International Rankings of Ghana 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	59,086	93	2012
Internet users	1,297,000	91	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	285,000	117	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	25,618,000	42	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$14,870,000,000	80	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$10,560,000,000	83	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-9.50	107	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	18	3	31 Dec 200
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	22.80	13	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$5,149,000,000	167	2013 est.
Debt - external	$14,680,000,000	88	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	39.4	57	2005-06
Exports	$13,370,000,000	83	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	50.20	59	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	14.20	78	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	64.20	84	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-61.00	118	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	31.70	22	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.70	35	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	21.50	38	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	28.70	78	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	49.80	130	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$45,550,000,000	89	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$3,500	144	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$90,410,000,000	78	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	7.90	12	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	21.10	62	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	32.80	49	2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.00	28	2006
Imports	$18,490,000,000	80	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	10.50	9	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	11.00	13	2013 est.
Labor force	12,070,000	44	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	56.00	22	2005 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	15.00	86	2005 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	29.00	118	2005 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 3,097,000,000	85	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	28.50	59	2007 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	53.10	58	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$6,016,000,000	87	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 12,590,000,000	97	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$13,310,000,000	89	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 6,256,000,000	94	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	23.2	119	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	11.00	65	2000 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	9,005,000	103	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	32,060	62	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	79,630	53	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	660,000,000	42	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	5,311,000,000	112	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	1,036,000,000	58	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	40.6	112	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	59.4	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	106,000,000	92	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1,985,000	104	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	8,213,000,000	97	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	206.19	174	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	120,000,000	103	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	830,000,000	60	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	50,000,000	87	2010 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	22,650,000,000	72	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	61,590	92	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	9,977	85	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	37,240	81	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	22,130	92	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	539	106	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	885	168	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	48.82	148	2000
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.98	106	2000
Irrigated land (sq km)	309	121	2003
Land Area - sq km	227,533.00	83	NA
Land boundaries - km	2,420	78	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	20.12	51	2011
Land use - other (%)	68.14	173	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	11.74	21	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	113.21	92	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	238,533.00	82	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	53.20	89	2011
Water Area - sq km	11,000	44	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	6,194,339	45	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	6,268,191	48	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	4,220,761	51	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	4,136,406	52	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	260,992	43	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	267,896	43	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.27	101	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	4,943,451	38	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	4,988,823	40	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	38.60	33	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	2,426,076	48	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	2,403,526	49	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	18.70	35	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	4,480,090	54	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	4,228,326	54	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	33.80	106	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	633,688	60	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	599,510	60	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.80	89	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	565,052	66	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	489,566	65	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	4.10	102	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	31.40	37	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	34.00	16	2006 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	1,806,750	15	2006 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	14.30	47	2008
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	23.50	119	2008
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	7.37	110	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	5.90	102	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	16.80	39	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	71.60	45	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	65.60	44	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	81.3	69	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	87.2	68	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	92.5	55	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	18.7	64	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	12.8	57	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	7.5	43	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	8.10	10	2011
Health expenditures	4.80	65	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	1.40	29	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	11,600	26	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	235,800	25	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.90	66	2011
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	34.34	59	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	42.58	54	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	38.52	58	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	68.19	169	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	63.38	163	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	65.75	160	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	65.30	91	2010 est.
Literacy - male (%)	78.30	87	2010 est.
Literacy - total (%)	71.50	89	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	350.00	26	2010
Median age - female (years)	21.30	128	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	20.40	134	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	20.80	126	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	21.80	52	2008 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-2.13	125	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	7.50	112	2008
Physicians density	0.09	137	2009
Population	25,758,108	49	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.19	38	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	8.4	140	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	91.6	15	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	14.4	138	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	85.6	11	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	19.9	135	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	80.1	4	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	11	11	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	12	9	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	12	9	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	16	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.99	24	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.94	32	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.97	21	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.88	23	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.98	24	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	4.09	34	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	17	67	2000
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	16	51	2000
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	17	66	2000
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	3.5	31	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	51.9	105	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	10	109	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	7	72	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	3	97	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	4	99	2010
Pipelines (km)	775	93	2013
Railways (km)	947	91	2008
Roadways (km)	109,515	43	2009
Waterways (km)	1,293	50	2011

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