Chad vs Ghana
Chad vs Ghana: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 13.4% in Chad and 91.9% in Ghana, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ghana, by 78.5 percentage points, or 6.86 times that in Chad.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Ghana has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
- In 2024, Chad ranked 212 and Ghana ranked 156 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Chad | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.4 | 91.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 12 | 89.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 85.1 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 11.3 | 86.3 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 10.9 | 85.4 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 83.5 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 10.1 | 80.4 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 10.9 | 79 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 9.2 | 79.3 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 7.7 | 74 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 8.4 | 78.3 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 8.1 | 70.7 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 7.8 | 56.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 64.1 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 6.4 | 64.2 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 6.3 | 61.1 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 5.9 | 60.5 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 56.9 | 82 |
| 2006 | 5.1 | 55.1 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 4.8 | 41.2 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 3.5 | 50.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 4.1 | 48.3 | 80 |
| 2002 | 3.8 | 46.8 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 44.8 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 3.1 | 43.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 2.8 | 40.7 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 2.4 | 42.6 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 2.3 | 36.6 | – |
| 1996 | – | 34.5 | – |
| 1995 | – | 32.5 | – |
| 1994 | – | 30.4 | – |
| 1993 | – | 30.6 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Ghana
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Ghana: 65.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ghana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ghana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChad: 6.2% in 2022Ghana: 44.5% in 2022
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Ghana: 3.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Ghana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Ghana: 33.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Ghana: 1.9% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Ghana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Ghana: 58.9% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Ghana: 20.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Ghana: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ghana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Ghana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Ghana: $385M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Ghana: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Ghana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Ghana: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Ghana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Ghana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Ghana: 5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Ghana: 19 million TIV in 2005