Resources For

Data and Statistics

Ghana: Quick Facts
For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Ghana Country Data Profile. Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data
	Millennium Development Goals for Ghana: Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
	Ghana Country Data Profile
	Ghana-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Topic
	Information/Communications/Telecommunications (PDF): ICT infrastructure & access, Computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment.
	Gender Statistics: Country data sheets showing summary gender indicators, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, and education and health statistics.
	Summary Gender Profile (PDF)
	Health Nutrition Population Statistics: Summary indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance.
	Education Statistics: A variety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.
	Snapshot of Business Environment - indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth More... -- Starting a Business -- Hiring and Firing Workers -- Closing a Business / Bankruptcy -- Contract Enforcement -- Getting Credit

Debt
	World Bank Debt Service: Debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.
	National External Debt: Total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank).

Poverty Data
	Measuring Poverty in Ghana.
	Africa Household Survey Databank -- Survey Navigator -- Document Navigator
	Africa Development Indicators 2006: Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
	World Development Indicators 2006: Information and selected samples from the WDI 2004 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
	Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Ghana
Please note, the World Bank is not responsible for the content on the following external websites.

African Development Bank
	Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
	World Economic Outlook Databases: Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Ghana.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
	Human Development Indicators in Ghana: Shows Ghana's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)
	UNAIDS/WHO -- Epidemological Factsheets on Ghana: HIV/AIDS prevalence and related indicators.

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