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Ghana

Lower-middle income Capital: Accra 10 regions
17%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 2.2M people.
MODEL148th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
2.2M
of 12.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.7%
213K people
People in workILO
12.9M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
5.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,257
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
72%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.43
99th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
35.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
21%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
60%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
59%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 19%
Men: any exposure 15%
Women: highest exposure 1.6%
Men: highest exposure 1.7%

Women are +4.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Ghana 17%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
GhanaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.09
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.43 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Ghana is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Ghana