Ghana Ghana

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Ghana, is a country located at Western Africa, it has an area of 238,530 Km2.

Ghana, with a population of 32,082,000 people, it is ranked at 47º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 134 people per km2.

It's capital is Accra and its currency is Ghana cedi

Ghana is holding the 83 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 63,325 millions of euros (66,736 millions of dollars), ( 92.38% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,974 euros per inhabitant$2,080 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Ghana was on July of 2023 and it was 10.4%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Ghana, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.632 points in 2021, leaving it in 133th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Ghana are business, you must know it's in the 118th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Ghana, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Accra: Monthly Rainfall
Ghana Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€68,550M
Annual GDP [+]2022$72,243M
GDP per capita [+]2022€2,137
GDP per capita [+]2022$2,252
Debt (M.€.) [+]202263,325
Debt ($M) [+]202266,736
Debt (%GDP) [+]202292.38%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€1,974
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$2,080
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-7,690
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-8,104
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-11.22%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202218,547.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]202219,546.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20182,212.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20182,613.8
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201818.60%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017583.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017659.4
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20176.07%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022240.0
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022252.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20221.54%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202227.06%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€578
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$609
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€75
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$88
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€20
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$22
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€7
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$8
S&P Rating [+]12/20/2022SD
Fitch Rating [+]02/21/2023RD
Corruption Index [+]202243
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019111º
Fragile States Index [+]201868.1
RTI Raking [+]202244º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018107º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$42.5
NMW [+]2022€51.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]201772º
Markets
Euro / Ghana cedi [+]04/15/202413.8345
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/15/202412.9972
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]08/30/20230%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]July 202310.4%
PPI Year on Year [+]August 202246.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]01/29/202429.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020118º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20193,394
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.19
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201532.12
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202114.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201918.13%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202030.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,088,309
Exports [+]2021€14,374.3M
Exports [+]2021$17,000.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202121.49%
Imports [+]2021€13,362.4M
Imports [+]2021$15,803.7M
Imports % GDP [+]202119.98%
Trade balance [+]2021€1,011.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$1,196.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20211.51%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201581º
Density [+]2022134
Global Peace Ranking [+]202351º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,190.3
% Immigrant [+]20201.55%
% Emigrant [+]20203.26%
Birth Rate [+]202127.55‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,282.4
Crude death rate [+]20217.63‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.56
% risk of poverty [+]201623.4%
Population [+]202232,082,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020476,412
Emigrant stock [+]20201,004,324
HDI [+]20210.632
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023100º
Life expectancy [+]202163.80
Suicides [+]20151,896
Suicide rate [+]20156.84
Number of homicides [+]2021603
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20211.84
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.75
Annual crude oil production [+]2022165
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021660.0
Consumption GWh [+]202118,274
Generation GWh [+]202120,931
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/31/20241,462
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/31/2024171,875
Fully vaccinated [+]07/02/202310,780,003
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/31/202445.57
Doses administered [+]07/02/202325,624,828