General facts and figures

Facts and figures on Ghana in general, including links to sources with more current data and information.

Facts and figures on Ghana

Area: 239,460 km^2 including 3 river basins: the Volta Basin, which covers about ¾ of the country, the Coastal Basin and the South Western Basin

Population size: 34,156,602 (2023)

Population density: 134 people/ km2

Growth rate: 2.1%

Population below poverty line: 39.531% (1998 est.)

Unemployment rate: about 3.87% (2022 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity):$72.84 billion (about $2,040.04 per capita) (2022 est.)

Annual growth rate of the GDP: 4.7% (2003 est.)

Ghana is in 131st place, between Myanmar and Cambodia

Life expectancy at birth (years) (HDI), 57.8 (2002)

Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and above) (HDI) 73.8(2002)

Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools (%), 46 (2001/02)

GDP per capita (PPP US$) (HDI), 2,130 (2002)

Life expectancy index: 0.55

Education index: 0.65

GDP index: 0.51

Human development index (HDI) value: 0.568 (2002)

GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank: - 3

The total amount of annual water use: 0.52 km3

Domestic purposes: 37%

Agriculture: 48%

Industry: 15% for (FAO 2000)