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🇬🇭 Ghana
Republic of Ghana
GHA GH ₵ Ghanaian cedi (GHS)
Every statistic we track for Ghana — 110 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$9,116
64.9 yrs
4.55
0.61
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 81.2% | #59/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 81.2% | #58/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 5.9 | #118/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | 10.1% | #17/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 14.8% | #111/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 80.4% | #10/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 14.2 | #91/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #114/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -2.3% | #76/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 118.3 | #71/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 325.4 | #64/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 3,314 | #141/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 4,242 | #125/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 9,116 | #139/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 1.2% | #153/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 53% | #92/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 2,138 | #153/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 2,138 | #153/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 5.8% | #44/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 10 | #99/130 | 2023 |
| Listed Companies | 30 | #58/70 | 2024 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 43.4% | #66/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 78.3% | #2/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 4.8% | #34/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0.2% | #64/191 | 2026 |
| Stock Market Capitalisation | 9.1% | #67/70 | 2024 |
| Stocks Traded | 0.1% | #63/69 | 2024 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 145,431,875,240 | #76/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 3.3 | #46/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 21.6 | #184/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 26.1 | #48/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 35.7 | #43/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 156.9 | #86/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 16,030 | #53/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 58.4% | #132/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 89.5% | #159/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 72.2% | #117/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 120.8 | #81/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 35.6% | #47/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 13.7% | #149/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 2.7 | #137/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 3.6 | #52/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 3.7% | #160/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 33.9% | #132/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 28.2 | #51/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 64.9 | #142/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 66.4 | #146/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 8.1 | #96/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 3.5% | #166/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 6.3% | #73/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 56 | #148/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 8.4 | #94/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.7 | #153/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 369 | #137/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 36.2% | #83/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 72.2 | #39/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 9 | #56/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 25.9 | #15/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 80.9% | #105/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 16.2% | #135/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.3 | #135/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 16.9% | #109/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 4.6% | #81/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 4.6 | #68/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 45.6 | #112/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 3.2 | #115/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 72.7% | #54/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 4.6 | #115/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.9 | #66/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.3 | #108/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #52/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.5 | #92/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0 | #137/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1 | #115/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #143/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 7.1% | #110/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 88.1% | #37/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 87.2% | #36/143 | 2018 |
| Signed a Petition | 3.7% | #116/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 22.3% | #22/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 5.8 | #19/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5.2 | #46/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 4.6 | #24/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 70.5% | #85/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 71.8% | #54/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.3 | #53/153 | 2017 |
Latest available period per indicator; rank is the country's position among all countries with data. Sources are credited on each indicator page.