The total number of advertised jobs in selected print and online media in 2022, which partially gauges labour demand in the economy, fell by 5.3% to 32,651, the Bank of Ghana has revealed.

This is against 34,484 recorded during 2021.

But the number of jobs advertised increased in December 2022 relative to a year ago.

According to the Bank of Ghana, 3,277 job adverts were recorded as compared with 2,588 for the same period in 2021, an increase of 26.6% year-on-year.

On a month-on-month basis, the number of job vacancies in December 2022 went up by 17.9% from the 2,779 jobs advertised in November 2022.