Burkina Faso vs Ghana
Burkina Faso vs Ghana: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 306.2 nights in Burkina Faso and 356.8 nights in Ghana, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Ghana, by 50.6 nights, or 1.17 times that in Burkina Faso.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Ghana has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Burkina Faso at 341.5 nights and Ghana at 364.2 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | Burkina Faso | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 306.2 | 356.8 |
| 2013 | 299.1 | 355.8 |
| 2012 | 307.8 | 356.8 |
| 2011 | 305 | 355.7 |
| 2010 | 303.3 | 355.9 |
| 2009 | 300.5 | 353.2 |
| 2008 | 301 | 353.1 |
| 2007 | 299.3 | 353.8 |
| 2006 | 298.1 | 353.9 |
| 2005 | 296.5 | 352.7 |
| 2004 | 294.5 | 352.4 |
| 2003 | 300.9 | 353.8 |
| 2002 | 297.7 | 353.2 |
| 2001 | 301.4 | 354.9 |
| 2000 | 295.9 | 352.2 |
| 1999 | 291.5 | 350.2 |
| 1998 | 290.8 | 350.6 |
| 1997 | 291.6 | 350.5 |
| 1996 | 287.9 | 349.1 |
| 1995 | 288.6 | 348.9 |
| 1994 | 285.2 | 347.9 |
| 1993 | 284.9 | 347.1 |
| 1992 | 283.1 | 344.5 |
| 1991 | 289.7 | 348.4 |
| 1990 | 292.7 | 352.1 |
| 1989 | 284.6 | 347.9 |
| 1988 | 284.4 | 347.2 |
| 1987 | 286.1 | 346.6 |
| 1986 | 289.8 | 348.4 |
| 1985 | 286.2 | 347.2 |
| 1984 | 284.2 | 346.2 |
| 1983 | 280.7 | 344.8 |
| 1982 | 284 | 344.8 |
| 1981 | 285.9 | 346.8 |
| 1980 | 282.6 | 344.5 |
| 1979 | 283.1 | 346.4 |
| 1978 | 283.8 | 343.9 |
| 1977 | 288.8 | 345.9 |
| 1976 | 280.6 | 344.5 |
| 1975 | 282.6 | 345.3 |
| 1974 | 280.3 | 343 |
| 1973 | 282.4 | 344 |
| 1972 | 280.9 | 344.4 |
| 1971 | 279.4 | 342.7 |
| 1970 | 283.1 | 344 |
| 1969 | 276.3 | 342.5 |
| 1968 | 279.9 | 342 |
| 1967 | 279.9 | 342.7 |
| 1966 | 276.7 | 342.1 |
| 1965 | 279.7 | 342 |
| 1964 | 277.3 | 340 |
| 1963 | 277.8 | 342.8 |
| 1962 | 283 | 345.9 |
| 1961 | 279.6 | 344.1 |
| 1960 | 284.1 | 345.7 |
| 1959 | 280.9 | 344.6 |
| 1958 | 279.2 | 344.6 |
| 1957 | 282.7 | 344.1 |
| 1956 | 281.5 | 343.5 |
| 1955 | 281.1 | 342.5 |
| 1954 | 283.2 | 346.8 |
| 1953 | 280.3 | 344.5 |
| 1952 | 277 | 341.9 |
| 1951 | 281.4 | 343.8 |
| 1950 | 276.6 | 340.3 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Burkina Faso | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 301.5278.6–322.3 | 356341.5–361.7 |
| 2016 | 301.6278.8–316.1 | 356.5341.4–361.5 |
| 2017 | 304.7279.1–320.9 | 355.2341.3–361.6 |
| 2018 | 305.6287.7–324.5 | 355.8345.7–362.1 |
| 2019 | 299.1275.1–327.4 | 353.9343.6–362.3 |
| 2020 | 301.4280.4–326.7 | 356341.7–362.9 |
| 2021 | 306.3286.3–324.6 | 356.9345.4–362.7 |
| 2022 | 309.9284.7–326.3 | 358.2342–362.6 |
| 2023 | 303.9284.2–324.9 | 356.7344–361.7 |
| 2024 | 314.6290.4–329.4 | 358.6347.7–363.4 |
| 2025 | 309.1286.3–326.7 | 357.1347.2–361.9 |
| 2026 | 308.4284.8–333.8 | 357.2343.5–362.7 |
| 2027 | 309.4290.1–329.6 | 357.5344.3–362.4 |
| 2028 | 315.7291.3–332.1 | 359.5348.6–363.6 |
| 2029 | 312.7293.8–332.6 | 358.8349–363.1 |
| 2030 | 314.8294–329.7 | 359.6350.6–363.2 |
| 2031 | 318.3294.9–335.1 | 360.8351–364 |
| 2032 | 316.8288.4–334.4 | 359.7346.4–363.9 |
| 2033 | 319.5291.6–336.9 | 360.2349–364.1 |
| 2034 | 315290.8–331.4 | 359.4350.8–363.1 |
| 2035 | 316.3295.4–337 | 360.5350.8–364 |
| 2036 | 316.2292.5–340.3 | 360.9350.6–364.9 |
| 2037 | 320.9298–335.8 | 361350.5–364 |
| 2038 | 321.6302.1–336.1 | 361.4354.4–363.9 |
| 2039 | 316.9300.1–335.4 | 361.3352.3–364.5 |
| 2040 | 320.6297.4–338.4 | 361.5352.2–365.2 |
| 2041 | 319.7303.1–340.8 | 361.3351.7–364.3 |
| 2042 | 319.4297.9–340.3 | 360.6352.3–364.3 |
| 2043 | 319.5297.3–335.6 | 360.6351.8–364 |
| 2044 | 325.1301.2–341.9 | 361.6353.6–364.8 |
| 2045 | 320.6300.1–341.4 | 361.1353.2–364.4 |
| 2046 | 324.4302.8–338 | 361.9353.1–364.1 |
| 2047 | 324304.1–344.8 | 362.3350.3–364.5 |
