Ghana
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 35.1M (2025). World rank 47 of 216; in Africa, 14 of 54. Area: 238,533 km². World rank 83 of 249; in Africa, 34 of 59. Life expectancy: 65.7 years (2024). World rank 188 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 28 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 28.7M → 35.1M, GDP $49.4B → $114.2B, and GDP per person $1,723 → $3,257. Better than all its neighbours (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Togo): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Ghana
- Local name
- Ghana
- Capital
- Accra
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- John Mahama
- Head of government
- Nana Akufo-Addo
- Independence
- March 6, 1957
- Women in parliament
- 14.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 35,064,272 2025
- Area
- 238,533 km²
- GDP
- $114.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $3,257 2025
- Life expectancy
- 65.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)
- Time zones
- UTC
- Calling code
- +233
- Emergency numbers
- 191, 192, 193, 999
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 539
- Neighbours
- Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo
- Agricultural land
- 55.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Afadja, 885 m
- Lowest point
- Gulf of Guinea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 190
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- March, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 24°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,187 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 147 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.8% 2025
- Living in cities
- 58.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -17.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 35.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 60.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 68.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 63.3 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.3 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 25.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 71.3%, Muslim 19.9%, other 4.5%, folk religions 3.2%, and no religion 1.1% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 58.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 45.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 55.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 52.3 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 64.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $8,610 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,630 2025
- Inflation
- +14.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 38 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 21.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 29.3% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 42.9% 2025
- Unemployment
- 3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 5.8% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 55.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 35.1% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 33.9% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +8.2% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.7% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 12.4% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 43.5 2016
- Living on under $3 a day
- 39% 2016
Education
- Adult literacy
- 76.5% 2021
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 75.7% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 21.3% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.9% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $70 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 26.7% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.3 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.1 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2015
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 90% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 27.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 35.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 234 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.5% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 2.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 36.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 3.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 89.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 31.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 35% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.8 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 25.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 5.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 67.2 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 28.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.7 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.4 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 30.9% 2024
- Protected areas
- 7.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 914 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 6.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 72.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 114 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.7 2024
- Internet domain
- .gh
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 91.9% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 598 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 39% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 34.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 60.6% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 440,680 2023
- Airports
- 11 2025
- Railways, km
- 947 2022
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2010
- Researchers per million people
- 87 2015
- Scientific articles per year
- 3,270 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 6 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1.6% 2023