National Minimum Wage

Name: Ghana National Minimum Wage
Creator: National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

Ghana's National Daily Minimum Wage, the least any worker may be paid for a day's work, in Ghana cedis (GHS) per day, as set by the National Tripartite Committee (Government, employers and organised labour) under the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651). One row per year from 2015 to 2026: the rate, the date it took effect and the day it was replaced, the rise over the previous year's rate (change_pct, worked out from the rates) and the rise the communiqué itself states (stated_increase_pct), each with the communiqué it comes from. Sourced from the National Tripartite Committee's communiqués, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (2025 as reported by the Ghana News Agency). 12 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · covers 2015 to 2026listing updated Sep 26, 2026Free12 recordsLabour & Business

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
year	INTEGER
daily_wage_ghs	DECIMAL(8,2)
change_pct	DECIMAL(6,2)
stated_increase_pct	DECIMAL(6,2)
source_document	TEXT
effective_from	DATE
effective_to	DATE
checked_at	DATE
source_url	TEXT
notes	TEXT
source	TEXT

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First 5 rows of National Minimum Wage
yearINTEGER	daily wage ghsDECIMAL(8,2)	change pctDECIMAL(6,2)	stated increase pctDECIMAL(6,2)	source documentTEXT	effective fromDATE	effective toDATE	checked atDATE	source urlTEXT	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
2015	7	—	16.7	NTC communique on the 2015 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 20 January 2015	2015-01-01	2015-12-31	2026-09-26	https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2015.pdf	—	National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission
2016	8	14.29	14.29	NTC communique on the 2016 National Daily Minimum Wage, meeting of 2 October 2015	2016-01-01	2016-12-31	2026-09-26	https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2016.pdf	The communique's closing line reads 2 October 2016, but the meeting it records and the signatories' handwritten dates are 2 October 2015.	National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission
2017	8.8	10	10	NTC communique on the 2017 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 7 September 2016	2017-01-01	2017-12-31	2026-09-26	https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2017.pdf	—	National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission
2018	9.68	10	10	NTC communique on the 2018 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 11 July 2017	2018-01-01	2018-12-31	2026-09-26	https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2018.pdf	—	National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission
2019	10.65	10.02	10	NTC communique on the 2019 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 26 July 2018	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2026-09-26	https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2019.pdf	—	National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

yearINTEGER	daily wage ghsDECIMAL(8,2)	change pctDECIMAL(6,2)	stated increase pctDECIMAL(6,2)	source documentTEXT	effective fromDATE	effective toDATE	checked atDATE	source urlTEXT	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
10	10	10	10	example-source_document-1	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-1	example-notes-1	example-source-1
20	20	20	20	example-source_document-2	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-2	example-notes-2	example-source-2
30	30	30	30	example-source_document-3	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-3	example-notes-3	example-source-3
40	40	40	40	example-source_document-4	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-4	example-notes-4	example-source-4
50	50	50	50	example-source_document-5	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-5	example-notes-5	example-source-5
60	60	60	60	example-source_document-6	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-6	example-notes-6	example-source-6
70	70	70	70	example-source_document-7	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-7	example-notes-7	example-source-7
80	80	80	80	example-source_document-8	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-8	example-notes-8	example-source-8

7 more rows — see the plans

Get an API key

Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 26, 2026from the source
Covers: 2015 to 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 2015 to 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). National minimum wage (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/national-minimum-wage

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

National Minimum Wage

Field

Type

year

INTEGER

daily_wage_ghs

DECIMAL(8,2)

change_pct

DECIMAL(6,2)

stated_increase_pct

DECIMAL(6,2)

source_document

TEXT

effective_from

DATE

effective_to

DATE

checked_at

DATE

source_url

TEXT

notes

TEXT

source

TEXT

yearINTEGER

daily wage ghsDECIMAL(8,2)

change pctDECIMAL(6,2)

stated increase pctDECIMAL(6,2)

source documentTEXT

effective fromDATE

effective toDATE

checked atDATE

source urlTEXT

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

2015

—

16.7

NTC communique on the 2015 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 20 January 2015

2015-01-01

2015-12-31

2026-09-26

https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2015.pdf

—

National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

2016

14.29

NTC communique on the 2016 National Daily Minimum Wage, meeting of 2 October 2015

2016-01-01

2016-12-31

2026-09-26

https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2016.pdf

The communique's closing line reads 2 October 2016, but the meeting it records and the signatories' handwritten dates are 2 October 2015.

National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

2017

8.8

NTC communique on the 2017 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 7 September 2016

2017-01-01

2017-12-31

2026-09-26

https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2017.pdf

—

National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

2018

9.68

NTC communique on the 2018 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 11 July 2017

2018-01-01

2018-12-31

2026-09-26

https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2018.pdf

—

National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

2019

10.65

10.02

NTC communique on the 2019 National Daily Minimum Wage, dated 26 July 2018

2019-01-01

2019-12-31

2026-09-26

https://fairwages.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NDMW-2019.pdf

—

National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

yearINTEGER

daily wage ghsDECIMAL(8,2)

change pctDECIMAL(6,2)

stated increase pctDECIMAL(6,2)

source documentTEXT

effective fromDATE

effective toDATE

checked atDATE

source urlTEXT

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage

Auth

X-API-Key header

Pagination

page · limit

Format

JSON

Version

1.0

Last updated

Sep 26, 2026from the source

Covers

2015 to 2026

Refreshed

monthly

Last checked

Oct 1, 2026looked right

Source

National Tripartite Committee communique, published by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

How to cite

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/national_minimum_wage",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]