Ghana GH
Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · capital Accra
- Population
- 35,064,272
- 2025
- GDP
- $114.2 billion
- 2025
- Life expectancy
- 65.7 y
- 2024
In the live services
| corpus | rows for this country |
|---|---|
| recipes | 5 |
| legal | 1 |
Geospatial extent
Bounding box -3.26°–1.19° E, 4.74°–11.16° N · centroid 7.95, -1.04 · source natural-earth-1:110m
Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.
Top research institutions
- University of Ghana — 34,864 works · ROR · site
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology — 27,693 works · ROR · site
- University of Cape Coast — 14,921 works · ROR · site
- University for Development Studies — 8,807 works · ROR · site
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research — 6,983 works · ROR · site
OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.
Legal system
mixed system of English common law and customary law
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)
Measured indicators
| indicator | value | year | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| account_ownership | 81.2 | 2024 | World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS |
| Account ownership (% age 15+) | 81.2 | 2024 | World Bank |
| Agricultural land (% of land) | 55.4 | 2024 | World Bank |
| air_freight | 0.0 | 2023 | World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1 |
| Air passengers carried | 440,680.0 | 2023 | World Bank |
| airline_routes_departures | 64.0 | 2026 | OpenFlights route database |
| airports_openflights | 6.0 | 2026 | OpenFlights airport database |
| airports_total | 11,490.0 | 2023 | World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT |
| armed_forces_pct | 0.1 | 2020 | World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS |
| armed_forces_personnel | 16,000.0 | 2020 | World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 |
| Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) | 5,000,000.0 | 2025 | World Bank |
| arrivals | 897,000.0 | 2015 | World Bank ST.INT.ARVL |
| atm_per_100k | 11.0 | 2024 | World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5 |
| bachelors_attainment_pct | 5.2 | 2024 | World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS |
| bank_branches_p5 | 5.9 | 2024 | World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5 |
| bank_capital_ratio_pct | 6.6 | 2025 | World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS |
| bank_capital_to_assets_pct | 6.6 | 2025 | World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS |
| basic_water_pct | 89.9 | 2024 | World Bank |
| B-READY business entry (0-100) | 69.2 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY business insolvency (0-100) | 45.9 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY business location (0-100) | 58.7 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY dispute resolution (0-100) | 47.9 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY financial services (0-100) | 72.0 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY international trade (0-100) | 53.5 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY labour (0-100) | 71.5 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY market competition (0-100) | 34.3 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY Pillar 3 operational efficiency (0-100) | 51.7 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY Pillar 2 public services (0-100) | 50.0 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY Pillar 1 regulatory framework (0-100) | 68.9 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY taxation (0-100) | 50.4 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| B-READY utility services (0-100) | 65.2 | 2025 | World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset |
| broad_money_growth | 17.3 | 2025 | World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG |
| broad_money_pct | 28.9 | 2025 | World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS |
| broad_money_pct_gdp | 28.9 | 2025 | World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS |
| budget_expense_pct_gdp | 22.7 | 2022 | World Bank |
| cereal_tonnes | 6,204,238.1 | 2024 | World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT |
| che_gdp_pct | 2.9 | 2023 | WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011 |
