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Ghana vs Guinea
How Ghana and Guinea compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ghana was higher: 65.5 years against 60.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Ghana was higher: $2,261 against $1,098
- Population · In 2023, Ghana was higher: 33.8 million people against 14.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Guinea was higher: 2.03% of GDP against 0.48% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Ghana was higher: 0.7 tonnes against 0.35 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyGhana: 65.5 years in 2023Guinea: 60.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGhana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024Guinea: 9.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGhana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guinea: 65.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGhana: 3.4% in 2017Guinea: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateGhana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Guinea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGhana: 33.8 million people in 2023Guinea: 14.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthGhana: 1.9% a year in 2023Guinea: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGhana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023Guinea: 4.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGhana: 58.9% in 2025Guinea: 38.5% in 2025
- Median ageGhana: 20.9 years in 2023Guinea: 18 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGhana: 3.6% in 2023Guinea: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateGhana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Guinea: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGhana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025Guinea: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGhana: $385M in 2025Guinea: $586M in 2025
- Military spending per personGhana: $15 in 2025Guinea: $40 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGhana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Guinea: 10.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGhana: 16,000 people in 2020Guinea: 13,000 people in 2020
- National powerGhana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Guinea: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGhana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020Guinea: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGhana: 5 million TIV in 2025Guinea: 6 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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