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This document provides a summary of key findings from Ghana's 2021 Population and Housing Census thematic report on migration. Some of the main results presented include: - Migrants made up 28.9% of Ghana's total population. Greater Accra region received the most migrants while six southern regions received more migrants than the number of people they sent out. - Reasons for migrating included employment (35.9%), marriage/family reunification (24.9%), and education/training (11.7%). Males predominantly migrated for employment while females migrated due to marriage/family reasons. - There was a decline in migration rates from 2010-2021 possibly due to the impacts of COVID-19. Ghana has

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GHANA STATISTICAL SERVICE 2021 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS Venue: International Conference Centre Date: 9th March 2023 THEMATIC REPORT ON MIGRATION
9 March 2023 2 Introduction Background Concept and definition Methodology Presentation of results Key findings Conclusion PRESENTATION OUTLINE
9 March 2023 3 INTRODUCTION Migration is one of the components of population change It is integral to development, for both individuals and nations United Nations has recommended that nations include in their census undertakings questions to elicit migration information. In compliance, Ghana has been including migration questions in all censuses since 1960.
9 March 2023 4 The objective of this report is to describe, analyse and provide explanation for patterns, trends, and the future perspective of both internal and external migration in Ghana. BACKGROUND
9 March 2023 5 Migration: the movement of people in space often involving a change in the usual place of residence Thus, migration has within it elements of both space and time or distance and duration. In the 2021 PHC the duration of stay was 12 months for both internal and international migration A migrant: a person whose place of birth was different from the place of during the 2021 PHC. Emigrant: a person born in Ghana who has traveled outside for more than 12 or intends to stay for more than 12 months. Non-Ghanaians: persons who are not Ghanaians by birth or naturalization. DEFINITION OF SOME CONCEPTS
9 March 2023 6 Data for this report came mainly from the 2021 PHC supported with others from the last two censuses, 2000 and 2010. Other supporting information, such as causes of migration and changes therein were sourced from previous studies on migration. Variables for internal migration were derived from Nationality; Birthplace; Place of Residence Variables for external migration were derived from the Section on Emigration. METHODOLOGY
9 March 2023 7 MIGRATION STATUS Migrants constituted 28.9% out of the total population of 30,832,019 enumerated in 2021 PHC, 28.9% 71.1% Migrants Non-migrants
9 March 2023 8 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95+ Percent Age Male Female Age of Migrant population peaks at the 15 to 34 years. THE AGE PYRAMID OF THE MIGRANT POPULATION
9 March 2023 9 Majority (52.5%) of the migrants were females. SEX COMPOSITION OF MIGRANTS 52.5 47.5 Male Female
9 March 2023 10 The proportion of migrants in the population is much higher in rural areas (33.9%) than urban areas (22.2%). 22.20% 33.90% Urban Rural Migrants by Rural & Urban RESIDENCE OF MIGRANTS BY TYPE OF LOCALITY
11 More than a third (35.9%) of the migrants moved to settle permanently while 24.9 percent also moved due to marriage/family reunification. REASONS FOR MIGRATING Settlement (long term/permanent stay) Education/training Other 3.1% Employment 35.9% 24.5% 11.7% 24.9% marriage/family reunification 9 March 2023
9 March 2023 12 While majority of males travel for employment their female counterparts migrate due to reasons related to marriage/family reunification. REASONS FOR MIGRATING BY SEX 32.5 16.4 51.1 17.3 32.5 50.3 Employment Marriage/family reunification Others Male Female
9 March 2023 13 17.3 82.7 22.3 77.7 Never attended Attended Non Migrant Migrant SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BY MIGRANT STATUS Proportion of the migrants who have ever attended school is higher than that of the non-migrants.
9 March 2023 14 IN-MIGRANT AND OUT-MIGRANT DISTRIBUTION BY REGION Greater Accra Region received a higher number of migrants than all the other regions. Six regions received more people than they sent out. All of them are in the south of the country 96,819 324,340 226,226 79,601 110,969 269,712 95,829 555,484 172,759 100,591 120,839 622,350 495,404 216,882 561,064 386,377 15,294 32,378 36,411 47,323 76,049 91,134 115,239 120,595 150,148 155,841 189,427 378,422 437,518 561,513 768,918 1,492,378 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 North East Upper East Upper West Savannah Oti Northern Ahafo Volta Bono Western North Bono East Eastern Central Western Ashanti Greater Accra Out-migrants In-migrants
15 -211.2 -184 -176 -110.7 -77.3 -72.1 -47.8 -45.2 -20 -18.5 35.8 39.9 57.6 60.8 67.4 259.9 -64.3 -81.9 -72.3 -72.7 -24.4 -49.5 -25.4 -18.7 -6.2 -7 9.2 15.6 14.3 22.1 21.5 58.9 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 Net migration Rate (Per 1000) Migration Effectiveness Ratio Eastern Northern Savannah Oti Central Bono Ahafo Ashanti Western Bono East Western North Gt. Accra Volta Upper East Upper West North East NET-MIGRATION RATES AND EFFECTIVENESS RATIO 9 March 2023
16 5,203,539 (30.2%) 8,336,556 (34.7%) 8,239,234 (27.0%) 2000 2010 2021 TRENDS IN MIGRATION There has been a slight decline in migration from 2010 2021. This may be as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic because most migrants had gone back to their hometowns and had not returned at the time the census was conducted. 9 March 2023
9 March 2023 17 1,551,178 2,472,456 3,934,796 8,274,270 12,545,229 17,472,530 23.1 28.9 32.0 43.8 50.9 56.7 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 20,000,000 1960 1970 1984 2000 2010 2021 Urban population Percentage Urban TRENDS IN URBANISATION, 1960 2021 Ghana has been undergoing rapid urban growth in recent times, and the foremost contributor to the process is migration.
9 March 2023 18 29.4% 9,069,549 5 17 years Total population of children 18.0% 1,631,391 Migrant children Total population 30,832,019
9 March 2023 19 19 47.4% 52.6% MALE FEMALE 31.5% 36.3% 32.2% 5-9 10 -14 15-17 Age Distribution MIGRANT CHILDREN
9 March 2023 20 32.8 36.4 30.8 30.3 36.3 33.5 31.5 36.3 32.2 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 5-9 10-14 15-17 MIGRANTS BY AGE GROUP AND SEX Male Female Total
9 March 2023 21 0.8 2.3 96.9 Unemployed Employed Population outside labour force ECONOMIC ACTIVITY STATUS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN
22 Service and sales Agricultural related activities Craft and related trades Plant and machine operators, and Elementary 15.3% MAJOR OCCUPATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN Majority of migrant children are into agricultural related activities (48.0%). While 22.0% and 15.3% are into service and sales and elementary occupations respectively. 48.0% 22.0% 11.8% 9 March 2023
9 March 2023 23 23 NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION 398,585 294,341 2010 2021 There has been a decline in the non-Ghanaian population in the country between 2010 and 2021.
24 NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION BY COUNTRY/CONTINENT OF ORIGIN Highest proportion of non-Ghanaian population are from Nigeria, Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso 9 March 2023 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.8 2.8 3.8 4.3 16.0 16.1 20.5 26.2 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 Oceania Gambia Other Ecowas Sierra Leone Guinea Americas (North and Europe Africa, other than Liberia Mali Benin Asia Cote d'Ivoire Burkina Faso Niger Togo Nigeria
9 March 2023 25 25 34% Service and sales workers Professionals Craft and related trades workers. Skilled Agric, forestry and fisheries workers. 25% 17.2% 4.4% MAJOR OCCUPATION OF NON-GHANAIANS About three in every four (76.2%) non-Ghanaians are concentrated in three occupations only, namely, services and sales (34.0%), skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery (25.0%) and craft and related trades (17.2%). These are easy-entry jobs which call for no skills or basic skills in order for one to go into them.
9 March 2023 26 26 EMPLOYMENT STATUS (NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION 15 YEARS AND OLDER) Majority of working immigrants are self- employed without employees. 0.1 0.3 2.8 2.9 3.5 5.7 6.6 53.7 Paid apprentice Domestic worker Other Unpaid apprentice Casual worker Contributing family worker Self-employed with employees Self-employed without employees
9 March 2023 27 27 Private Informal 83.2% Private formal Public (Government) Religious Organisations NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION 15 YEARS AND OLDER BY EMPLOYMENT SECTOR 14.0% 1.6% 0.4% 0.8% Other Sectors
28 250,624 289,531 2010 2021 EMIGRATION FROM GHANA There has been an increase in the number of Ghanaians who have travelled and settled outside the country between 2010 and 2021. 9 March 2023
9 March 2023 29 29 0 0 0 -4 -9 -14 -16 -15 -13 -10 -8 -4 -3 -1 -1 0 0 1 1 1 6 11 14 16 14 12 9 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 Share of Emigrant Population (Percent) Age Female Male AGE PYRAMID OF EMIGRANT POPULATION Emigrants population peaks at 25 to 39. Children under the age of 15 and aged 65+ constitute 4.0% of the emigrant population.
30 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 4.1 4.3 6.8 7.1 7.3 8.5 26.8 26.9 Savannah North East Upper West Oti Ahafo Western North Northern Upper East Volta Bono East Eastern Western Central Bono Ashanti Greater Accra Percent share EMIGRANTS BY REGION More than half (53.7%) of emigrants originates from Greater Accra (26.9%) and Ashanti (26.8%) regions. 9 March 2023
31 10.7 12.5 16.4 17.2 17.6 18.9 19.2 27.9 30.9 33.9 40.9 43.9 49.7 59.7 78.1 94.4 89.3 87.5 83.6 82.8 82.4 81.1 80.8 72.1 69.1 66.1 59.1 56.1 50.3 40.3 21.9 5.6 Upper West Oti Volta Upper East Savannah Western North North East Ahafo Bono East Bono Eastern Central Northern Western Ashanti Greater Accra Urban Rural EMIGRANTS BY REGION AND TYPE OF LOCALITY Most emigrants come from rural areas with exception of Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western Regions. 9 March 2023
9 March 2023 32 32 Most emigrants had their destinations in Europe, the Americas (North, South, and Carribean), and Africa, other than ECOWAS. EMIGRANTS BY COUNTRY/CONTINENT OF DESTINATION 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.4 2.8 2.9 4.7 6.0 7.3 10.0 23.7 37.6 COUNTRY/CONTINENT
33 73.4% 14.6% 9.6% Employment Education/training Marriage/family reunification Settlement (long term/permanent stay) Other REASONS FOR EMIGRATING The two major reasons for travelling outside the country is to seek for employment and to pursue education/training. 9 March 2023
9 March 2023 34 34 1. Ghana is currently a migrant sending, transiting, and receiving country 2. Greater Accra is the leading migrants destination region. 3. Ten Regions out of the sixteen lost population through migration with the Volta Region posting the highest. 4. Female migrants mostly move due to marriage and family reunions whereas males move for economic reasons. 5. The two main destinations for Ghanaian emigrants are Europe and America KEY FINDINGS
9 March 2023 35 35 6. Migrant populations has a higher proportion of educated persons than the non-migrant population. 7. Non-Ghanaian population are mostly into sales and service and are also largely self- employed without employees. 8. Child migrants are mostly engaged in Agriculture and sales and services. 9. Migrant children aged 5-17 constitute 18 percent of the total population. 10. Migrants are mostly found in rural areas than urban. 11. Age of Emigrant population peaks at 25 to 39 years KEY FINDINGS
9 March 2023 36 THANK YOU

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MIGRATION THEMATIC PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT (1).pptx

  • 1. GHANA STATISTICAL SERVICE 2021 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS Venue: International Conference Centre Date: 9th March 2023 THEMATIC REPORT ON MIGRATION
  • 2. 9 March 2023 2 Introduction Background Concept and definition Methodology Presentation of results Key findings Conclusion PRESENTATION OUTLINE
  • 3. 9 March 2023 3 INTRODUCTION Migration is one of the components of population change It is integral to development, for both individuals and nations United Nations has recommended that nations include in their census undertakings questions to elicit migration information. In compliance, Ghana has been including migration questions in all censuses since 1960.
