Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 66.5% less likely to be obese

In Libya, 32.5% 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 Libya, 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 7.8 years less

In Libya, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 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 83.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Libya, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Ghana, that number is 3.1% as of 2023.

make 62.1% less money

Libya has a GDP per capita of $17,700 as of 2023, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $6,700 as of 2023.

pay a 2.5 times higher top tax rate

Libya has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Ghana, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 36.0% more children

In Libya, there are approximately 20.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Ghana, there are 27.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.7 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Libya, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Ghana, 263.0 women do as of 2020.

be 13.2% less likely to be literate

In Libya, the literacy rate is 91.0% as of 2015. In Ghana, it is 79.0% as of 2018.

be 2.9 times more likely to die during infancy

In Libya, approximately 11.2 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 21.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Libya, approximately 70% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 96% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Ghana, that number is 85% of people on average (95% in urban areas, and 74% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 47.2% more likely to have internet access

In Libya, approximately 46.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Ghana, about 68.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 69.5% less coastline

Libya has a total of 1,770 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

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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