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Ghana
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- 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)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [8°0′N, -2°0′W]
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Summary
Ghana is a country. The capital city is Accra, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 227,533 km², a population of 34,121,985 people and uses the currency New Ghanaian cedi. The President is Nana Akufo-Addo.
Environment
Ghana is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 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): 24.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- 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
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 53.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 16.80
- Methane emissions: 23.15 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.37 Mt 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 electricity production from oil sources in Ghana
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Ghana
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Ghana
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Ghana
Ghana relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Ghana relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Ghana
Ghana relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Ghana
Ghana relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Ghana
Ghana relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Ghana relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Ghana relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Ghana
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Ghana
Evolution of historical land area in Ghana
Evolution of historical median age in Ghana
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Ghana
Ghana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Ghana relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Ghana relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Ghana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Ghana relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Ghana relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Ghana
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana
Ghana relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Ghana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Ghana relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Ghana
Ghana relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Ghana
Evolution of historical male population in Ghana
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Ghana
Evolution of historical rural land area in Ghana
Evolution of historical rural population in Ghana
Ghana relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in Ghana
Ghana relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Ghana
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Ghana
Ghana relationship between date and population over time
Ghana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Ghana
Ghana relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Ghana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Ghana
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Ghana
Ghana relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Ghana relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Ghana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Ghana relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Ghana relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Ghana
Ghana relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Ghana relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Ghana relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Ghana relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Ghana relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Ghana relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
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
Distribution of sites in Ghana by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Ghana by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in Ghana
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Ghana by mean width
Relationship between width mean and 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 relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Ghana relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Ghana relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Ghana relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Ghana relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Ghana
Ghana relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
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 at birth in Ghana
Ghana relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Ghana relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Ghana
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Ghana
Proportion of diseases in Ghana by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Ghana by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Ghana
Evolution of historical deaths in Ghana
Relationship between deaths and cases over time 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 founded in Ghana by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Ghana
Evolution of historical expense in Ghana
Evolution of historical GDP in Ghana
Ghana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Ghana
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Ghana
Ghana relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Ghana
Evolution of historical unemployment in Ghana
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Ghana
Proportion of shops per country in Ghana
Companies from Ghana
Exchanges in Ghana
Shops in 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 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Ghana
Ghana relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Ghana relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Ghana relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Ghana relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Ghana relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Ghana relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Ghana relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Ghana
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana
Distribution of politicians from Ghana by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Ghana
Political parties in Ghana
Politicians from Ghana
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Ghana by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Ghana
Proportion of competitions per city in Ghana
Proportion of competitions per country in Ghana
Distribution of competitions in Ghana by start date
Proportion of medals won by Ghana in the Olympics
Athletes from Ghana
Competitions in Ghana
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Ghana by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Ghana
Geographical distribution of museums in Ghana by visitors
Artists from Ghana
Museums in Ghana
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Ghana by total students
Distribution of universities in Ghana per foundation year
Universities in Ghana
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In literature
There are 412 books written about Ghana in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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