Country profile · GHA
Ghana
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 33.8M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 2.8%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 263 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 3.40
- Expected years of schooling
- 11.4 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 20%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 7% / 1%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.44
- Urban population
- 58%
- Employment in agriculture
- 36%
- Internet use
- 71%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 1.60%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.9 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 26%
- Women married before age 18
- 19%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 4.29
Religion
- Christianity71%
- Islam20%
- Folk and traditional beliefs5%
- No religion4%
Major cities
- Accra
- Kumasi
- Tamale
Common hazards
- Floods
Common migration destinations
- the United States
- the United Kingdom