Development Ledger · Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana
HDI rank 143 of 193Lower-middle incomeGDI group 3
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.628
+0.196 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.399
36.5% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
65.5 yrs
Expected schooling 11.4 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$6,846
Mean schooling 7.1 yrs
HDI over Time
Ghana against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.700
Education0.553
Income0.638
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.45. A child born today will be 45% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Ghana against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.