFDBHM
Sex is a generally controversial topic. The situation becomes even more sensitive when discussing it in...
Same-sex marriage, sex workers contribute to HIV fast-track infections – Ghana Aids Commission
The latest demographic survey on health by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveals that the country is classified as one of the HIV...
5% of Ghanaian men aged 15-49 not circumcised – GSS report
The Ghana Statistical Service's 2022 Demographic Health Survey has revealed that, approximately 5 percent of Ghanaian men are not circumcised.
Obesity saga: Only 10% of Ghanaians exercise and eat healthily-research
The recent Ghana Statistical Service survey which suggests 50 percent of Ghanaians are overweight or obese have taken many by surprise.
Half Ghanaian women overweight
Half of females in Ghana, aged between 20 and 49, are either obese or overweight, the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey...
17% of children under age 5 in Ghana are stunted – 2022 GHDS
According to the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service, some 17% of children under age five...
Launch of 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey report reveals key health insights and...
The main report of the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) was launched in Accra on Thursday, 18th January 2024.
GSS begin fieldwork for the Ghana 2024 Integrated Business Establishment Survey Phase I
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) wishes to inform the General Public that starting today January 15, 2024, field data collection for the...
BEAP will address Ghana’s unemployment challenges – YEA CEO
The CEO of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Kofi Baah Agyepong, has said the Business and Employment Assistance Programme (BEAP) will help...
Over half a million Ghanaians are divorced, 400k separated – 2021 PHC
An analysis of data derived from Ghana's 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) indicates that a significant 553,065 individuals have undergone divorce,...
Ghana’s billion-dollar ‘Timber merchant’ deal to protect taxes
On Tuesday, January 2, President Nana Akufo-Addo announced that he has engaged the local affiliate of KPMG, one of the “Big Four” global professional...
Fitch Solutions revises Ghana’s 2024 GDP growth forecast to 3.5%
Fitch Solutions has revised Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in 2024 to 3.5%, from the earlier forecast of 3.7%.
Ghana’s population will hit nearly 70 million by 2057 – Kwame Pianim
Renowned economist, Andrews Kwame Pianim has highlighted the importance of population control to Ghana's development.
Speaking on JoyNews' PM...
Services sector to contract in 2024 – ISSER
The Services sector is expected to contract in 2024, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research has projected.
Bright Simons: Does Ghana have a ‘credit scoring’ system?
The Genesis of the Affair
A strange uproar has been rising on Ghanaian social media since the country’s Vice...
State agencies save $30m from Ghana Card merger
Nearly $30 million is being saved each year by the various state institutions that have successfully integrated their systems with the National...