| che_per_capita_usd | 70.3 | 2023 | WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011 |
| child_stunting_pct | 17.4 | 2022 | World Bank World Development Indicators (2026) |
| claims_on_central_gov | 10.6 | 2025 | World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS |
| clean_fuels_cooking | 35.0 | 2024 | World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS |
| Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov) | 304.0 | 2026 | ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations) |
| container_port_traffic | 1,701,246.0 | 2024 | World Bank IS.SHP.GOOD.TU |
| container_traffic_teu | 37.2 | 2021 | World Bank IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ |
| contradictions_total | 4.0 | 2026 | encyclopedia.db prose claim graph (precision-gated advisory; P17/P27 subject) |
| cpi | 855.8 | 2025 | World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL |
| CPIA business-regulatory rating (1-6, World Bank) | 3.5 | 2025 | World Bank IQ.CPA.BREG.XQ |
| CPIA financial-sector rating (1-6) | 3.5 | 2025 | World Bank IQ.CPA.FINQ.XQ |
| CPIA public-sector management rating (1-6) | 3.7 | 2025 | World Bank IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ |
| CPIA trade rating (1-6) | 4.0 | 2025 | World Bank IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ |
| crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims | 1.7 | 2011 | https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx |
| crop_production_idx | 134.7 | 2024 | World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD |
| cts_assault_count | 50,939.0 | 2021 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| cts_assault_rate | 156.6 | 2021 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| cts_homicide_count | 607.0 | 2022 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| cts_homicide_rate | 1.8 | 2022 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| cts_robbery_count | 1,358.0 | 2021 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| cts_robbery_rate | 4.2 | 2021 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| cts_sexual_violence_count | 412.0 | 2021 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| cts_sexual_violence_rate | 1.3 | 2021 | UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless) |
| Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020) | 118.0 | 2020 | World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021) |
| Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020) | 60.0 | 2020 | World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021) |
| defense_spend_usd | 506,651,717.2 | 2025 | World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD |
| dentists_per_10k | 41.7 | 2024 | WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006 |
| deposit_rate | 10.5 | 2025 | World Bank FR.INR.DPST |
| deposit_rate_pct | 10.5 | 2025 | World Bank FR.INR.DPST |
| Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020) | 474,892.0 | 2020 | UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx) |
| International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020) | 222,009.0 | 2020 | UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx) |
| domestic_credit_private_pct | 7.9 | 2025 | World Bank FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS |
| dpt_immun_pct | 95.0 | 2024 | World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT |
| edu_spend_per_student_primary | 6.4 | 2014 | World Bank SE.XPD.PRIM.PC.ZS |
| edu_spend_per_student_secondary | 20.0 | 2014 | World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS |
| edu_spend_per_student_tertiary | 55.5 | 2014 | World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS |
| education_spend_pct_gdp | 2.9 | 2022 | World Bank World Development Indicators (2026) |
| education_spend_secondary | 37.0 | 2014 | World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.ZS |
| education_spend_tertiary | 18.3 | 2014 | World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.ZS |
| Access to electricity (%) | 91.9 | 2024 | World Bank |
| electricity_access_rural | 82.6 | 2024 | World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS |
| electricity_access_urban | 98.6 | 2024 | World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS |
| electricity_capacity_gw | 5.2 | 2024 | Ember yearly electricity data (2026) |
| showing 80 of 71,705 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON | |||
Language
English canonical body. 304 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.
- ab Гана
- ace Ghana
- ady Ганэ
- aeb-arab غانا
- af Ghana
- am ጋና
- ami Ghana
- an Ghana
- ang Ghana
- ann Ganà
- anp घाना
- ar غانا
- ary غانا
- arz غانا
- ast Ghana
- avk Gana
- awa घाना
- ay Ghana
- az Qana
- azb غنا
- ba Гана
- ban Ghana
- bar Ghana
- bcl Gana
- be Гана
- be-tarask Гана
- bew Gana
- bg Гана
- bho घाना
- bi Gana
- bjn Ghana
- bm Gana
- bn ঘানা
- bo ཀ་ན།
- bol Ghana
- bpy ঘানা
- br Ghana
- bs Gana
- bug Ghana
- bxr Гана
- ca Ghana
- cbk-zam Ghana
- cdo Ghana
- ce Гана
- ceb Ghana
- ckb گانا
- co Ghana
- crh Ğana
- crh-latn Ğana
- cs Ghana
- cv Гана
- cy Ghana
- da Ghana
- dag Ghana
- de Ghana
- de-at Ghana
- de-ch Ghana
- dga Ghana
- diq Gana
- dsb Ghana
- dty घाना
- dv ގާނާ
- dz གྷ་ན།
- ee Ghana
- el Γκάνα
- en Ghana
- en-ca Ghana
- en-gb Ghana
- en-us Ghana
- eo Ganao
- es Ghana
- et Ghana
- eu Ghana
- ext Ghana
- fa غنا
- fat Ghana
- ff Gana
- fi Ghana
- fo Gana
- fon Ganato
- fr Ghana
- frp Gana
- frr Ghaana
- fy Gana
- ga Gána
- gag Gana
- gcr Gana
- gd Gàna
- gl Ghana
- glk غنا
- gn Gána
- gpe Ghana
- gsw Ghana
- gu ઘાના
- gur Ghana
- guw Ghana
- gv y Ghaney
- ha Ghana
- hak Ghana
- haw Gāna
- he גאנה
- hi घाना
- hif Ghana
- hr Gana
- hsb Ghana
- ht Gana
- hu Ghána
- hy Գանա
- hyw Կանա
- ia Ghana
- iba Ghana
- id Ghana
- ie Ghana
- ig Ghana
- ilo Ghana
- io Ghana
- is Gana
- it Ghana
- ja ガーナ
- jam Gaana
- jbo lo gugdeguxe
- jv Ghana
- ka განა
- kaa Gana
- kab Ɣana
- kai Ghana
- kaj Gana
- kbp Kana
- kcg Gana
- kea Gana
- kg Gana
- kge Ghana
- ki Ghana
- kk Гана
- km ហ្គាណា
- kn ಘಾನಾ
- knc Ghana
- ko 가나
- krc Гана
- ks گھانا
- ku Gana
- ku-latn Gana
- kus Ghana
- kw Gana
- ky Гана
- la Gana
- lad Ghana
- lb Ghana
- lfn Gana
- lg Ghana
- li Ghana
- lij Ghana
- lld Ghana
- lmo Ghana
- ln Ghana
- lo ປະເທດການາ
- lrc غنا
- lt Gana
- lv Gana
- lzh 迦納
- mai घाना
- map-bms Ghana
- mdf Гана
- mg Ghana
- mhr Гана
- mi Kāna
- min Ghana
- mk Гана
- ml ഘാന
- mn Гана
- mni ꯘꯥꯅꯥ
- mos Ghana
- mr घाना
- mrj Гана
- ms Ghana
- mt Ghana
- my ဂါနာနိုင်ငံ
- mzn غنا
- na Gana
- nah Ghana
- nan Ghana
- nb Ghana
- nds Ghana
- nds-nl Ghana
- ne घाना
- new घाना
- ng Ghana
- nl Ghana
- nn Ghana
- nov Gana
- nqo ߜ߭ߊߣߊ߬
- nso Ghana
- nup Ghana
- oc Ghana
- olo Gana
- om Gaanaa
- or ଘାନା
- os Ганæ
- pa ਘਾਨਾ
- pam Ghana
- pap Ghana
- pcm Gana
- pdc Ghana
- pi घाना
- pih Gaana
- pl Ghana
- pms Ghana
- pnb گھانا
- ps ګانا
- pt Gana
- pt-br Gana
- qu Gana
- rm Ghana
- rmy Ghana
- ro Ghana
- ru Гана
- rue Ґана
- rup Gana
- rw Gana
- sa घाना
- sah Гана
- sat ᱜᱷᱟᱱᱟ
- sc Ghana
- scn Gana
- sco Ghana
- sd گھانا
- se Ghana
- sg Ganäa
- sgs Gana
- sh Gana
- shi Ɣana
- shn မိူင်းၵႃႇၼႃႇ
- si ඝානාව
- sk Ghana
- sl Gana
- sm Ghana
- smj Gádná
- smn Ghana
- sms Ghana
- sn Ghana
- so Gaana
- sq Gana
- sr Гана
- sr-ec Гана
- sr-el Gana
- srn Ghana
- ss IGana
- st Ghana
- stq Ghana
- su Ghana
- sv Ghana
- sw Ghana
- szl Ghana
- szy Ghana
- ta கானா
- tay Ghana
- te ఘనా
- tet Gana
- tg Ғано
- th ประเทศกานา
- ti ጋና
- tk Gana
- tl Ghana
- tly Qana
- tok ma Kana
- tr Gana
- trv Ghana
- ts Ghana
- tt Гана
- tum Ghana
- tw Ghana
- udm Гана
- ug گانا جۇمھۇرىيىتى
- uk Гана
- ur گھانا
- uz Gana
- vec Ghana
- vep Gan
- vi Ghana
- vls Ghana
- vo Ganän
- vro Ghana
- wa Gana
- war Ghana
- wlx Gaana
- wo Gana
- wuu 加纳
- xal Ганмудин Орн
- xmf განა
- yi גהאנע
- yo Ghánà
- yue 加納
- za Ghana
- zea Ghâna
- zgh ⴳⴰⵏⴰ
- zh 迦納
- zh-cn 加纳
- zh-hans 加纳
- zh-hant 迦納
- zh-hk 加納
- zh-mo 加納
- zh-sg 加纳
- zh-tw 迦納
- zu IGana
Lane coverage
| lane | status | what exists |
|---|---|---|
| patents · service | YELLOW · partial | stale data (2023) patent application counts (residents + non-residents) from the World Bank/WIPO series; patent documents are not ingested source |
| legal · service | YELLOW · partial | 1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 1996); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source |
| alerts · service | GREEN · ingested | 0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source |
| defense · service | GREEN · ingested | military expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source |
