Colombia’s coastline is 6 times as long as Ghana’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 4,845 m above Ghana’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)

Colombia has 52% more people than Ghana

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)

Ghana is 3.2 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 11 years older than in Ghana

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)

Women in Ghana have 1.7 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)

Ghana hosts 22 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ghana 0.3

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)

Colombia and Ghana are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)

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

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)

Colombia produces 2.6 times as much per person as Ghana

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Ghana (Gini 10.9 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Ghana: no data

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.0% in Ghana

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)

Ghana and Colombia are nearly identical here

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)

Colombia spends 9.2 times as much on health per person as Ghana

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Ghana: $70 (2023)

A baby in Ghana is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 9.5 times as many doctors per person as Ghana

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Colombia has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)

The suicide rate in Ghana is 2.5 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 14% in Ghana

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)

8.0% of adults in Colombia smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 1.49 points higher than in Ghana

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 88% more alcohol than in Ghana

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)

Colombia has 3.6 times as much meat per person as Ghana

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)

Colombia and Ghana are practically level

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 815 more hours a year than in Ghana

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 1.9 years longer than in Ghana

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 3.2 times as many tourists per resident as Ghana (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)

Colombia has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (9 against 2)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Ghana 5

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 72% in Ghana

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 2.7 times as fast as in Ghana

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)

Colombia’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Ghana’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)

Airlines from Colombia fly 63 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 31% of Ghana

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)

The average person in Colombia emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 36% in Ghana

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)

The air in Ghana carries 87% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 14 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Ghana

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ghana are 2.1 times as deadly as in Colombia

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)

Ghana is on average 3.5 °C warmer than Colombia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2.8 times as much rain as Ghana

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg)