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Ghana

Ghana reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Nine of ten datasets here reach 2025; one stops earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Ghana ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
10thGDP$83.3bn
18thMobile114 per 1005
10thInternet use72.2%6
Last updated 16 Oct 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
TogoCote d'IvoireBurkina FasoAccraKumasi
Three land borders, 539 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalAccraLanguagesEnglishCurrencyGhanaian cedi · GHSArea238,533 km²

At a glance

35.1 million people, half of them under 22, in an economy of $118.3bn in 2026, growing 4.8% a year.

Ghana’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
91
Current to 2025To 2024
Population35.1mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age21.6years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$3,314current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use72.2%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Nine of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Indicators
FX rates
Markets
Trade
Government
Policies
Prices
Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=gh
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
0204020142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 8% above exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2025
UAE$8.28bnIndia$5.12bnSwitzerland$4.53bn
UAE takes 46% of the recorded exports.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2025
China$4.59bnUnited States$1.42bnIndia$1.38bn
China alone supplies more than United States and India together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$1.5k$2k$2.5k$3k20142024$2,419
Reported every year, including the 2022 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%25%50%2014202422.8%
22.8% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 38.1% in 2023.World Bank GEMSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
03620142024$3.03bn
1.5 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2025 · top categories
Pearls & gold$20.18bnCocoa$4.47bnMineral fuels$2.81bn
Pearls & gold alone is 73% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%50%100%2014202470.3%
Up 20 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Cedi per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
010202014202414.2
Lost 22% of its dollar value in 2024.Bank of GhanaSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202491.9%
Up 13.6 points over the decade.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
3045602014202435.9
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202465.7 yrs
Rising steadily across the decade.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
8011014020142024114
More subscriptions than people since 2014.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
40%60%80%2014202458.4%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds power14 heads of state across 16 terms since 1957, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/gh
19572026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

John Mahama has held the office of President of Ghana since Jan 2025. The record holds 23 current ministers and three junior ministers.

ElectedAppointed
John MahamaJohn MahamaPresident of Ghanain office since Jan 2025
Jane Naana Opoku-AgyemangJane Naana Opoku-AgyemangVice President of the Republic of Ghanain office since Jan 2025
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
26 seats confirmed current · 13 recorded for 2025
23Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Foreign AffairsGender, Children and Social ProtectionAttorney GeneralEducationYouth and SportsFisheriesEnergy and PetroleumHealthNational SecurityCommunicationsEmployment and Labour RelationsInformationLandsLocal GovernmentParliamentary AffairsTransport and TelecommunicationsInteriorChieftaincy and Religious AffairsPublic EnterprisesRailway DevelopmentRoads and HighwaysTourismWorks and Housing
3Junior ministersministers of state, delegates and deputy ministers as the record holds them
Food and AgricultureFinanceWorks and Housing
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Ghana.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Ghana
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity91.9%202478.3%+13.6 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water47.0%202450.0%−3.1 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation12.8%20247.1%+5.7 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel35.0%202421.0%+14.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality35.9202454.9−19.1 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth65.7 yrs202462.8 yrs+2.9 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population58.9%202553.1%+5.9 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use72.2%202419.0%+53.2 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions114 / 1002024108 / 100+5ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Ghana

169 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Ghana. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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Health
Child Welfare
Education
Food Security
Agriculture
Governance
Humanitarian
Technology
Infrastructure
Energy
Climate

How Ghana ranks across Africa

Ghana's position on 168 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Ghana with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

Ghana compared

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
Bank of Ghana2026
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Ghana: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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