Population : 25,546,000
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$) : $1,530 Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 32% Women as % of Parliament : 8% CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons) : 0.4 Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases : 39% Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%) : 57% Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating : 4 Economy: Big Mac Index : NA Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP) : -2.91 % Economy: Human Development Index : 0.52 Economy: Technology Index : 3.21 Education: Average Years of School for Adults : 3.9 Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP) : NA Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary) : 32.81 Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force : NA Health: Expenditure Per Capita : 27.2 $ Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000 : 1.46 per 1,000 people Health: Physicians Per 1000 : 0.15 per 1,000 people Media: Televisions (total number) : 1,900,000 Media: Per Capita Televisions : 0.074 % of GDP as Industry : 27.4% Total Labor Force : 11.67 million (2012 est.) % of Labor Force in Industry : 15% Unemployment Rate : 11% (2000 est.) Public Debt % of GDP : 47.4% of GDP (2012 est.) Inflation Rate : 9.1% (2012 est.) Industries : mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing, cement, small commercial ship building Value of Exports : $13.58 billion (2012 est.) Export Commodities : oil, gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticultural products Export Partners and % : France 19.1%, Netherlands 10.2%, US 8.6%, Italy 8.1%, UK 4.7%, India 4.2% (2011) Value of Imports : $17.52 billion (2012 est.) Import Commodities : capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs Import Partners and % : China 20.4%, Nigeria 12.4%, US 7.8%, India 5.6%, Netherlands 5.1%, UK 4.2% (2011) Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00 : 1.815 (2012 est.) Electricity Production : 8.764 billion kWh (2009 est.) Electricity Consumption : 6.122 billion kWh (2009 est.) Electricity from Fossil Fuels : 40.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Electricity from Nuclear Fuels : 0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants : 59.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Electricity from Renewable Sources : 0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Refined Oil Production : 27,260 bbl/day (2008 est.) Refined Oil Consumption : 61,590 bbl/day (2011 est.) Natural Gas Production : 0 cu m (2010 est.) Natural Gas Consumption : 120 million cu m (2010 est.) # of Land/Main Line Telephones : 284,700 (2011) # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones : 21.166 million (2011) # of Internet Hosts : 59,086 (2012) # of Internet Users : 1.297 million (2009) # of Airports (total) : 10 (2012) # of Airports with Paved Runways : 7 # of km of Roadways (total) : 62,221 km # of km of Roadways Paved : 9,955 km # km of Waterways : 1,293 km Location of Main Ports & Terminals : Takoradi, Tema |