Germany’s coastline is 4.4 times as long as Ghana’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 2,078 m above Ghana’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)

Germany has 2.4 times as many people as Ghana

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)

Germany is 55% more densely populated than Ghana

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 24 years older than in Ghana

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)

Women in Ghana have 2.0 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)

Germany hosts 53 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ghana 0.3

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)

Germany and Ghana are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 44 times the size of Ghana’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)

Germany produces 8.8 times as much per person as Ghana

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Germany (Gini 9.8 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Ghana: no data

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 3.0% in Ghana

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)

Ghana’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Ghana’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)

Germany spends 97 times as much on health per person as Ghana

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Ghana: $70 (2023)

A baby in Ghana is 8.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 17 times as many doctors per person as Ghana

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Germany has 11 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)

The suicide rate in Ghana is 72% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 14% in Ghana

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Germany: 22% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 2.33 points higher than in Ghana

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Ghana

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)

Germany has 4.1 times as much meat per person as Ghana

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)

Germany has 410 kcal more food per person per day than Ghana

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ghana put in 320 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 7.2 years longer than in Ghana

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 16 times as many tourists per resident as Ghana (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)

Germany has 53 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (55 against 2)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Ghana 5

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 72% in Ghana

Germany: 94% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 2 times as fast as in Ghana

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)

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

Germany: 100% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana

Germany: 82% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114

Germany: 129 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 35 times as long as Ghana’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)

Airlines from Germany fly 76 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 31% of Ghana

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 36% in Ghana

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)

The air in Ghana carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Ghana as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ghana are 10 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)

Ghana is on average 17.7 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ghana gets 28% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg)