Ghana Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 467,438 (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9G

Airports

11 (2024)

Heliports

7 (2024)

Pipelines

681.3 km gas, 11.4 km oil, 435 km refined products (2022)

Railways

total: 947 km (2022)

narrow gauge: 947 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge

Roadways

total: 65,725 km (2021)

paved: 14,948 km (2021)

unpaved: 50,777 km (2021)

urban: 28,480 km 27% total paved 73% total unpaved

Waterways

1,293 km (2011) (168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta)

Merchant marine

total: 52 (2023)

by type: general cargo 8, oil tanker 3, other 41

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Takoradi, Tema