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IndicatorGHAGhanaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #20
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile43.9rank #96
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.58rank #41
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.49rank #49
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #25
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile52.5rank #98
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #20
Military spending% GDP0.38%rank #141
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.36rank #65
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile66.1rank #101
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile53.4rank #99
Rule of Law0-100 percentile57.9rank #95
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.57rank #77
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.71rank #40
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.61rank #42
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile60.4rank #86
Women in parliament% seats14.5%rank #137
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.77rank #73
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment34.6%rank #46
Agriculture value added% GDP21.3%rank #27
Annual working hours per workerhours1,655.6rank #94
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker30,610.7rank #142
Current account balance% GDP8.2%rank #7
Employment-to-population ratio%55.9%rank #104
External debt stocks% GNI46.9%rank #64
FDI net inflows% GDP1.7%rank #53
GDPcurrent US$114.21Brank #69
GDP growth%6%rank #31
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$3,257.2rank #134
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $7,357.8rank #135
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $6,846.4rank #135
Government expenditure% GDP22.7%rank #74
Gross capital formation% GDP9.9%rank #161
Gross savings% GDP12.4%rank #128
High-technology exports% manuf. exports2.1%rank #120
Human capital indexindex2.5rank #93
Industry value added% GDP29.3%rank #48
Inflation%14.2%rank #156
Labour force participation rate%57.7%rank #117
Personal remittances received% GDP2.1%rank #48
R&D expenditure% GDP0.38%rank #60
Researchers in R&Dper million87.5rank #78
Tax revenue% GDP12.4%rank #89
Trade openness% GDP69%rank #106
Unemployment% labor force3%rank #39
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.1%rank #47
Vulnerable employment% employment60%rank #144
Youth unemployment% ages 15-245.8%rank #32
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-246%rank #33
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop89.9%rank #117
Basic sanitation access% pop31.6%rank #163
Child mortalityper 1003.6rank #109
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,125rank #67
DTP3 immunization coverage%95%rank #5
Health spending% GDP2.9%rank #177
Infant mortalityper 1k births27.5rank #102
Life expectancyyears65.7rank #189
Maternal mortalityper 100k234rank #87
Measles immunization% children90%rank #10
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%90%rank #10
Physiciansper 1k0.27rank #45
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m328.1rank #148
Road traffic deathsper 100k25.7rank #103
Smoking prevalence% adults3.3%rank #2
Suicide mortality rateper 100k5.3rank #65
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k126rank #101
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births35.9rank #146
Undernourishment% pop6.3%rank #22
Education
Adult literacy%76.5%rank #31
Education spending% GDP2.9%rank #122
Expected years of schoolingyears11.4rank #150
Mean years of schoolingyears7.1rank #140
Primary completion rate% relevant age97.5%rank #43
Primary enrollment% gross101%rank #57
Secondary enrollment% gross75.7%rank #91
Tertiary enrollment% gross21.3%rank #75
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00025.9rank #46
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.3rank #46
Median age of populationyears20.9rank #169
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.3rank #117
Populationpeople35.06Mrank #47
Population growth%1.8%rank #58
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years70rank #187
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands50,553rank #42
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age66.1rank #55
Urban population%58.9%rank #121
Climate
CO₂ emissionst21.02Mrank #87
CO₂ per capitat0.61rank #164
Electricity access% pop91.9%rank #27
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation35.4%rank #52
Electricity from solar% generation0.7%rank #133
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita565rank #121
Forest area% land35.2%rank #88
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita-0.36rank #3
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh468.9rank #95
Renewable electricity%36.2%rank #76
Renewable energy share%39%rank #59
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e-12rank #2
Society
Asylum seekerspeople22,470rank #136
Extreme poverty% pop39%rank #46
Female labor participation%55.3%rank #78
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.66rank #133
Gender Development Indexratio0.93rank #72
Gender Inequality Index0-10.51rank #122
Gini indexindex43.5rank #57
Homicide rateper 100k1.8rank #51
Human Development Index0-10.63rank #112
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.4rank #113
Internet users% pop72.2%rank #115
Life satisfaction0-104.6rank #112
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.6rank #84
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.07rank #168
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.2rank #128
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.41rank #150
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.72rank #166
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people21,050rank #80
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people16,030rank #125
Youth NEET rate%27.6%rank #145
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths104rank #14
Hazard & exposure0-104.6rank #40
Human hazard & exposure0-105.7rank #47
INFORM risk score0-104.6rank #35
Lack of coping capacity0-105rank #41
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105rank #45
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105rank #29
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.3rank #20
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year98rank #18
Socio-economic vulnerability0-105.5rank #52
Vulnerability0-104.3rank #32
Vulnerable groups0-102.8rank #23
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