Ghana | |||
Voter turnout in the national election | 77.8% (2020) [42/199 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023) | 275 [43/190 countries] | ||
Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021) | 100,302 [46/192 countries] | ||
% of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023) | 14.55% [146/185 countries] | ||
% of MPs 40 years of age or younger (As of February 16, 2023) | 12.36% [108/143 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Evaluation of control of corruption (0-100) (2021) | 51.4 [102/209 countries] |
Ghana | |||
General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022) | 23.3% [142/189 countries] | ||
General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022) | -2.06% [91/180 countries] | ||
General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022) | 91% [26/185 countries] |
Ghana | |||
General government revenues as % of GDP (2022) | 14% [170/189 countries] | ||
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, % of GDP (2019) | 5.7% [78/117 countries] | ||
Social security contributions, % of GDP (2019) | 0.8% [77/113 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Population (ten thousands) (2021) | 3,173.2 [47/216 countries] | ||
Popuation growth (annual) (2021) | 2.0% [43/217 countries] | ||
Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021) | 60.6% [48/217 countries] | ||
0-14 years, % of the total population (2021) | 36.9% [47/193 countries] | ||
15-64 years, % of the total population (2021) | 59.9% [140/193 countries] | ||
65 years and over, % of the total population (2021) | 3.2% [155/193 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020) | 64.3 [171/199 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020) | 65.5 [175/199 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020) | 63.2 [167/199 countries] | ||
Population density (per square kilometer) (2021) | 139.5 [80/216 countries] |
Ghana | |||
% of those who think that adultery is always wrong (2018) | 91.1% [3/46 countries] | ||
% of those who think that homosexuality is always wrong (2018) | 96.5% [1/47 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020) | 3.77 [42/200 countries] | ||
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020) | 28.6 [45/204 countries] | ||
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017) | 308 [35/183 countries] | ||
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 33.0 [45/193 countries] | ||
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 45 [39/194 countries] | ||
Adolescent fertility rate (Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19) (2020) | 64.1 [51/194 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Extent of satisfaction with the relationships with family members (7 steps) (2018) | 6.03 [7/47 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 14.2% [79/154 countries] | ||
Prevalence of overweight in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 2.9% [127/154 countries] | ||
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15?49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime (%) (2018) | 24% [70/151 countries] |
Ghana | |||
International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020) | 1.5% [178/231 countries] | ||
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019) | 11,946 [72/164 countries] |
Ghana | |||
GDP (current US$, billions) (2021) | 76.359 [72/192 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (current US$) (2021) | 2,441 [140/192 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021) | 6,194 [136/192 countries] | ||
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021) | 2,360 [126/173 countries] | ||
Shadow economy, as % of GDP (2015) | 39.4% [27/158 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 29.8% [63/187 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 29.8% [63/187 countries] | ||
Employment in industry (% of total employment) (2019) | 21.0% [77/187 countries] |
Ghana | |||
% of Grade 8 students who have their own room (2011) | 32.7% [40/41 countries] |
Ghana | |||
% of Grade 8 students who agree a lot that they like being in school (2011) | 96.9% [3/42 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who agree a lot that they like being in school (2007) | 90.1% [1/52 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who agree a lot that they feel safe at school (2011) | 90.9% [8/42 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who agree a lot that they feel like they belong at the school (2011) | 85.8% [20/42 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who say that other students spread lies about them (2011) | 51.7% [10/41 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who say that other students stole something from them (2011) | 69.8% [1/41 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who say that other students made them do things they didn't want to do (2011) | 46.0% [2/41 countries] |
Ghana | |||
% of Grade 8 students who watch television and videos for less than 1 hour per day (2007) | 78.0% [1/50 countries] |
Ghana | |||
E-Government Development Index (2020) | 0.5960 [101/193 countries] | ||
E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.6310 [82/193 countries] | ||
Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.6353 [83/193 countries] | ||
Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.5930 [139/193 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Surface area (square km) (2020) | 238,530 [81/215 countries] | ||
Land area (sq. km) (2020) | 227,533 [82/216 countries] | ||
Agricultural land (% of land area) (2020) | 55.4% [47/209 countries] | ||
Forest area (sq. km) (2020) | 79,857 [60/209 countries] | ||
Forest area (% of land area) (2020) | 35.1% [87/209 countries] | ||
Coastline (km) (2019) | 539 [99/230 countries] | ||
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) (2015) | 2.1% [124/172 countries] | ||
Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) (1961-1990) | 27.2 [13/191 countries] | ||
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) (2019) | 1,187 [76/182 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Bird species, threatened (2018) | 23 [54/215 countries] | ||
Fish species, threatened (2018) | 58 [35/215 countries] | ||
Mammal species, threatened (2018) | 21 [44/215 countries] | ||
Plant species (higher), threatened (2018) | 119 [35/215 countries] | ||
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2018) | 15.1% [107/211 countries] |
Ghana | |||
CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) (2019) | 20,040 [86/191 countries] | ||
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) (2019) | 0.66 [150/191 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Crude oil supply per capita (kg) (2018) | 14 [83/90 countries] | ||
Natural gas supply per capita (million J) (2018) | 2,052 [77/88 countries] | ||
Electric power supply per capita (kWh) (2018) | 532 [83/95 countries] | ||
