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Africa > Ghana > Economy

GHANAIAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava, peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber
Debt > External $4,891,000,000.00 Time series [94th of 136]
Distribution of family income > Gini index 39.4 Time series [10th of 43]
Economic freedom 1.6 [115th of 156]
Exports $4,162,000,000.00 Time series [106th of 189]
GDP $12,905,970,000.00 Time series [90th of 203]
GDP > PPP $48,747,000,000.00 [69th of 163]
GDP > Real growth rate 5.5% Time series [92nd of 198]
GDP per capita in 1950 $1,193.00 [38th of 52]
GDP per capita in 1973 $1,260.00 [44th of 52]
GINI index 40.79 Time series [22nd of 40]
Gross National Income $5,749,130,000.00 [97th of 172]
Human Development Index 0.52 [139th of 178]
Income category Low income
Income distribution > Richest 10% 30.1% [57th of 114]
Population below poverty line 28.5% Time series [8th of 46]
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0.78 % of world's poor [11th of 80]
Public debt 58.5 % of GDP Time series [31st of 121]
Technological achievement 0.14 [63rd of 68]
Tourist arrivals 325,000 [84th of 152]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; Angus Maddison; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ghana, Republic of Ghana

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joseph kyerenme
3rd May 2009 		Please update this information since a lot has happened between 2005 and 2009
Edria Murray
Staff Editor
18th April 2005 		In response to Mitsi;

The government of Ghana is a constitutional democracy. The president and vice president are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms. The most recent election was held on 7 December 2004 resulting in the president John Agyekum Kufuor maintaining his position with 52.75% of the vote.

For more information on the government of Ghana, see the government page of the detailed public profile for Ghana.
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