Interesting Facts about Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
There are 94,000 Ghanaians currently living in the UK
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The 2001 UK Census recorded 56,112 Ghanaian-born people living in the UK. In 2011, the UK Census recorded 93,846 Ghanaian-born residents in England and Wales. Source: Wikipedia
69.5% of the Ghanaians in the UK are employed
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5% of the Ghanaians in the UK make more than £750 per week
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The income statistics above were taken from an immigration study released in 2001 by BBC News. Note that this study differentiates between “new” and “settled” immigrants (without giving a definition of those terms). The numbers above are those for “settled” immigrants. In that study, individuals that make more than £750 per week are considered high earners. Low earners make less than £149.20 per week.
These are the complete numbers for Ghanaian immigrants from the study:
- New Immigrants: 63.7% employed, 17.19% are low earners, 3.13% are high earners
- Settled Immigrants: 69.51% employed, 15.04% are low earners, 5.31% are high earners
Ghanaians in the UK sent home $16 million in 2014
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Source: Bilateral Remittance Matrix released by the World Bank
There are currently three British of Ghanaian descent with seats in the British Parliament
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All three are members of the British Conservative Party. These are the links to their Wikipedia articles:
Most Ghanaians in the UK live in the Greater London Area
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The highest concentration of Ghanaians can be found in the boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Newham, Hackney, Haringey, Lewisham, Croydon and Brent. There are also much smaller populations in Birmingham and Manchester. Source: A report by the ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society from 2004
Ghanaians faced a 33% decrease in work visa grants to the UK in 2014
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Ghanaians faced the second largest decrease in work visa grants to the UK after Nigeria in 2014. A total of 627 work visas where granted — 306 less than the year before. The same tendency can be observed for visitor visas: In the same year, the number of visitor visas granted to Ghanaians decreased by 2,359, which equals a 14% decrease. Source: National Statistics from December 2014
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