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Ghana is located on West Africa's Gulf of Guinea only a few degrees north of the Equator. The climate is tropical. In 1957 it was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to emerge from colonialism. Ghana also experienced the trauma of military takeovers long before others suffered similar fates.

General Information

Ghana Data Profile

Capital (and largest city) Accra
 5°33'N 0°15'W		 
 Official Languague English 
   2000 2005
 People
 Population, total 19.9 million  22.1 million 
 Population growth (annual %) 2.2 2.0
 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 56.7 57.5
 Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 4.6 4.1
 Environment
 Surface area (sq. km) 238.5 thousand  238.5 thousand
 Forest area (sq. km) 60,940.0 55,170.0
 Agricultural land (% of land area) 63.5 ..
 Economy
 GNI, Atlas method (current US$)  6.5 billion 10.0 billion
 GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) 320.0 450.0
 GDP (current US$) 5.0 billion 10.7 billion
 GDP growth (annual %) 3.7 5.9
 Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) 27.1 15
 Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) 35.3 37.5
 Industry, value added (% of GDP) 25.4 23.2
 States and market
 Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) 17.2 143.1
 Internet users (per 1,000 people) 1.5 18.1
 Roads, paved (% of total roads) .. ..
 Global links
 Merchandise trade (% of GDP) 93.4 69.9
 Net barter terms of trade (2000 - 100) 100.0 ..
 Long-term debt (DOD, current U$S) 5.3 billion5.7 billion
 Present value of debt (% of GNI) .. 26.1
 Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income) 15.6 7.1

Source: World Development Indicators database, April 2007