The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has disclosed that about 2.5 million Ghanaians within 15 to 35 years, were not in any employment, education or training across the country in the third quarter of 2022.
According to the GSS, for every three unemployed youth within this bracket two persons were females.
This was captured in the latest labour statistics report from the Service.
The Savannah Region had the highest population of such youth who were neither in employment, training or education with a percentage of 27.8.
This was closely followed by the North East (24.3%) and Upper East Region came in third with 24.2% within the third quarter of 2022.
While the number of persons who were multidimensionally poor remained relatively constant in the three quarters, the number of persons who were unemployed in addition to being food insecure decreased by 60,000 between the first and third quarters.
The report also revealed that the number of NEET individuals decreased with age, with the highest number of NEET individuals among youth aged 15 to 35 years peaking at age 21.
Another significant finding from the report showed that Ghanaians who suffered from unemployment, food insecurity and multidimensional poverty decreased between the first and second quarters.
However, the number shot up by almost 55,000 in the third quarter.
Also, the report showed that more youth within the informal sector were more likely to lose their jobs as compared to their counterparts in the formal sector.
