Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 69.3% less likely to be obese

In Jordan, 35.5% 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 Jordan, 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 6.6 years less

In Jordan, the average life expectancy is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 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 37.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Jordan, 19.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Ghana, that number is 11.9% as of 2015.

make 45.9% less money

Jordan has a GDP per capita of $9,800 as of 2020, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $5,300 as of 2020.

be 49.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Jordan, 15.7% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Ghana, however, that number is 23.4% as of 2016.

pay a 25.0% higher top tax rate

Jordan has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Ghana, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 26.4% more children

In Jordan, there are approximately 22.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Ghana, there are 28.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 6.7 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Jordan, approximately 46.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Ghana, 308.0 women do as of 2017.

be 19.6% less likely to be literate

In Jordan, the literacy rate is 98.2% as of 2018. In Ghana, it is 79.0% as of 2018.

be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Jordan, approximately 13.9 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 Jordan, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Ghana, 85% of the population do as of 2019.

be 13.4% less likely to have internet access

In Jordan, approximately 67.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Ghana, about 58.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 55.3% less on healthcare

Jordan spends 7.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Ghana, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.

spend 33.3% more on education

Jordan spends 3.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Ghana spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 20.7 times more coastline

Jordan has a total of 26 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, Ghana Revenue 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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