| space · service | YELLOW · partial | no orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source |
| maps · service | GREEN · ingested | Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (28.6 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_GHA_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source |
| passport · service | GLOBAL · service live | pass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source |
| research · service | GREEN · ingested | 67,809 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source |
| economy · service | GREEN · ingested | GDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source |
| health · service | GREEN · ingested | life expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source |
| education · service | YELLOW · partial | primary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source |
| energy · service | GREEN · ingested | access to electricity (% of population), World Bank source |
| water · service | YELLOW · partial | at least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source |
| connectivity · service | YELLOW · partial | fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source |
| crime | GREEN · ingested | stale data (2022) intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC series via World Bank); recorded homicides only source |
| conflict | YELLOW · partial | 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source |
| business | YELLOW · partial | newly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source |
| science | GREEN · ingested | stale data (2010) OpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 173 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source |
| prison | YELLOW · partial | 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source |
| interpol | YELLOW · partial | 1 public Interpol Red Notice(s) in the 2026-11-08T00:47:49Z snapshot list a national of this country. Not a crime rate; Interpol controls/withdraws notices and the unfiltered public API is capped, so the set is incomplete. source |
| arms | YELLOW · partial | SIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source |
| sanctions | GREEN · ingested | OFAC SDN 1 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 0 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source |
| agriculture | GREEN · ingested | agricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source |
| food | YELLOW · partial | prevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source |
| labor | YELLOW · partial | unemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source |
| finance | YELLOW · partial | account ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source |
| environment | GREEN · ingested | forest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source |
| trade | GREEN · ingested | trade (% of GDP), World Bank source |
| migration | YELLOW · partial | net migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source |
| tourism | YELLOW · partial | 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 10 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNWTO tourism corpus. source |
| housing | YELLOW · partial | urban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source |
| transport | YELLOW · partial | air passengers carried, World Bank/ICAO; one mode only source |
| investment | YELLOW · partial | 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source |
| remittances | YELLOW · partial | 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source |
| health_finance | YELLOW · partial | stale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source |
| budget | YELLOW · partial | stale data (2022) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source |
| treaty | YELLOW · partial | 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source |
Related in this region
Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic
Backlinks
Department pages with measured records for Ghana:
patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty
patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research
Cite this page
Ghana (GH). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/gh. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.