Bangladesh’s coastline is 8% longer than Ghana’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)

Bangladesh’s highest peak towers 175 m above Ghana’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 55% of Ghana

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)

Bangladesh has 5 times as many people as Ghana

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 8.8 times as densely populated as Ghana

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bangladesh is 4.4 years older than in Ghana

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)

Women in Ghana have 1.2 more children on average than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)

6.7% of people in Bangladesh are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Ghana has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)

Bangladesh and Ghana are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)

Bangladesh’s economy is 4 times the size of Ghana’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)

Bangladesh produces 18% more per person than Ghana

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Bangladesh (Gini 12.6 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Ghana: no data

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 3.0% in Ghana

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)

Bangladesh and Ghana are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)

Ghana’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)

Ghana’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)

Ghana spends 31% more on health per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Ghana: $70 (2023)

A baby in Ghana is 13% more likely to die before turning one than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Bangladesh has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Ghana

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Bangladesh has 33% more hospital beds per person than Ghana

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)

The suicide rate in Ghana is 3.8 times that in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

14% of adults in Ghana are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)

People in Ghana rate their lives 0.24 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)

Adults in Ghana drink 890 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)

Ghana has 3.9 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)

Ghana has 537 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 728 more hours a year than in Ghana

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)

Adults in Ghana went to school 0.32 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)

Ghana welcomed 14 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)

Bangladesh has 1 more World Heritage site than Ghana (3 against 2)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)

Ghana has won 5 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)

72% of people in Ghana are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)

Home internet in Ghana is 7% faster than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Bangladesh have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)

59% of people in Ghana live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)

Ghana has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 3 times as long as Ghana’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)

Airlines from Bangladesh fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Ghana, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)

The average person in Bangladesh emits 2% more CO₂ than someone in Ghana

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)

36% of Ghana’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)

The air in Bangladesh carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Ghana

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 28% more likely to be murdered in Bangladesh than in Ghana

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ghana are 59% deadlier than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)

Ghana is on average 2.2 °C warmer than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 87% more rain than Ghana

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg)