be 6.9 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Ghana, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Namibia, that number is 11.8% of people as of 2018.
In Ghana, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Namibia, that number is 11.8% of people as of 2018.
In Ghana, the average life expectancy is 68 years (66 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2020. In Namibia, that number is 65 years (63 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020.
In Ghana, 10.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Namibia, that number is 17.2% of people as of 2016.
Ghana has a GDP per capita of $4,700 as of 2017, while in Namibia, the GDP per capita is $11,200 as of 2017.
In Ghana, 11.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Namibia, that number is 34.0% as of 2016.
In Ghana, 24.2% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Namibia, however, that number is 28.7% as of 2010.
Ghana has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Namibia, the top tax rate is 37.0% as of 2016.
In Ghana, approximately 308.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Namibia, 195.0 women do as of 2017.
In Ghana, the literacy rate is 76.6% as of 2015. In Namibia, it is 91.5% as of 2018.
In Ghana, there are approximately 29.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Namibia, there are 25.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
In Ghana, approximately 39.0% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Namibia, about 51.0% do as of 2018.
In Ghana, approximately 79% of people have electricity access (90% in urban areas, and 67% in rural areas) as of 2017. In Namibia, that number is 52% of people on average (77% in urban areas, and 29% in rural areas) as of 2017.
Ghana spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Namibia spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2014.
Ghana has a total of 539 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.
Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ghana Revenue Authority, Inland Revenue Department.
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