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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: 33,787,914 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 33,787,914 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): 24.16 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 85.10 % of population
  • 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: 80,001 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 52.54 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 48.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 17.00
  • Methane emissions: 18.72 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.41 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 16,910,369 people
  • Male population: 16,877,545 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 39.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 227,830.30 km²
  • Rural population: 13,772,630 people
  • Urban land area: 5,559.55 km²
  • Urban population: 20,015,284 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

Cities in Ghana

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Ghana

Evolution of historical forest area in Ghana

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Distribution of sites in Ghana by inscription year

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Ghana

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Ghana

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

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Ghana

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Ghana

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Ghana

Evolution of historical land area in Ghana

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Evolution of historical median age in Ghana

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Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Ghana

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Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Ghana

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Ghana

Geographical distribution of sites in Ghana by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

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Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Ghana

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

Evolution of historical population in Ghana

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Evolution of historical female population in Ghana

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Ghana

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Evolution of historical rural land area in Ghana

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Evolution of historical rural population in Ghana

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Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Ghana

Evolution of historical urban land area in Ghana

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Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Ghana

Evolution of historical urban population in Ghana

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

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Relationship between population and date in Ghana

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Ghana

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Ghana

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Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Ghana

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Ghana

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Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Ghana

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Ghana

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Ghana

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Ghana

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Ghana

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Ghana

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Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Ghana

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Ghana

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Ghana

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Ghana

Sites in Ghana

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Ghana

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Ghana

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Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Ghana

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Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Ghana

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Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Ghana

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Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Ghana

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

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Evolution of historical net energy imports in Ghana

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Evolution of historical fertility rate in Ghana

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Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Ghana

Proportion of transboundary sites in Ghana

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Ghana by mean width

Wildfires in Ghana

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Ghana

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 16,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.63
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,800 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 69.84 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 0.39 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -10,003 people
  • Press freedom: 3.76
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 14.55 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Ghana

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Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Ghana

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Ghana

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Ghana

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Ghana

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Ghana

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Ghana

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

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Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Ghana

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

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Political parties in Ghana

Distribution of politicians from Ghana by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Ghana

Politicians from Ghana

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Business

  • Expense: 22.68 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 76,370,396,722.15 current US$
  • Inflation: 38.11 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 71.17 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 12.30 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 3.06 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 67.87 % of total employment

Shops in Ghana

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Ghana

Companies from Ghana

Proportion of employee types in companies from Ghana

Distribution of companies founded in Ghana by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Ghana

Evolution of historical central government debt in Ghana

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Evolution of historical expense in Ghana

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Evolution of historical GDP in Ghana

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Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Ghana

Evolution of historical inflation in Ghana

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Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Ghana

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Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Ghana

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Ghana

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Exchanges in Ghana

Proportion of shops per country 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

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Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Ghana

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Ghana

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Ghana

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Ghana

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Ghana

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Ghana

Evolution of historical death rate in Ghana

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Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Ghana

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Ghana

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Evolution of historical health expenditure in Ghana

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Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Ghana

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Evolution of historical hospital beds in Ghana

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Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Ghana

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Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Ghana

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Ghana

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Ghana

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Diseases 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 cases and deaths in Ghana

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Ghana by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Ghana

Athletes from Ghana

Proportion of competitions per city in Ghana

Competitions 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

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Culture

Artists from Ghana

Distribution of artists from Ghana by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Ghana

Geographical distribution of museums in Ghana by visitors

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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