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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to the east.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
4.5 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 6.7
- Economy 6.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 5 (list of 2026.10.02).
- Capital
- Accra
- Population
- 33,742,380 inh.
- Area
- 238,533 km²
- Currency
- GHS
- Regime
- democracy
Executive in office
Head of State
John Dramani Mahama
Head of Government
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Government in office 4 members
ministre des Affaires étrangères
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
ministre de l'Éducation
Haruna Iddrisu
Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports
Ussif Mustapha
ministre de la Communication et des Technologies
Ursula Owusu
Parliament
Parlement du Ghana
275 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
114 G$
GDP / capita
3,257 $
Growth
6.0 %
Inflation
14.2 %
Unemployment
3.0 %
Defense / GDP
0.4 %
Life expectancy
65.7 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.71/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
80/100
Corruption (CPI)
43/100
Press freedom (RSF)
72/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#107
Annual budget
0.4 Md$
Defense effort
0.5 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #6 Or 4 % 2024
- #8 Bauxite 2 % 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
17 Md$
Imports
14 Md$
Balance
3 Md$
Top exports
- 38.0% Or 6.5 Md$
- 12.0% Cacao 2 Md$
- 18.0% Pétrole brut 3 Md$
Top imports
- 14.0% Pétrole raffiné 2 Md$
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
32%
-
GBR
33%
-
FRA
36%
-
DEU
36%
-
RUS
56%
-
CHN
67%
-
IND
70%
Abstention: 25%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.628/1
Refugees hosted
21,050
Refugees originating
16,030
National anthem
God Bless Our Homeland Ghana
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Commonwealth
- African Union
- ECOWAS
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 3,778 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,865, or ×1.1.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)