Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Ghana instead of New York, you would:

Health

be 51.3% less likely to be obese

In New York, 29.9% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Ghana, that number is 14.6% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 32.3% less likely to be unemployed

In New York, 4.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Ghana, that number is 3.0% as of 2025.

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make 96.5% less money

New York has a GDP per capita of $91,992 as of 2024, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $3,257 as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 19.5% less likely to have internet access

In New York, approximately 89.7% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Ghana, about 72.2% do as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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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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