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

Health

be 53.8% less likely to be obese

In Grenada, 31.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Ghana, that number is 14.6% of people as of 2024.

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live 9.7 years less

In Grenada, the average life expectancy is 75 years (73 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2024. In Ghana, that number is 66 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 73.4% less spent on your healthcare

Grenada spends $880 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Ghana spends $234 as of 2023.

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have 31.4% less access to essential health services

Grenada scores 70 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Ghana scores 48 as of 2021.

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be 4.1 times more likely to die by suicide

Grenada has a suicide rate of 1.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Ghana, it is 5.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 73.1% less money

Grenada has a GDP per capita of $12,107 as of 2025, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $3,257 as of 2025.

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Life

have 2.3 times more children

In Grenada, there are approximately 11.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Ghana, there are 25.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 4.9 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Grenada, approximately 48.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Ghana, 234.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 67.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Grenada, approximately 16.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Ghana, on the other hand, 27.5 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 43.3% less on education

Grenada spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Ghana spends 2.9% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 36.6% less on healthcare

Grenada spends 4.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Ghana, that number is 3.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 4.5 times more coastline

Grenada has a total of 121 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

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Safety

be 86.6% less likely to be murdered

Grenada has a homicide rate of 13.7 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Ghana, that number is 1.8 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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be 4.0 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Grenada, road accidents kill 6.4 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Ghana, they kill 25.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 10.5% less strain on fresh water

Grenada withdraws 7% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Ghana withdraws 6% as of 2022.

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find 97.8% less home broadband

Grenada has 29.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Ghana has 0.7 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 53.3% less CO2

Grenada emits 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Ghana emits 0.7 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 3.0 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Grenada, air pollution causes 30.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Ghana, it causes 89.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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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