Ghana vs Malaysia: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Ghana

4.0%

in 2024

Malaysia

3.9%

in 2022

Ghana rank

124th

Malaysia rank

126th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Ghana
Malaysia

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 4.0% against 3.9% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Malaysia ahead.

Ghana ranks 124th and Malaysia ranks 126th of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Ghana
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Malaysia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.