  • 4. 9 March 2023 4 The objective of this report is to describe, analyse and provide explanation for patterns, trends, and the future perspective of both internal and external migration in Ghana. BACKGROUND
  • 5. 9 March 2023 5 Migration: the movement of people in space often involving a change in the usual place of residence Thus, migration has within it elements of both space and time or distance and duration. In the 2021 PHC the duration of stay was 12 months for both internal and international migration A migrant: a person whose place of birth was different from the place of during the 2021 PHC. Emigrant: a person born in Ghana who has traveled outside for more than 12 or intends to stay for more than 12 months. Non-Ghanaians: persons who are not Ghanaians by birth or naturalization. DEFINITION OF SOME CONCEPTS
  • 6. 9 March 2023 6 Data for this report came mainly from the 2021 PHC supported with others from the last two censuses, 2000 and 2010. Other supporting information, such as causes of migration and changes therein were sourced from previous studies on migration. Variables for internal migration were derived from Nationality; Birthplace; Place of Residence Variables for external migration were derived from the Section on Emigration. METHODOLOGY
  • 7. 9 March 2023 7 MIGRATION STATUS Migrants constituted 28.9% out of the total population of 30,832,019 enumerated in 2021 PHC, 28.9% 71.1% Migrants Non-migrants
  • 8. 9 March 2023 8 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95+ Percent Age Male Female Age of Migrant population peaks at the 15 to 34 years. THE AGE PYRAMID OF THE MIGRANT POPULATION
  • 9. 9 March 2023 9 Majority (52.5%) of the migrants were females. SEX COMPOSITION OF MIGRANTS 52.5 47.5 Male Female
  • 10. 9 March 2023 10 The proportion of migrants in the population is much higher in rural areas (33.9%) than urban areas (22.2%). 22.20% 33.90% Urban Rural Migrants by Rural & Urban RESIDENCE OF MIGRANTS BY TYPE OF LOCALITY
  • 11. 11 More than a third (35.9%) of the migrants moved to settle permanently while 24.9 percent also moved due to marriage/family reunification. REASONS FOR MIGRATING Settlement (long term/permanent stay) Education/training Other 3.1% Employment 35.9% 24.5% 11.7% 24.9% marriage/family reunification 9 March 2023
  • 12. 9 March 2023 12 While majority of males travel for employment their female counterparts migrate due to reasons related to marriage/family reunification. REASONS FOR MIGRATING BY SEX 32.5 16.4 51.1 17.3 32.5 50.3 Employment Marriage/family reunification Others Male Female
  • 13. 9 March 2023 13 17.3 82.7 22.3 77.7 Never attended Attended Non Migrant Migrant SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BY MIGRANT STATUS Proportion of the migrants who have ever attended school is higher than that of the non-migrants.
