2025 QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (Q1-Q3)
Ghana
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Reference ID
DDI-GHA-GSS-QLFS-2025Q1-Q3-v1.1
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Aug 18, 2026
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- 2025QLFS_Q2-Q3
Trade Code (s2bq3b)
Data file: 2025QLFS_Q2-Q3
Overview
Valid:
17906
Invalid:
103759
Minimum:
11
Maximum:
996
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
11 - 996
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Chop Bar/Catering/Restaurants/Kitchen Workers | 106 |
0.6%
|
| 12 | Confectionery (Bread/Cakes/Bofrot etc.) | 613 |
3.4%
|
| 13 | Beverage Service (Cocoa/Tea/Ice Cream/Yoghurt etc) | 2 |
0%
|
| 14 | Ice water/Sachet Water/Pure water | 1 |
0%
|
| 15 | Food Processing/Edible Oil/ Palm Oil/Coconut Oil/ Shea Butte | 1 |
0%
|
| 16 | Akpeteshie/Pito/Ahei Distillery | 2 |
0%
|
| 21 | Traditional Birth Attendant/Wanzam | 1 |
0%
|
| 22 | Herbalist/Herbal Medicine Production | 5 |
0%
|
| 23 | Traditional Healers/Spiritualists/Mallams/Divine Healers/Soo | 4 |
0%
|
| 31 | Hairdressers/Barbers/Beauty Culture | 3279 |
18.3%
|
| 32 | Janitors/Cleaners/Laundry | 1 |
0%
|
| 33 | Floral Decoration/Interior Decoration | 53 |
0.3%
|
| 34 | Funeral Decorations/Undertakers | 27 |
0.2%
|
| 35 | Foriculture/Horticulture | 3 |
0%
|
| 36 | Landscarping | 1 |
0%
|
| 37 | Househelps/Baby sitters | 1 |
0%
|
| 38 | Hospitality/Tourism Trades | 1 |
0%
|
| 39 | Waitress | 0 |
0%
|
| 41 | Painting and Decoration | 124 |
0.7%
|
| 42 | Carpentry and Joinery | 1005 |
5.6%
|
| 43 | Furniture Making | 67 |
0.4%
|
| 44 | Building and Construction | 1254 |
7%
|
| 45 | Building Draughtsman ship/Surveying | 28 |
0.2%
|
| 46 | Tiles/Terrazzo Making | 217 |
1.2%
|
| 47 | Plumbing/Pipe Fitting | 130 |
0.7%
|
| 48 | Steel bending | 57 |
0.3%
|
| 51 | Auto Mechanics | 582 |
3.3%
|
| 52 | Agriculture Machinery Mechanics | 4 |
0%
|
| 53 | Construction Machinery Mechanics | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 54 | Small Engines/Office Machine Mechanics | 18 |
0.1%
|
| 55 | Motor Vehicle Electrical/Electronics | 77 |
0.4%
|
| 56 | Motor Vehicle Body Repairs | 173 |
1%
|
| 57 | Bicycle/ Motor Bike/Boat Mechanics | 253 |
1.4%
|
| 58 | Vulcanizing | 66 |
0.4%
|
| 59 | Steel Benders | 32 |
0.2%
|
| 61 | General Electricals | 302 |
1.7%
|
| 62 | Electrical Construction | 110 |
0.6%
|
| 63 | Electrical Motor Rewinding | 9 |
0.1%
|
| 64 | Radio and T.V. Electronics | 104 |
0.6%
|
| 65 | Information and Communication Technology | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 66 | Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning | 46 |
0.3%
|
| 71 | Metalwork/Welding/Fabrication | 539 |
3%
|
| 72 | Mechanical Engineering Filting | 127 |
0.7%
|
| 73 | Bench Fitting | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 74 | Boiler Maintenance | 0 |
0%
|
| 75 | Blacksmithing/Jewelling/Goldsmithing | 56 |
0.3%
|
| 76 | Lathe Turning | 0 |
0%
|
| 77 | Watch Repairing | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 81 | Fishing/Fish Farming/Hunting/Trapping | 8 |
0%
|
| 82 | Animal Husbandry/Rabbittry/Grasscutter Faming | 0 |
0%
|
| 83 | Bee keeping/ Snail Farming/Mushroom Farming | 0 |
0%
|
| 84 | Charcoal Burners | 0 |
0%
|
| 85 | Woodworking/Carving | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 86 | Basketry/Cane and Rope Weaving Crafts | 24 |
0.1%
|
| 87 | Floriculture/Horticultural | 1 |
0%
|
| 88 | Vegetables Production | 0 |
0%
|
| 89 | Butchers | 3 |
0%
|
| 91 | Tailoring and Dressmaking | 5949 |
33.2%
|
| 92 | Shoes and Leatherworks | 135 |
0.8%
|
| 93 | Upholstery | 8 |
0%
|
| 94 | Orthopaedic Seamstressing | 74 |
0.4%
|
| 95 | Textile Designers | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 96 | Screen Printing/Batik/Tie and Dye | 23 |
0.1%
|
| 97 | Kente/Cloth/Adinkra/Broad Loom /Weaving | 386 |
2.2%
|
| 101 | Printing | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 102 | Bead Making | 41 |
0.2%
|
| 103 | Soap Making | 151 |
0.8%
|
| 104 | Pomade/Cosmetics Perfume /Hair Care Products Making | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 105 | Musical Instruments/Sound Equipment Making | 2 |
0%
|
| 106 | Pottery and Ceramics | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 107 | Sculpture | 3 |
0%
|
| 108 | Carving | 3 |
0%
|
| 109 | Rubber Stamp Making | 2 |
0%
|
| 110 | Transportation and Material moving trades | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 111 | Driving/Drivers Mates | 1335 |
7.5%
|
| 112 | Transport Operators | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 113 | Freight/Dockworkers | 0 |
0%
|
| 114 | Kayayoo/Truck Pushers | 0 |
0%
|
| 121 | Artists and Sign Writers | 5 |
0%
|
| 122 | Photographers | 30 |
0.2%
|
| 123 | Multimedia Production (Video/Cassette) etc. | 6 |
0%
|
| 124 | Actors/Comedians | 0 |
0%
|
| 125 | Dancing and Drama | 3 |
0%
|
| 126 | Musicians | 1 |
0%
|
| 127 | Sportsmen/Women | 1 |
0%
|
| 131 | Letter Writers | 0 |
0%
|
| 132 | Susu Collectors/Money Lenders | 0 |
0%
|
| 133 | Estate Agents | 0 |
0%
|
| 134 | Lotto Operators | 0 |
0%
|
| 135 | Communication/Business Centres Operators | 1 |
0%
|
| 136 | Protective/Security | 1 |
0%
|
| 137 | Pastors, Evangelists, Prophets/Preachers/Religious Workers. | 3 |
0%
|
| 996 | Others | 46 |
0.3%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.