| 2048 | 323.9307–341.3 | 362.1354.7–365.3 |
| 2049 | 330.1308–342.5 | 362.6354–364.4 |
| 2050 | 326.2302.4–342.3 | 362.2355.3–364.4 |
| 2051 | 325308.4–342.8 | 362.3355.7–364.6 |
| 2052 | 323.3305.7–342.2 | 362.1354.2–365 |
| 2053 | 326.1303.8–343.8 | 362.4354.1–364.5 |
| 2054 | 329.9306.2–346.3 | 362.9354.8–364.6 |
| 2055 | 326.1306.7–341.6 | 362.5355.1–364.5 |
| 2056 | 330.4305.8–346.1 | 363.3355.6–365.7 |
| 2057 | 332.8310.2–349.5 | 363.2355.9–364.8 |
| 2058 | 326.9308.7–346.1 | 363356.3–364.9 |
| 2059 | 330.9312.9–352.1 | 362.9356.2–364.8 |
| 2060 | 329.8309.1–348.3 | 362.9354.1–365.7 |
| 2061 | 330.4308.6–349.7 | 363.2354–364.9 |
| 2062 | 328.9306.7–344.4 | 363.1355–364.9 |
| 2063 | 333.4307.6–347.8 | 363.2355.5–364.9 |
| 2064 | 330.5311.7–352.2 | 363.3356.6–365.6 |
| 2065 | 331.3316.3–351.2 | 363.7357.8–364.9 |
| 2066 | 331.6311.1–348.1 | 362.7356.9–364.8 |
| 2067 | 331.4306.8–349.9 | 363.6354.1–364.9 |
| 2068 | 334.9313.7–353.8 | 364.1356.3–365.8 |
| 2069 | 332.4314.1–345.4 | 362.8356.3–364.9 |
| 2070 | 333.5312–349 | 363.3356.2–364.9 |
| 2071 | 335.3312.3–348.8 | 363.5355.3–364.9 |
| 2072 | 339.6318.4–350.6 | 364.1355.6–365.8 |
| 2073 | 333.6312.8–348 | 363.6355.1–364.8 |
| 2074 | 332.2311.4–348.7 | 363.4355.4–364.8 |
| 2075 | 333.1316.8–350.7 | 363.4357–364.9 |
| 2076 | 336.1315.6–349.7 | 363.8358.4–365.8 |
| 2077 | 339.7315.9–354.5 | 363.8357.8–365 |
| 2078 | 338.9318.9–348.4 | 363.9356.6–364.9 |
| 2079 | 335.1319.3–350.6 | 364.2358–365 |
| 2080 | 339.1316–355.1 | 364.3357.8–366 |
| 2081 | 336.1310.9–352.7 | 363.8357.1–365 |
| 2082 | 336.1315.8–351.3 | 363.5357.1–364.9 |
| 2083 | 337.4319.9–355.5 | 364.1358.3–365 |
| 2084 | 336318.8–355.3 | 364358.5–365.9 |
| 2085 | 339.7318.5–356.3 | 364.1358.3–365 |
| 2086 | 338.9318.1–353.1 | 364.1357.8–365 |
| 2087 | 338.2316.6–354.8 | 364.1357.9–365 |
| 2088 | 336.6315.1–351.8 | 364.2356.4–365.9 |
| 2089 | 335.9318.8–351.7 | 363.9357.6–365 |
| 2090 | 337.9315.4–354.2 | 364.2357.6–365 |
| 2091 | 338.3313.7–354.4 | 363.9357.6–364.9 |
| 2092 | 337.5312.4–353.6 | 364.4356.6–366 |
| 2093 | 341.4319.5–355.1 | 364.4358.2–365 |
| 2094 | 340.2317–355.9 | 364.1357.9–365 |
| 2095 | 338.6317.5–354.7 | 364358.2–365 |
| 2096 | 337.1318.6–358.2 | 363.9358–366 |
| 2097 | 336.6312.6–351.9 | 363.9356.3–364.9 |
| 2098 | 336.1315.6–354.2 | 363.7357.8–364.9 |
| 2099 | 337.9322.1–353.7 | 363.9358.6–365 |
| 2100 | 341.5313.9–356.9 | 364.2357.6–365 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Burkina Faso vs Ghana
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Ghana: 65.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Ghana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ghana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Ghana: 3.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ghana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Ghana: 33.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Ghana: 1.9% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Ghana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Ghana: 58.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Ghana: 20.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Ghana: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ghana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Ghana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurkina Faso: $844M in 2025Ghana: $385M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Ghana: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Ghana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Ghana: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Ghana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Ghana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025Ghana: 5 million TIV in 2025