Renewable energy, % of primary energy supply (2020) | 40.8% [8/43 countries] | ||
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, % of total (2018) | 63.2% [53/97 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Age-standardized mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 203.8 [18/183 countries] | ||
Mortality rate attributed to exposure to unsafe WASH services (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 18.8 [44/157 countries] | ||
Mortality rate from unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) (2019) | 1.7 [46/173 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Exports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 14.5 [80/173 countries] | ||
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 20.7% [131/173 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 12.5 [89/173 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 17.8% [160/173 countries] | ||
External balance on goods and services (million US$) (2020) | 2 [42/173 countries] | ||
Current account balance (billion US$) (2021) | -2.158 [151/193 countries] | ||
Export from Japan (million US$) (2018) | 188 [90/161 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Period of United Nations membership () | 1957.0308 [79/192 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Military expenditure (billion US$) (2020) | 0.2 [106/150 countries] | ||
Military expenditure (% of GDP) (2020) | 0.4% [141/148 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 25.7 [46/183 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (5?19 years) (%) (2016) | 2.1% [172/190 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (15?49 years) (%) (2019) | 35.4% [47/192 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Current tobacco smokers, men (% of population) (2001-2020) | 3.5% [150/150 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - male (2019) | 56.5 [140/183 countries] | ||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - female (2019) | 59.6 [135/183 countries] |
Ghana | |||
New HIV infectionsf (per 1000 uninfected population) (2020) | 0.63 [20/130 countries] | ||
Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population) (2020) | 143 [52/194 countries] | ||
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among children under 5 years (%) (2020) | 2.13 [21/194 countries] | ||
Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs (2020) | 17,220,101 [16/194 countries] | ||
Probability of dying from any of CVD, cancer, diabetes, CRD between age 30-70 (%) (2019) | 22.5 [62/183 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Density of medical doctors (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 1.7 [164/193 countries] | ||
Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 36.2 [96/194 countries] | ||
Density of dentists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 0.2 [152/167 countries] | ||
Density of pharmacists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 0.4 [134/167 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) (2019) | 3,208 [111/165 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (million US$) | 15,293 (2021) [38/185 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) | 19.7% (2021) [34/185 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 29.8% [63/187 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 29.8% [63/187 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Stimulants, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.07 [175/179 countries] | ||
Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.01 [170/179 countries] | ||
Tea (including mate), food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.06 [140/178 countries] | ||
Alcoholic Beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 20.70 [113/178 countries] | ||
Total alcohol per capita (??15 years of age) consumptionl (litres of pure alcohol) (2019) | 2.8 [129/185 countries] | ||
Wine, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.27 [116/177 countries] | ||
Beer, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 9.49 [120/177 countries] | ||
Fermented beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 10.11 [15/175 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness (ranking by World Economic Forum) (2019) | 115 [115/140 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (2019) | 2,277 [83/196 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) (2019) | 0.7 [138/188 countries] | ||
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) (2019) | 5.8% [92/136 countries] | ||
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) (2019) | 5.1% [98/149 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Number of world heritage properties (2011) | 2 [90/151 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Book production, annual total | 7 (1998) [103/104 countries] | ||
Book production, % of sciences | 71.4% (1998) [5/102 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who read a book for enjoyment for less than 1 hours per day (2007) | 41.1% [49/50 countries] |
Ghana | |||
% of Grade 8 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day (2007) | 72.1% [2/50 countries] |
Ghana | |||
Life satisfaction (10 steps) (2022) | 4.872 [110/145 countries] | ||
Life satisfaction (10 steps) - male (2012-2014) | 4.817 [109/162 countries] | ||
Life satisfaction (10 steps) - female (2012-2014) | 4.739 [119/162 countries] | ||
% of those who feel very happy (2018) | 41.9% [4/47 countries] | ||
% of those who had positive affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 76.2% [64/154 countries] | ||
% of those who report that they felt happiness on the previous day (2010-2012) | 80.0% [44/155 countries] | ||
% of those who had negative affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 18.2% [117/155 countries] | ||
% of those who think that life serves purpose (2018) | 61.5% [41/47 countries] | ||
% of those who think that life is only meaningful if they provide the meaning themselves (2018) | 79.6% [18/47 countries] | ||
% of those who are satisfied with their freedom of choice in life (2021) | 80.7% [73/148 countries] | ||
Generosity of the pepople (2021) | 12.3% [20/148 countries] | ||
% of those who think that people cannot change the course of their lives (2018) | 62.4% [2/47 countries] |
Ghana | |||
% of Grade 8 students who play or talk with friends for less than 1 hour per day (2007) | 69.7% [1/50 countries] | ||
% of Grade 8 students who play or talk with friends for more than 2 hours per day (2007) | 15.6% [49/50 countries] |
Ghana | |||
% of those who consider themselves to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural (2018) | 71.7% [5/47 countries] | ||
% of those who believe in life after death (4 choices) (2018) | 79.2% [11/47 countries] | ||
% of those who believe in heaven (4 choices) (2018) | 97.1% [4/47 countries] | ||
% of those who believe in hell (4 choices) (2018) | 92.7% [5/47 countries] |