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Ghana

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  • Ghana has a population of about 35.1M; its total GDP of $114.2B ranks #68 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 244,465 km² is about 1.3× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Fixed broadband stands out most against the median: 0.7 per 100 — rank #138 of 168 countries with data.

Ghana: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 35.1M (2025) #47 / 169 median 11.5M · 3.0×
Population growth 1.8% (2025) #53 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.7×
Urban population share 58.9% (2025) #102 / 169 median 63.8% · 92%
Population aged 65+ 3.8% (2025) #125 / 169 median 7.4% · 51%
Fertility rate 3.3 (2024) #43 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.6×
Birth rate 25.9‰ (2024) #44 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.6×
Death rate 7.0‰ (2024) #89 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 98%
Net migration -17.1K (2025) #123 / 169 N/A
Surface area 244,465 km² #81 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.3×
Population density derived 143/km² (2025) #40 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 2.0×
Economy
GDP (total) $114.2B (2025) #68 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.4×
GDP per capita $3,257 (2025) #113 / 168 median $6,834 · 48%
GNI per capita $2,630 (2025) #124 / 168 median $6,350 · 41%
GDP growth (annual) 6.0% (2025) #29 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.9×
Inflation rate 14.2% (2025) #15 / 162 median 3.3% · 4.3×
Unemployment rate 3.0% (2025) #135 / 168 median 5.1% · 58%
Gini index 43.5 (2016) #25 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.2×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 39.0% (2016) #27 / 153 median 2.5% · 16×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 35.1% (2024) #80 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.0×
Imports share of GDP 33.9% (2024) #96 / 163 median 40.2% · 84%
Agriculture share of GDP 21.3% (2025) #32 / 168 median 7.2% · 3.0×
Manufacturing share of GDP 10.1% (2025) #92 / 165 median 11.2% · 90%
International tourist arrivals 897K (2015) #92 / 162 median 1.1M · 79%
Tourism receipts $191M (2020) #119 / 165 median $705M · 27%
Health & education
Life expectancy 65.7 years (2024) #142 / 169 median 73.8 years · 89%
Infant mortality 27.5‰ (2024) #49 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 2.1×
Under-five mortality 35.9‰ (2024) #49 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 2.3×
DPT immunization 95.0% (2024) #50 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 0.7 per 1,000 (2015) #144 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 34%
Health spending share of GDP 2.9% (2023) #150 / 165 median 6.5% · 45%
Secondary school enrollment 75.7% (2024) #116 / 167 median 90.5% · 84%
Education spending share of GDP 2.9% (2022) #125 / 165 median 4.1% · 70%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.628 (2023) #117 / 165 median 0.754 · 83%
Internet users 72.2% (2024) #101 / 169 median 81.5% · 89%
Mobile subscriptions 113.6 per 100 (2024) #90 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 98%
Fixed broadband 0.7 per 100 (2024) #138 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 6%
Electricity access 91.9% (2024) #115 / 169 median 99.9% · 92%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 0.7 t (2024) #127 / 165 median 2.6 t · 27%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 24.2 Mt (2024) #78 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.1×
Renewable electricity share 34.9% (2021) #84 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.0×
Renewable energy consumption 39.0% (2021) #59 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.4×
Forest area 35.2% (2023) #71 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.1×
Agricultural land 55.4% (2023) #44 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.3×
Arable land 20.7% (2023) #47 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.9×
PM2.5 exposure 28.1 µg/m³ (2023) #52 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.4×
Military spending 0.4% (2024) #151 / 157 median 1.8% · 21%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Ghana's true-shape outline

Ghana's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 244,465 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).