Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Ghana instead of Egypt, you would:

Health

be 65.9% less likely to be obese

In Egypt, 32.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Ghana, that number is 10.9% of people as of 2016.

be 17.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Egypt, 0.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Ghana, that number is 1.7% of people as of 2020.

live 5.1 years less

In Egypt, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Ghana, that number is 69 years (68 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 28.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Egypt, 32.5% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Ghana, however, that number is 23.4% as of 2016.

make 55.8% less money

Egypt has a GDP per capita of $12,000 as of 2020, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $5,300 as of 2020.

be 51.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Egypt, 7.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Ghana, that number is 11.9% as of 2015.

pay a 11.1% higher top tax rate

Egypt has a top tax rate of 22.5% as of 2016. In Ghana, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 11.0% more likely to be literate

In Egypt, the literacy rate is 71.2% as of 2017. In Ghana, it is 79.0% as of 2018.

have 33.0% more children

In Egypt, there are approximately 21.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Ghana, there are 28.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 8.3 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Egypt, approximately 37.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Ghana, 308.0 women do as of 2017.

be 84.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Egypt, approximately 17.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Ghana, on the other hand, 32.6 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 15.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Egypt, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Ghana, 85% of the population do as of 2019.

be 19.4% less likely to have internet access

In Egypt, approximately 72.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Ghana, about 58.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 27.7% less on healthcare

Egypt spends 4.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Ghana, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 78.0% less coastline

Egypt has a total of 2,450 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ghana Revenue Authority, Egyptian Tax Authority.

Ghana: At a glance

Ghana is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 227,533 sq km. Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Ghana endured a long series of coups before Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 and banned political parties. After approving a new constitution and restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996 but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him and was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS won the 2008 presidential election and took over as head of state, but he died in July 2012 and was constitutionally succeeded by his vice president John Dramani MAHAMA, who subsequently won the December 2012 presidential election.
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