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Contraceptive usage: Urban married women most likely to opt for ‘withdrawal method’ – GSS...

Apparently, urban married women like to use the 'pullout' method of contraception more than rural married women. According to the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health...

2 out of 10 married men cheat on their spouses – GSS report

Is your husband cheating on you? The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey has revealed that two in every 10 married Ghanaian men have skipped...

Over 50% of pregnant women are anaemic- GSS 

A survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has shown that over 50 per cent of pregnant women in the country are anemic,...
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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. This equates to about 835,000...

GSS raises concern over locations of Agenda 111 hospitals

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has expressed reservations about the government's Agenda 111 initiative, citing concerns about the locations and accessibility of healthcare facilities...

Fertility rate declines to 3.9 children in 2022 – GSS

A study report published by the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed a decline in the fertility rate from 6.4 children per woman in 1988...
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GSS seeks cooperation of businesses in successful survey of entities

The Ghana Statistical Service is encouraging businesses to cooperate with their field officers, by providing the necessary information for the 2024 Ghana Integrated Business...

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 2024 Ghana...
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Over half a million persons in labour force unemployed, multidimensionally poor – GSS

Over half a million persons in the labour force were unemployed and multidimensionally poor in every quarter of 2022, ranging from an estimated 550,000...

Two in every five women aged 15 to 49 have been victims of intimate...

The Ghana Statistical Service(GSS) has indicated that two in every five women aged 15 to 49 years have experienced at least one form of...
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Pro-poor policies must be district targeted – GSS to government

Head, Social & Demographic Statistics at the Ghana Statistics Service, Omar Seidu has urged government to adopt a district-by-district targeted approach in its policies...

1.4 million households in urban areas without water on premises – GSS

1.4 million households in urban areas were without water on their premises, according to the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) General Report on Water...
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Women in Ghana paid 34.2% less than men – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that women earn 34.2% less than men among paid workers in the country. This data, GSS noted, is...

Child labour: Over 400,000 children aged 5 to 17 engage in economic activities –...

The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) report reveals that 419, 254 children aged five to 17 are engaged in economic activity in the country. Out...
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About 1.76m persons unemployed in quarter 3, 2022 – GSS

About 1.76 million persons were unemployed in the third quarter of 2022, the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed in its Quarterly Labour Statistics Report. Within...

GSS report shows 1.7 million people unemployed in third quarter of 2022

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has published its annual report on the country's household income and expenditure survey labour statistics for 2022. The report provides...

Over 4 million Ghanaians don’t use internet – GSS

A report by the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed that more than 4 million people in the working age bracket (15 to 60 years)...

Economy slows down in quarter 3, 2022; GDP expands by 2.9% – GSS

Ghana’s economy grew at the slowest pace in two years in the third quarter of 2021, data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has...

GSS reacts to claim of underreporting inflation figures [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GSS dismisses claim of underreporting inflation figures The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has dismissed claims asserting that it is underreporting inflation figures. This...

Nkwanta North district is the poorest in Ghana – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that in 50 out of the 261 districts (19.2%), more than half of the household population is...

Almost 8k girls aged 12 to 17 already married or leaving with a man...

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that about 80,000 girls in the country aged 12 to 17 years are already married or living...

Prices of foodstuff will not go down despite harvest season – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) doubts the country’s inflation will witness a decline anytime soon as figures peg the inflation rate at 31.7 per...

IGP sends message to GSS, CHRAJ on corruption tag

The Ghana Police Service has expressed reservations about the report on corruption perception survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Commission on Human...

New GSS bribery report findings not surprising – GII

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) is not surprised by the latest report that highlights bribery as a major canker in the country. The latest report...

Over ₵5billion bribes paid in both private and public sectors in 2021- GSS

Over ₵5 billion of bribes were paid in both the private and the public sector, this is according to the Ghana Statistical Service's (GSS)...

About ¢5bn in bribes paid in both private and public sectors in 2021...

About ¢5 billion in bribes were paid in both the private and the public sector, a survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has...

3.6m Ghanaians are food insecure – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has called on the government to be keen on ensuring food and nutrition security in the rural areas of...
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Economy grows by 3.3% in Quarter 1, 2022 – GSS

Ghana’s economy slowdown in growth in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year, provisional data from the Ghana...

Price of bread records highest inflation rate in May 2022 – GSS

Data from the Ghana Statistical Service(GSS) show that the price of bread recorded the highest rate of inflation of 41.3% year-on-year in the inflation...
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COVID-19: Household incomes incessantly reduced – GSS

A report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) titled Covid-19 households and job tracker survey 2021 shows that households continue to record reductions in...
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GSS begins training ahead of 2021 population and housing census

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has begun the last phase of training ‘Master Trainers’ for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) in Winneba. The...
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GSS to announce new date for population, housing census

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the National Census Steering Committee will announce a new date for the commencement of the National Population and...

2020 Population Census will come off – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the 2020 population census will come off though the scheduled date might change. The exercise was to take...

6.8m Ghanaians poor — GSS report

A report on ‘Trends of Poverty and Inequality’ in Ghana has revealed that based on 2017 population projections, a total of 6.8 million people...

6.8m Ghanaians are poor – GSS

Statistics from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicate that poverty has been declining consistently for the past three decades as a result of governments’...

25 MDAs sign data-sharing pact with Ghana Statistical Service

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with 25 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in a move aimed at strengthening...

Man arrested for allegedly mixing alcoholic beverages with narcotics in Kumasi

A 53-year-old man has been arrested in the Ashanti Region for allegedly lacing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages with narcotic substances. The suspect, identified as Adjei...

Oppong Nkrumah questions January inflation data, says figures don’t reflect market realities

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has cast doubt on the credibility of Ghana’s January 2026 inflation figures,...