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Ghana — statistics

All indicators in the section for Ghana — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

335 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Western Africa Income group: Lower middle income ISO: GHA
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 35.06M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 65.7 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.34 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 25.9 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 7 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.83 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 58.9 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 20.66M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 41.1 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 148.5 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.8 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 35.4 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 64.5 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -17,079 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.06 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 17.51M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 17.55M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 12.42M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 21.31M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 1.33M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 63.31 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 68.16 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 57.4 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 36.3 2022 UN DESA
Rural population people 14.4M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 532,286 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 1.5 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 7,479 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 15,078 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 21.7 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 28.6 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 126 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.5 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 330,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.79 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 13,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 43,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 9,300 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 11,635 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 34.93 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 22.2 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 27.5 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 35.9 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 234 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 5.3 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 46.8 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 43.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 8.5 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 25.7 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 8,494 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 193.6 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 25.2 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.87 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 57.9 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 265.2 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 190.3 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 114B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 3,257 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 5.95 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 302B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 8,610 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 2,630 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 14.2 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 14.43 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 29.3 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 10.1 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 21.3 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 42.9 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 83 2024 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 4.8 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 9.9 2024 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 151.6 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 5 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 11,708 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 8 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 79.27B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 2,261 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 4.03 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.16 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 107B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 33.41B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 11.54B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 24.3B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 48.97B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 69.11B 2024 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 4B 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 8.25B 2024 World Bank
Gross national savings % 12.4 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 855.78 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 8 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 3,900 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 283B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 4.75 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 42.3 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 12.39 2023 World Bank
Government revenue % 15.02 2023 World Bank
Government expense % 22.68 2022 World Bank
Budget balance % -2.2 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 37.41B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 5.77M 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 2,688 2023 FAO
Food production index index 135.5 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 119.2 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 55.39 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 20.7 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1394 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 28.9 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 0.29 2014 FAO
Agricultural land km² 126,037 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 4.71M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 2.15M 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 137.1 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 39 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.383 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 11.1 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.564 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 3.42 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 183 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 440,680 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 11,490 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2019 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 1.7M 2024 UNCTAD
Rail lines km 953 2006 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 85 2006 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 181 2006 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.5 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 72.18 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 113.6 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.66 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.78 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 49 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 0.61 2025 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 61.34M 2025 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 39.13M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 228,849 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.628 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.933 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.514 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 42 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.45 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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