Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Ghana instead of Suriname, you would:
Health
be 58.7% less likely to be obese
In Suriname, 26.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Ghana, that number is 10.9% of people as of 2016.
be 54.5% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Suriname, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Ghana, that number is 1.7% of people as of 2020.
live 3.0 years less
In Suriname, the average life expectancy is 72 years (69 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 66.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Suriname, 70.0% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Ghana, however, that number is 23.4% as of 2016.
pay a 34.2% lower top tax rate
Suriname has a top tax rate of 38.0% as of 2016. In Ghana, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.
make 67.1% less money
Suriname has a GDP per capita of $16,100 as of 2020, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $5,300 as of 2020.
be 33.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Suriname, 8.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Ghana, that number is 11.9% as of 2015.
Life
have 85.6% more children
In Suriname, there are approximately 15.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Ghana, there are 28.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.6 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Suriname, approximately 120.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Ghana, 308.0 women do as of 2017.
be 16.3% less likely to be literate
In Suriname, the literacy rate is 94.4% as of 2018. In Ghana, it is 79.0% as of 2018.
Basic Needs
be 12.7% less likely to have access to electricity
In Suriname, approximately 97% of people have electricity access (99% in urban areas, and 94% in rural areas) as of 2018. In Ghana, that number is 85% of people on average (93% in urban areas, and 75% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 17.1% less likely to have internet access
In Suriname, approximately 70.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Ghana, about 58.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 44.4% less on education
Suriname spends 7.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Ghana spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 64.9% less on healthcare
Suriname spends 9.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Ghana, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 39.6% more coastline
Suriname has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Ghana Revenue Authority.
Ghana: At a glance
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