Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ecuador is 7% bigger than Ghana
Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024) · Ghana: 238,539 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Ecuador’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Ghana’s
Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ecuador’s highest peak towers 5,382 m above Ghana’s
Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 20% of Ecuador
Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ghana has 92% more people than Ecuador
Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ghana is 2.1 times as densely populated as Ecuador
Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Ghana are 3.0 cm taller than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019) · Ghana: 170.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Ghana are 3.6 cm taller than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019) · Ghana: 158.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Ecuador is 7.5 years older than in Ghana
Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ghana have 1.5 more children on average than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana
Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Ecuador hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana
Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Ghana has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none
Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Ecuador and Ghana are practically level
Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Ecuador’s economy is 14% larger than Ghana’s
Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Ecuador produces 95% more per person than Ghana
Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Ghana (Gini 2.4 points higher)
Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Ghana: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Ecuador and Ghana are practically level
Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%
Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%
Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Ecuador’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ghana’s
Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Ecuador spends 7.3 times as much on health per person as Ghana
Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Ghana: $70 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Ecuador live 12 years longer than in Ghana
Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024) · Ghana: 65.7 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ghana is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ecuador
Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Ecuador has 8.7 times as many doctors per person as Ghana
Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Ecuador has 91% more hospital beds per person than Ghana
Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ghana is 3.1 times that in Ecuador
Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 14% in Ghana
Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
10% of adults in Ecuador smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana
Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Ecuador rate their lives 1.59 points higher than in Ghana
Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ecuador drink 24% more alcohol than in Ghana
Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Ecuador has 3.2 times as much meat per person as Ghana
Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Ghana has 504 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador
Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ghana put in 62 more hours a year than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Ecuador went to school 1.9 years longer than in Ghana
Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ecuador: no data · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Ecuador has 3 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (5 against 2)
Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Ecuador has won 10 Olympic medals, Ghana 5
Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 72% in Ghana
Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Ecuador is 3.2 times as fast as in Ghana
Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
99% of people in Ecuador have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana
Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana
Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ghana has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102
Ecuador: 102 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Ecuador’s railway network is 2% longer than Ghana’s
Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Ecuador fly 20 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana
Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 31% of Ghana
Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Ecuador emits 4.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana
Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 36% in Ghana
Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ghana carries 59% more fine dust than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 25 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Ghana
Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ghana are 78% deadlier than in Ecuador
Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ghana is on average 6.7 °C warmer than Ecuador
Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ecuador gets 2.9 times as much rain as Ghana
Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Ecuador bigger than Ghana?
Ecuador is larger. Ecuador is 7% bigger than Ghana.
Which has more people, Ecuador or Ghana?
Ghana has 92% more people than Ecuador (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ecuador or Ghana?
People in Ecuador live 12 years longer than in Ghana. Life expectancy at birth is 77.6 years in Ecuador and 65.7 in Ghana.
Are people taller in Ecuador or Ghana?
Men in Ghana are 3.0 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
