In 2019, the individual living wage in Ghana amounted to 900 Ghana cedis (GHS) (approximately 154.78 U.S. dollars) per month, which was an increase of 40 GHS (around 6.87 U.S. dollars) compared to the previous year. Overall, the individual monthly living wage in the country grew from 880 GHS (roughly 151.12 U.S. dollars) in 2015 to 900 GHS in 2018.

As of 2023 people in Ghana employed in the field of executive management and change received the highest average salary of ****** U.S. dollars per year. Engineering and financial service professionals followed, with ****** and ****** U.S. dollars of annual earnings, respectively. According to the source, the lowest salary was received by individuals working in the area of logistics, operations and purchasing, as this amounted to ***** U.S. dollars per year.

Minimum Wages in Ghana increased to 19.97 GHS/Day in 2025 from 18.15 GHS/Day in 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Ghana Daily Minimum Wage.

In 2022, the base pay in Ghana amounted to 11.34 Ghanaian cedis (GHS) (approximately 0.92 U.S. dollars), registering an increase of 0.74 GHS (around 0.06 U.S. dollars) compared to 2021. Overall, contrary to the period between 2010 and 2013 which recorded a daily base pay higher than the daily minimum wage in Ghana, the period from 2014 to 2022 registered a base salary lower than the minimum wage.

Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Male: Craft and Related Trades Workers data was reported at 1,327.070 GHS in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 549.460 GHS for 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Male: Craft and Related Trades Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 938.265 GHS from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,327.070 GHS in 2015 and a record low of 549.460 GHS in 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Male: Craft and Related Trades Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ghana Statistical Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.G009: Average Monthly Earnings.

Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Service and Sales Workers data was reported at 499.960 GHS in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 490.430 GHS for 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Service and Sales Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 495.195 GHS from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 499.960 GHS in 2015 and a record low of 490.430 GHS in 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Service and Sales Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ghana Statistical Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.G009: Average Monthly Earnings.

As of 2022, the daily minimum wage in Ghana stood at ***** Ghanaian cedis (GHS) (approximately *** U.S. dollars), representing an increase of one cedi (around **** U.S. dollars) from the previous year. The minimum wage in the country progressively increased from 2010 onwards. Moreover, in 2022, the base pay in Ghana increased along with the minimum wage. Overall, the 2003 Labor Act mandates the Ghana National Tripartite Committee to determine the national daily minimum wage.

Key information about Ghana Monthly Earnings

• Ghana Monthly Earnings stood at 242 USD in Dec 2015, compared with the previous figure of 250 USD in Dec 2013
• Ghana Monthly Earnings data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2013 to Dec 2015, with an average number of 246 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 250 USD in Dec 2013 and a record low of 242 USD in Dec 2015

• In the latest reports, Ghana Population reached 31 million people in Dec 2020
• Unemployment Rate of Ghana increased to 4 % in Dec 2023
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 69 % in Dec 2023

Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Male: Service and Sales Workers data was reported at 590.620 GHS in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 685.540 GHS for 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Male: Service and Sales Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 638.080 GHS from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 685.540 GHS in 2013 and a record low of 590.620 GHS in 2015. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Male: Service and Sales Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ghana Statistical Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.G009: Average Monthly Earnings.

Ghana: Personal income per capita, U.S. dollars: The latest value from is U.S. dollars, unavailable from U.S. dollars in . In comparison, the world average is 0 U.S. dollars, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Ghana from to is U.S. dollars. The minimum value, U.S. dollars, was reached in while the maximum of U.S. dollars was recorded in .

The gross national income (GNI) per capita in Ghana reached 2,350 U.S. dollars in 2022, increasing by 50 U.S. dollars from the preceding year. The value has followed an increasing trend since 2017, when the per capita income stood at 1,880 U.S. dollars.

Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Female: Other Occupations data was reported at 0.000 GHS in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,500.000 GHS for 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Female: Other Occupations data is updated yearly, averaging 750.000 GHS from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,500.000 GHS in 2013 and a record low of 0.000 GHS in 2015. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Female: Other Occupations data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ghana Statistical Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.G009: Average Monthly Earnings.

Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Other Occupations data was reported at 1,162.500 GHS in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3,294.810 GHS for 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Other Occupations data is updated yearly, averaging 2,228.655 GHS from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,294.810 GHS in 2013 and a record low of 1,162.500 GHS in 2015. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Other Occupations data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ghana Statistical Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.G009: Average Monthly Earnings.

Abstract

The Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) is the first nationally representative high-frequency household panel survey in Ghana. The AHIES is being conducted to obtain quarterly and annual data on household final consumption expenditure and a wide scope of demographic, economic and welfare variables including statistics on labour, food security, multi-dimensional poverty and health status for research, policy, and planning. Some of the key macroeconomic indicators to be generated include quarterly GDP, regional GDP, quarterly unemployment, underemployment, inequality, consumption expenditure poverty, multidimensional poverty and food security. The data from the AHIES is classified, tabulated and disseminated so that researchers, administrators, policy makers and development partners can use the information in formulating and implementing various development programs at the national and community levels and also to monitor targets under the Sustainable Development Goals.