  • 14. 9 March 2023 14 IN-MIGRANT AND OUT-MIGRANT DISTRIBUTION BY REGION Greater Accra Region received a higher number of migrants than all the other regions. Six regions received more people than they sent out. All of them are in the south of the country 96,819 324,340 226,226 79,601 110,969 269,712 95,829 555,484 172,759 100,591 120,839 622,350 495,404 216,882 561,064 386,377 15,294 32,378 36,411 47,323 76,049 91,134 115,239 120,595 150,148 155,841 189,427 378,422 437,518 561,513 768,918 1,492,378 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 North East Upper East Upper West Savannah Oti Northern Ahafo Volta Bono Western North Bono East Eastern Central Western Ashanti Greater Accra Out-migrants In-migrants
  • 15. 15 -211.2 -184 -176 -110.7 -77.3 -72.1 -47.8 -45.2 -20 -18.5 35.8 39.9 57.6 60.8 67.4 259.9 -64.3 -81.9 -72.3 -72.7 -24.4 -49.5 -25.4 -18.7 -6.2 -7 9.2 15.6 14.3 22.1 21.5 58.9 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 Net migration Rate (Per 1000) Migration Effectiveness Ratio Eastern Northern Savannah Oti Central Bono Ahafo Ashanti Western Bono East Western North Gt. Accra Volta Upper East Upper West North East NET-MIGRATION RATES AND EFFECTIVENESS RATIO 9 March 2023
  • 16. 16 5,203,539 (30.2%) 8,336,556 (34.7%) 8,239,234 (27.0%) 2000 2010 2021 TRENDS IN MIGRATION There has been a slight decline in migration from 2010 2021. This may be as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic because most migrants had gone back to their hometowns and had not returned at the time the census was conducted. 9 March 2023
  • 17. 9 March 2023 17 1,551,178 2,472,456 3,934,796 8,274,270 12,545,229 17,472,530 23.1 28.9 32.0 43.8 50.9 56.7 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 20,000,000 1960 1970 1984 2000 2010 2021 Urban population Percentage Urban TRENDS IN URBANISATION, 1960 2021 Ghana has been undergoing rapid urban growth in recent times, and the foremost contributor to the process is migration.
  • 18. 9 March 2023 18 29.4% 9,069,549 5 17 years Total population of children 18.0% 1,631,391 Migrant children Total population 30,832,019
  • 19. 9 March 2023 19 19 47.4% 52.6% MALE FEMALE 31.5% 36.3% 32.2% 5-9 10 -14 15-17 Age Distribution MIGRANT CHILDREN
  • 20. 9 March 2023 20 32.8 36.4 30.8 30.3 36.3 33.5 31.5 36.3 32.2 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 5-9 10-14 15-17 MIGRANTS BY AGE GROUP AND SEX Male Female Total
  • 21. 9 March 2023 21 0.8 2.3 96.9 Unemployed Employed Population outside labour force ECONOMIC ACTIVITY STATUS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN
  • 22. 22 Service and sales Agricultural related activities Craft and related trades Plant and machine operators, and Elementary 15.3% MAJOR OCCUPATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN Majority of migrant children are into agricultural related activities (48.0%). While 22.0% and 15.3% are into service and sales and elementary occupations respectively. 48.0% 22.0% 11.8% 9 March 2023
  • 23. 9 March 2023 23 23 NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION 398,585 294,341 2010 2021 There has been a decline in the non-Ghanaian population in the country between 2010 and 2021.
  • 24. 24 NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION BY COUNTRY/CONTINENT OF ORIGIN Highest proportion of non-Ghanaian population are from Nigeria, Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso 9 March 2023 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.8 2.8 3.8 4.3 16.0 16.1 20.5 26.2 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 Oceania Gambia Other Ecowas Sierra Leone Guinea Americas (North and Europe Africa, other than Liberia Mali Benin Asia Cote d'Ivoire Burkina Faso Niger Togo Nigeria
  • 25. 9 March 2023 25 25 34% Service and sales workers Professionals Craft and related trades workers. Skilled Agric, forestry and fisheries workers. 25% 17.2% 4.4% MAJOR OCCUPATION OF NON-GHANAIANS About three in every four (76.2%) non-Ghanaians are concentrated in three occupations only, namely, services and sales (34.0%), skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery (25.0%) and craft and related trades (17.2%). These are easy-entry jobs which call for no skills or basic skills in order for one to go into them.
