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International Rankings of Ghana - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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This table lists the international rankings of Ghana, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Ghana, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 58 0.3 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 133 78371 2020
Internet users - percent of population 51 68 % 2021
Internet users - total 40 22.440 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 58 1 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 105 315271 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 40 123 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 42 40.454 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 51 1 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 14 41.3 % of household expenditures 2018
Budget - expenditures 86 14.062 billion US Dollars 2018
Budget - revenues 94 9.492 billion US Dollars 2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 83 6 % of GDP 0
Current account balance 163 2.541 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 94 20.467 billion US Dollars 2019
Exports 83 23.901 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 79 65.363 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 78 43 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 124 8.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 38 80.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 97 46.5 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 123 13.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 45 1.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 49 18.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 92 24.5 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 116 57.2 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 30 43.5 % 2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 42 32.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 31 2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 0
Imports 82 25.967 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 156 0.8 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 24 9.97 % 2021
Labor force 46 14.095 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 35 44.7 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 97 14.4 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 127 40.9 % 2013
Population below poverty line 74 23.4 % 2016
Public debt 53 71.8 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 72 178.455 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 81 5.36 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 143 5400 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 79 9.917 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 172 11.34 % of GDP 0
Unemployment rate 150 4.7 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 119 9.4 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 121 9.7 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 120 9.6 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 110 160000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 83 4.364 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 82 13.569 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 107 48000 metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 62 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 96 48000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 75 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 75 0 metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 87 13.108 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 53 1.801 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - imports 112 58.000 million kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 85 5.312 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 78 2.474 billion kWh 2019
Electricity access 2 N/A % 2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 56 0.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 85 63.8 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 17 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 52 35.9 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 66 0.3 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 6 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 73 0 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 151 11.239 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 82 2.225 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - exports 57 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - imports 68 625.915 million cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - production 61 1.599 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 69 22.653 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 31 176800 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 78 3900 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 39 660.000 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 83 98000 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 35 185700 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 102 2654 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 61 85110 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 106 2073 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 87 16.67 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 60 22.75 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 51 31.95 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 24 69.1 2018
Land use - arable land 48 20.7 2018
Land use - forest 120 21.2 2018
Land use - other 161 9.7 2018
Land use - permanent crops 22 11.9 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 38 36.5 2018
Revenue from coal 33 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 21 3.51 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 89 56.200 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 85 1.070 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 84 100.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 84 300.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 40 3.06 2025
Urbanization - urban population 96 59.2 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 125 N/A tons 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 125 N/A tons 2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 89 N/A % 2023
Geography
Area - land 84 227533 sq km 0
Area - total 84 238533 sq km 0
Area - water 58 1.100 million sq km 0
Coastline 102 539 km 0
Elevation - highest point 147 885 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 35 0 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 124 190 meters 0
Irrigated land 115 360 sq km 2013
Land boundaries - total 80 2420 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 24 69.1 2018
Land use - arable land 48 20.7 2018
Land use - forest 120 21.2 2018
Land use - other 161 9.7 2018
Land use - permanent crops 22 11.9 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 38 36.5 2018
Military
Military expenditures 50 0.4 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 120 0.53 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 29 0.61 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 107 0.39 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 127 1.59 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 91 0.05 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 33 28.04 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 40 12.6 % 1718
Contraceptive prevalence rate 104 27.2 % 1718
Current health expenditure 76 4 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 95 54.3 % 2023
Death rate 141 5.99 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 136 5.9 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 30 17 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 49 68.7 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 44 62.9 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 13 98.7 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 52 16.2 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 53 7.6 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 52 1.3 % of population 0
Education expenditures 47 3.9 % of GDP 2018
Gross reproduction rate 27 1.78 % 2023
Hospital bed density 62 0.9 beds/1,000 population 2011
Infant mortality rate - female 45 28.38 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 47 35.25 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 45 31.87 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 160 71.44 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 155 68.06 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 158 69.72 years 0
Literacy - female 83 74.5 % 2018
Literacy - male 65 83.5 % 0
Literacy - total population 73 79 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 34 263 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 138 21.9 years 2020
Median age - male 130 21 years 0
Median age - total 130 21.4 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 69 20.7 2014
Net migration rate 88 0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 102 10.9 % 2016
Physicians density 144 0.17 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 44 33.846 million 2023
Population growth rate 33 2.19 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 61 84.8 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 44 47.2 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 45 28.9 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 34 15.2 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 11 12 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 9 12 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 10 12 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.02 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 30 0.93 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 32 0.81 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 24 0.95 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 110 0.3 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 139 6.6 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 128 3.5 % 2020
Total fertility rate 33 3.61 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 40 3.06 2025
Urbanization - urban population 96 59.2 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 119 9.4 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 121 9.7 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 120 9.6 0
Transportation
Airports 113 10 2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports 18 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports 1 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports 14 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports 22 N/A 2023
Airports - with unpaved runways 95 31000 3280
Heliports 26 N/A 2023
Merchant marine - total 109 52 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 139 N/A 2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 118 467438 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 81 21 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 25 3 2020
Railways 33 N/A km 2023
Roadways - paved 63 14948 km 2021
Roadways - total 67 65725 km 2021
Waterways 56 1293 km 2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Ghana on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ghana 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ghana 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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