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WESTERN AFRICA

Ghana

GH

Accra · pop. 34M · English · Ghanaian cedi

Metrics

  1. population
    34M
    43 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $81B
    78 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $2,384
    127 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $285M
    113 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    0.4%
    142 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    239K km²
    83 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    142 /km²
    40 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    65.5 yr
    147 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    70%
    105 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.70 t
    126 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanization
    58%
    104 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.3
    42 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.5%
    119 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    3.7%
    55 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. researchers per million
    87
    97 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. scientific articles / yr
    3.1K
    65 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  17. high-tech exports %
    2%
    116 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  18. gini inequality
    43.5
    121 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  19. youth unemployment
    6%
    30 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  20. adult literacy
    76%
    76 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.61
    39 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  22. cpi (clean gov)
    42
    67 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  23. press freedom
    21.3
    27 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  24. human development
    0.628
    117 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  25. refugees hosted
    7.5K
    97 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  26. refugees produced
    15K
    49 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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