  • 26. 9 March 2023 26 26 EMPLOYMENT STATUS (NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION 15 YEARS AND OLDER) Majority of working immigrants are self- employed without employees. 0.1 0.3 2.8 2.9 3.5 5.7 6.6 53.7 Paid apprentice Domestic worker Other Unpaid apprentice Casual worker Contributing family worker Self-employed with employees Self-employed without employees
  • 27. 9 March 2023 27 27 Private Informal 83.2% Private formal Public (Government) Religious Organisations NON-GHANAIAN POPULATION 15 YEARS AND OLDER BY EMPLOYMENT SECTOR 14.0% 1.6% 0.4% 0.8% Other Sectors
  • 28. 28 250,624 289,531 2010 2021 EMIGRATION FROM GHANA There has been an increase in the number of Ghanaians who have travelled and settled outside the country between 2010 and 2021. 9 March 2023
  • 29. 9 March 2023 29 29 0 0 0 -4 -9 -14 -16 -15 -13 -10 -8 -4 -3 -1 -1 0 0 1 1 1 6 11 14 16 14 12 9 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 Share of Emigrant Population (Percent) Age Female Male AGE PYRAMID OF EMIGRANT POPULATION Emigrants population peaks at 25 to 39. Children under the age of 15 and aged 65+ constitute 4.0% of the emigrant population.
  • 30. 30 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 4.1 4.3 6.8 7.1 7.3 8.5 26.8 26.9 Savannah North East Upper West Oti Ahafo Western North Northern Upper East Volta Bono East Eastern Western Central Bono Ashanti Greater Accra Percent share EMIGRANTS BY REGION More than half (53.7%) of emigrants originates from Greater Accra (26.9%) and Ashanti (26.8%) regions. 9 March 2023
  • 31. 31 10.7 12.5 16.4 17.2 17.6 18.9 19.2 27.9 30.9 33.9 40.9 43.9 49.7 59.7 78.1 94.4 89.3 87.5 83.6 82.8 82.4 81.1 80.8 72.1 69.1 66.1 59.1 56.1 50.3 40.3 21.9 5.6 Upper West Oti Volta Upper East Savannah Western North North East Ahafo Bono East Bono Eastern Central Northern Western Ashanti Greater Accra Urban Rural EMIGRANTS BY REGION AND TYPE OF LOCALITY Most emigrants come from rural areas with exception of Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western Regions. 9 March 2023
  • 32. 9 March 2023 32 32 Most emigrants had their destinations in Europe, the Americas (North, South, and Carribean), and Africa, other than ECOWAS. EMIGRANTS BY COUNTRY/CONTINENT OF DESTINATION 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.4 2.8 2.9 4.7 6.0 7.3 10.0 23.7 37.6 COUNTRY/CONTINENT
  • 33. 33 73.4% 14.6% 9.6% Employment Education/training Marriage/family reunification Settlement (long term/permanent stay) Other REASONS FOR EMIGRATING The two major reasons for travelling outside the country is to seek for employment and to pursue education/training. 9 March 2023
  • 34. 9 March 2023 34 34 1. Ghana is currently a migrant sending, transiting, and receiving country 2. Greater Accra is the leading migrants destination region. 3. Ten Regions out of the sixteen lost population through migration with the Volta Region posting the highest. 4. Female migrants mostly move due to marriage and family reunions whereas males move for economic reasons. 5. The two main destinations for Ghanaian emigrants are Europe and America KEY FINDINGS
  • 35. 9 March 2023 35 35 6. Migrant populations has a higher proportion of educated persons than the non-migrant population. 7. Non-Ghanaian population are mostly into sales and service and are also largely self- employed without employees. 8. Child migrants are mostly engaged in Agriculture and sales and services. 9. Migrant children aged 5-17 constitute 18 percent of the total population. 10. Migrants are mostly found in rural areas than urban. 11. Age of Emigrant population peaks at 25 to 39 years KEY FINDINGS
  • 36. 9 March 2023 36 THANK YOU

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