Ghana
General information
Capital: Accra
Currency unit: New Ghanaian cedi
Official language: English
Area: 238,540 km²
Population in million: 28.8
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 1,641
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 4,641
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 76.9
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.2 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 35.7 %
Life expectancy at birth: 62.7 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 77 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 47.33
Agriculture value added of GDP: 17.0
Industry value added of GDP: 23.7
Services value added of GDP: 52.2
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 16.47
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 12.50
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Wood sheets for veneering (0.80 %)
Postage, revenue or similar stamps (0.41 %)
Beauty or make-up preparations (0.31 %)
Fibreboard of wood (0.24 %)
Carpets and other textile floor coverings (0.18 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Cocoa beans (16.45 %)
Cocoa paste (2.81 %)
Cocoa butter, fat and oil (1.39 %)
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts (1.31 %)
Prepared or preserved fish (1.10 %)