PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Ghana | ||
| What is the capital city of Ghana ? | Accra |  |
| What is the total area of Ghana ? (km2) | 238.533 | |
| What is the population in Ghana ? (2020) | 31.072.940 | |
| What is the median age in Ghana ? | 22 | |
| What is the iso country code for Ghana ? (2lt) | GH | |
| What is the iso country code for Ghana ? (3lt) | GHA | |
| What continent is Ghana in ? | Africa | |
| What currency is used in Ghana ? | Ghanaian New Cedi | |
| What is the currency code for Ghana ? | GHS | |
| What is the tel code for Ghana ? | +233 | |
| What language use in Ghana ? | English | |
| What is the language code for English ? | EE | |
| What is the internet TLD code for Ghana ? | .gh | |
| Where is the highest place in Ghana ? | Mount Afadjato (880 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in Ghana ? | Gulf of Guinea (0 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Ghana | |
 S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change) | -23,6052 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 5,25585 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 3.520.560.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | 3,46174 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 2.318.800.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | 0,055536 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | 37.200.000 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 13,09 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 7 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 16 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 170 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 55,4 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 10 |
| Tax payments (number) | 36 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 30,7 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 14,7 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 226 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 8 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 8 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 8 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 13 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 13 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 13 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 1 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 12,3 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 12,3 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 5 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 33 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 710 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 6 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 1,9 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 36 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 80 |
| PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$) | 561.342.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$) | 26.728.800 |
| PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$) | 110.175.000 |
| PPG, bonds (INT, current US$) | 424.438.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$) | 179.523.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$) | 57.424.100 |
| Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$) | 6.328.000 |
| Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$) | 747.193.000 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 474 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 552,9 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 89,3 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 108 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 155 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 490 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 55 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 0 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 33,2 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 6 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 118 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 7 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 59,9602 |
| PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$) | 122.098.000 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,784 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,743 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,828 |
| PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 559.394.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$) | 559.394.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$) | 1.525.150.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$) | 233.264.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$) | 2.084.550.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$) | 2.084.550.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$) | 1.291.890.000 |
| PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 706.548.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 110.182.000 |
| PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$) | 596.365.000 |
| PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$) | 1.053.240.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$) | 126.568.000 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,685 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,784 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,567 |
| Labor force, total | 12.844.500 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 46,6678 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,418 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 71,469 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 88,8567 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 63,505 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 68,945 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 72,844 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 65,148 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 41,672 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 44,454 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 38,769 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 47,876 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 41,666 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 54,633 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$) | 1.759.790.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$) | 1.759.790.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$) | 926.674.000 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 18,62 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,972 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 19,324 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 11.848,2 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,916 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,132 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,034 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,809 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,321 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,636 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 68,503 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 59,925 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 77,838 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 62,844 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 66,649 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 59,168 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 74,191 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 66,679 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 82,364 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,688 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,755 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,527 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 35,969 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 38,327 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,51 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,504 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 40,362 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 26,042 |
| Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 2,5 |