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Ghana

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Key facts

  • currency: New Ghanaian cedi
  • capital city: Accra
  • region: Western Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 227,533 km²
  • population: 34,121,985 people
  • political leader: Nana Akufo-Addo (President)
In classification: place

Location on a map: [8°0′N, -2°0′W]

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Summary

The country Ghana is located in Africa and the Western Africa region. It has a land area of 227,533 km² square kilometers and a population of 34,121,985 people. The capital city is Accra and uses the currency New Ghanaian cedi. The political leader is Nana Akufo-Addo with the title President.

Culture

Distribution of artists from Ghana by birth date

Distribution of artists from Ghana by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Ghana by visitors

Artists from Ghana

Museums in Ghana

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Ghana by birth year

Distribution of competitions by country in Ghana

Distribution of competitions in Ghana by start date

Distribution of competitions by city in Ghana

Athletes from Ghana

Competitions in Ghana

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Ghana by total students

Distribution of universities in Ghana by foundation year

Universities in Ghana

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Environment

Ghana is one of the countries in Africa and one of the countries in Western Africa. Ghana is one of the 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 126,037.40 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 5.87 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 19,401.16 kt
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 38.85 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 50.87 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.03 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -8.19 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 3.51 births per woman
  • Forest area: 79,929 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 52.54 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 680.01 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 16.80
  • Methane emissions: 11,847.91 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 6,369.12 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 17,105,458 people
  • Male population: 17,016,528 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 39.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 227,830.30 km²
  • Rural population: 13,908,804 people
  • Urban land area: 5,559.55 km²
  • Urban population: 20,213,181 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.42 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Ghana by population

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Ghana

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Ghana

Ghana historical life expectancy at birth per fertility rate

Ghana historical median age per fertility rate

Evolution of historical forest area in Ghana

Ghana historical rural land area per forest area

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Ghana historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Ghana

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Ghana

Evolution of historical internet access in Ghana

Evolution of historical land area in Ghana

Ghana historical methane emissions per land area

Evolution of historical median age in Ghana

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Ghana historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions

Ghana historical population per methane emissions

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Ghana historical urban population per methane emissions

Evolution of historical net migration in Ghana

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Ghana historical population per nitrous oxide emissions

Ghana historical rural population per nitrous oxide emissions

Ghana historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions

Ghana historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions

Evolution of historical population in Ghana

Ghana historical urban land area per population

Evolution of historical female population in Ghana

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Ghana

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Ghana historical urban land area per rural population

Evolution of historical total urban land in Ghana

Ghana historical urban population per urban land area

Evolution of historical urban population in Ghana

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Ghana

Ghana historical date per population

Ghana historical land area per agricultural land

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Ghana

Ghana historical methane emissions per agricultural land

Ghana historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Ghana

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Ghana

Ghana historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Ghana historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Ghana historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Ghana historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Ghana historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Ghana

Ghana historical birth rate per access to electricity

Ghana historical fertility rate per access to electricity

Ghana historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity

Ghana historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity

Ghana historical self-employed workers per access to electricity

Ghana historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Ghana

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Ghana

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Ghana

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Ghana

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Ghana

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Ghana

Distribution of sites in Ghana by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Ghana by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Ghana

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Ghana by mean width

Wildfires width mean per length mean in Ghana

Cities in Ghana

Sites in Ghana

Wildfires in Ghana

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Health

  • Birth rate: 27.08 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 7.58 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 100.00 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.15 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.53 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 0.69 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 64
  • Suicide mortality rate: 6.60 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Ghana

Ghana historical fertility rate per birth rate

Ghana historical life expectancy at birth per birth rate

Ghana historical self-employed workers per birth rate

Ghana historical vulnerable employment per birth rate

Ghana historical median age per birth rate

Evolution of historical death rate in Ghana

Ghana historical life expectancy at birth per death rate

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Ghana

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Ghana

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Ghana

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Ghana

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Ghana

Ghana historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth

Ghana historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Ghana

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Ghana

Distribution of diseases in Ghana by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Ghana by start date

Evolution of historical covid cases in Ghana

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Ghana

Diseases daily deaths per cases in Ghana

Diseases in Ghana

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Business

  • Expense: 22.68 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 76,370,394,412.42 current US$
  • Inflation: 38.11 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 75.11 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 12.30 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 3.08 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 69.54 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Ghana by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Ghana

Evolution of historical expense in Ghana

Evolution of historical GDP in Ghana

Evolution of historical median inflation in Ghana

Evolution of historical self employed in Ghana

Ghana historical vulnerable employment per self-employed workers

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Ghana

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Ghana

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Ghana

Distribution of shops in Ghana by country

Companies from Ghana

Exchanges in Ghana

Shops from Ghana

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 16,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.63
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 0.35 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 14.55 %

Distribution of politicians from Ghana by gender

Ghana historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel

Ghana historical nitrous oxide emissions per armed forces personnel

Ghana historical population per armed forces personnel

Ghana historical rural population per armed forces personnel

Ghana historical urban land area per armed forces personnel

Ghana historical urban population per armed forces personnel

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Ghana

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Ghana

Distribution of politicians from Ghana by birth date

Politicians from Ghana

Political parties in Ghana

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In literature

There are 412 books written about Ghana in our database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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