Burkina Faso: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)

Ghana’s highest peak towers 136 m above Burkina Faso’s

Burkina Faso: 749 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 63% of Burkina Faso, versus 55% of Ghana

Burkina Faso: 62.6% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)

Ghana has 46% more people than Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 24.1 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)

Ghana is 75% more densely populated than Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 88 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ghana is 3.7 years older than in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 17.3 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)

Women in Burkina Faso have 0.8 more children on average than in Ghana

Burkina Faso: 4.11 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)

3.8% of people in Ghana are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 2.7% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)

Burkina Faso hosts 2.8 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana

Burkina Faso: 1.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Ghana has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Burkina Faso none

Burkina Faso: 0 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)

Burkina Faso and Ghana are practically level

Burkina Faso: 1 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)

Ghana’s economy is 4.1 times the size of Burkina Faso’s

Burkina Faso: $27.6 billion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)

Ghana produces 2.8 times as much per person as Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Int$3,072 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Burkina Faso (Gini 6.1 points higher)

Burkina Faso: 37.4 (2021) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)

Burkina Faso: 42.1% (2021) · Ghana: no data

Burkina Faso and Ghana are practically level

Burkina Faso: 3.5% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)

Burkina Faso spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%

Burkina Faso: 3.3% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)

Burkina Faso’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%

Burkina Faso: 18.7% (2024) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)

Ghana’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Burkina Faso’s

Burkina Faso: 37% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)

Burkina Faso spends 2% more on health per person than Ghana

Burkina Faso: $72 (2023) · Ghana: $70 (2023)

A baby in Burkina Faso is 59% more likely to die before turning one than in Ghana

Burkina Faso: 43.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Ghana has 80% more doctors per person than Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Ghana has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 0.2 per 1,000 (2020) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)

The suicide rate in Burkina Faso is 15% higher than in Ghana

Burkina Faso: 19.7 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

14% of adults in Ghana are obese, versus 7.0% in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 7% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)

12% of adults in Burkina Faso smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Burkina Faso: 11.6% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)

People in Ghana rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 4.46 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)

Adults in Burkina Faso drink 91% more alcohol than in Ghana

Burkina Faso: 4.9 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)

Burkina Faso has 33% more meat per person than Ghana

Burkina Faso: 23.1 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)

Ghana has 334 kcal more food per person per day than Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 2,791 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)

Workers in Burkina Faso put in 701 more hours a year than in Ghana

Burkina Faso: 2,356 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)

Adults in Ghana went to school 4.8 years longer than in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 2.3 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)

Ghana welcomed 4.9 times as many tourists per resident as Burkina Faso (2019)

Burkina Faso: 0.01 (2024) · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)

Burkina Faso has 2 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (4 against 2)

Burkina Faso: 4 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)

Ghana has won 5 Olympic medals, Burkina Faso 1

Burkina Faso: 1 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)

72% of people in Ghana are online, versus 28% in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 28% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)

Home internet in Ghana is 68% faster than in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 55 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)

92% of people in Ghana have electricity, versus 34% in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 34% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)

59% of people in Ghana live in cities, versus 29% in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 29% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)

Burkina Faso has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114

Burkina Faso: 117 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)

Ghana’s railway network is 83% longer than Burkina Faso’s

Burkina Faso: 518 km (2021) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)

Airlines from Ghana fly 2.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 0.0043 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Ghana, but only 12% of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 12.3% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)

The average person in Ghana emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 0.3 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)

36% of Ghana’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 17.2% (2024) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)

The air in Burkina Faso carries 23% more fine dust than in Ghana

Burkina Faso: 34.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Burkina Faso: no data · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ghana are 20% deadlier than in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)

Burkina Faso is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Ghana

Burkina Faso: 29.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ghana gets 83% more rain than Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 610 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg)