As of 2019, Nigeria was the leading destination for Ghanaian emigrants, possibly facilitated by the 1979 ECOWAS Protocol on the free movement of citizens of member states. The country hosted a little over *** thousand Ghanaians in the said year, equaling around one in four emigrants from Ghana. Ranking second and third globally were the United States and the United Kingdom, with nearly *** thousand and *** thousand emigrants from Ghana, respectively. Overall, in 2019, the number of Ghanaians who had emigrated reached an approximate total of * thousand.
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International Organization for Migration. (December 1, 2020). Distribution of leading destination countries for Ghanaian emigrants from 2010 to 2019 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1228084/distribution-of-ghanaian-emigrants-by-destination-country/
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