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Society profile

Ghana

Ghana: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 35.1 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 35.4%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 60.8%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.8%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.1%World Bank2025 Urban population 58.9%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.3World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 57.4World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 65.7yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 27.5‰World Bank2024 Net migration -17 079World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 76.5%World Bank2021 Secondary school enrolment 75.7%World Bank2024 Tertiary enrolment 21.3%World Bank2024 Education spending 2.9%World Bank2022

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $8 610$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $8 080$World Bank2025 Gini index 43.5World Bank2016 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 39.0%World Bank2016 Income share held by richest 10% 32.2%World Bank2016

Health

Suicide rate 5.3per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 2.9%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 72.2%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 113.6per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 91.9%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.7tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey44.7%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey32.3%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey27.5%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey28.1%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey36.8%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 14.5%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey76.6%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey50.9%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey15.9%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 3.0%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 5.8%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 55.3%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 61.8%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 67.5%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 1.8per 100kWorld Bank2022 Feels safe walking alone at night survey82.7%UN SDG2019

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey8.6%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Morocco85%
  2. Liberia83%
  3. Cyprus83%
  4. Sierra Leone82%
  5. Nicaragua82%
  6. Venezuela, RB79%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.