Geographic coverage

Nation - Wide

Analysis unit

Individuals, Households

Universe

The universe covers the population living within individual households in Ghana. However, such population which is defined as institutionalised population as persons living at elderly houses, rest homes, correction facilities, military baracks, and hospitals with special characteristics, nursery,and also nomadic population are excluded.

Sampling procedure

With the sampling procedure, 10,800 households in 600 EAs, consisting of 304 (50.67%) urban and 296 (49.33%) rural households were drawn from the 2021 Population and Housing Census listing frame to form the secondary sampling units. A random sampling methodology was adopted to select eighteen (18) households per selected EAs in all regions to form the full sample for the fieldwork to be able to produce regionally representative expenditures for GDP.

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [CAPI]

The Personal Income Tax Rate in Ghana stands at 35 percent. This dataset provides - Ghana Personal Income Tax Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

households/individuals

Kind of data

survey

Frequency of data collection

Yearly

Sampling procedure

Sample size:

Abstract

The Ghana Living Standards Survey (LSS), with its focus on the household as a key social and economic unit, provides valuable insights into living conditions in Ghana. The survey was carried out by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) over a 12-month period (April 1998 to March 1999). A representative nationwide sample of more than 5,998 households, containing over 25,000 persons, was covered in the LSS IV. The fourth round of the Ghana LSS has the following objectives:

· To provide information on patterns of household consumption and expenditure disaggregated at greater levels. · In combination with the data from the earlier rounds to serve as a database for national and regional planning. · To provide in-depth information on the structure and composition of the wages and conditions of work of the labour force in the country. · To provide benchmark data for compilation of current statistics on average earnings, hours of work and time rates of wages and salaries that will indicate wage/salary differentials between industries, occupations, geographic locations and gender.

Additionally, the survey will enable policy-makers to:

· Identify vulnerable groups for government assistance; · Analyse the impact of decisions that have already been implemented and of the economic situation on living conditions of households; · Monitor and evaluate the employment policies and programs, income generating and maintenance schemes, vocational training and similar programs. The joint measure of employment, income and expenditure provides the basis for analysing the adequacy of employment of different categories of workers and income-generating capacity of employment-related economic development.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Households

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

A nationally representative sample of households was selected in order to achieve the survey objectives. For the purposes of this survey the list of the 1984 population census Enumeration Areas (EAs) with population and household information was used as the sampling frame. The primary sampling units were the 1984 EAs with the secondary units being the households in the EAs. This frame, though quite old, was considered the best available at the time. Indeed, this frame was used for the earlier rounds of the GLSS. In order to increase precision and reliability of the estimates, the technique of stratification was employed in the sample design, using geographical factors, ecological zones and location of residence as the main controls. Specifically, the EAs were first stratified according to the three ecological zones namely; Coastal, Forest and Savannah, and then within each zone further stratification was done based on the size of the locality into rural or urban.

A two-stage sample was selected for the survey. At the first stage, 300 EAs were selected using systematic sampling with probability proportional to size method (PPS) where the size measure is the 1984 number of households in the EA. This was achieved by ordering the list of EAs with their sizes according to the strata. The size column was then cumulated, and with a random start and a fixed interval the sample EAs were selected. It was observed that some of the selected EAs had grown in size over time and therefore needed segmentation. In this connection, such EAs were divided into approximately equal parts, each segment constituting about 200 households. Only one segment was then randomly selected for listing of the households. At the second stage, a fixed number of 20 households was systematically selected from each selected EA to give a total of 6,000 households. Additional 5 households were selected as reserve to replace missing households. Equal number of households was selected from each EA in order to reflect the labour force focus of the survey.

Sampling deviation

Out of the selected 6000 households 5999 were successfully interviewed. One household was further dropped during the data cleaning exercise because it had very few records for many of the sections in the questionnaire. This gave 5998 households. Overall, 25,694 eligible household members (unweighted) were covered in the survey.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Cleaning operations

Training: The project had 3 experienced computer programmers responsible for the data processing. Data processing started with a 2-weeks training of 15 data entry operators out of which the best 10 were chosen and 2 identified as standby. The training took place one week after the commencement of the fieldwork.

Data entry: Each data entry operator was assigned to one field team and stationed in the regional office of the GSS. The main data entry software used to capture the data was IMPS (Integrated Microcomputer Processing System). The data capture run concurrently as the data collection and lasted for 12 months.

Tabulation/Analysis: The IMPS data was read into SAS (Statistical Analysis System), after which the analysis and generation of the statistical tables were done using SAS.

Response rate

99.7 percent

In 2023, Total Petroleum Ghana registered revenue amounting to just over *********** Ghanaian cedis (GHS) (around *** billion U.S. dollars) at the company level. In the full year 2022, the value reached **** billion Ghanaian cedis (GHS). These represented a rise compared to the other years observed. Total Ghana is one of the leading marketing companies in petroleum products in Ghana, besides Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL).

Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Female: Craft and Related Trades Workers data was reported at 409.640 GHS in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 398.670 GHS for 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Female: Craft and Related Trades Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 404.155 GHS from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 409.640 GHS in 2015 and a record low of 398.670 GHS in 2013. Ghana Avg Monthly Earnings: Female: Craft and Related Trades Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ghana Statistical Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.G009: Average Monthly Earnings.

This dataset provides values for MINIMUM WAGES reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.