Tag: Ghana Statistical Service
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Ghana Statistical Service to begin trial for 2020 census
The Ghana Statistical Service has announced it will begin a multi-staged Trial Census from May 26, 2019, as part of preparations towards the 2020 Population and Housing Census. The Trial Census is in accordance with the United Nations’ recommendations guiding the conduct of Population and Housing Censuses worldwide. The Statistical Service will for the first…
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Statistical Service targets improved growth with agric census
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is optimistic it will help reverse the trend of the declining contribution of agriculture to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with the census it is about to conduct on the sector. The census which will be conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), will survey…
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Transport tops expenditure for Ghanaian tourists
Ghanaian tourists spent the highest amount on transportation in 2015, the latest survey by the Ghana Statistical Service has shown. The survey indicated that the tourists (both domestic and foreign), spent 444 million cedis on transportation. In all, the survey indicated that the tourists spent a total of GH¢ 698.4 million on domestic tourism than…