Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ghana is 81% bigger than Greece.
Ghana: 238,539 km² (2023) · Greece: 131,960 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Greece’s coastline is 25 times as long as Ghana’s.
Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition) · Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Greece’s highest peak towers 2,032 m above Ghana’s.
Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition) · Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ghana has 3.4 times as many people as Greece.
Ghana: 35.1 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ghana is 91% more densely populated than Greece.
Ghana: 154 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Greece are 9.0 cm taller than in Ghana.
Ghana: 170.3 cm (2019) · Greece: 179.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Greece are 6.9 cm taller than in Ghana.
Ghana: 158.9 cm (2019) · Greece: 165.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Greece is 25 years older than in Ghana.
Ghana: 20.9 years (2023) · Greece: 45.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ghana have 2.1 more children on average than in Greece.
Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024) · Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana.
Ghana: 3.8% (2025) · Greece: 24.4% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ghana 0.3.
Ghana: 0.3 (2025) · Greece: 1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Ghana and Greece are practically level.
Ghana: 1 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Greece’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Ghana’s.
Ghana: $114 billion (2025) · Greece: $281 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Greece produces 5.3 times as much per person as Ghana.
Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Greece (Gini 10.1 points higher).
Ghana: 43.5 (2016) · Greece: 33.4 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 3.0% in Ghana.
Ghana: 3% (2025) · Greece: 8.5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Greece spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.4%.
Ghana: 0.4% (2024) · Greece: 3.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Ghana’s.
Ghana: 38% (2025) · Greece: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Greece spends 28 times as much on health per person as Ghana.
Ghana: $70 (2023) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Greece live 16 years longer than in Ghana.
Ghana: 65.7 years (2024) · Greece: 81.8 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ghana is 8.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece.
Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Greece has 25 times as many doctors per person as Ghana.
Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 14% in Ghana.
Ghana: 13.8% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana.
Ghana: 3.3% (2024) · Greece: 30.2% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Greece rate their lives 1.14 points higher than in Ghana.
Ghana: 4.55 (2025) · Greece: 5.70 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Greece drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Ghana.
Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023) · Greece: 8.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Greece has 4.7 times as much meat per person as Ghana.
Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023) · Greece: 82 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Greece has 257 kcal more food per person per day than Ghana.
Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023) · Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Greece put in 237 more hours a year than in Ghana.
Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023) · Greece: 1,893 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Greece went to school 4.4 years longer than in Ghana.
Ghana: 7.1 years (2023) · Greece: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Greece welcomed 97 times as many tourists per resident as Ghana (2019).
Ghana: 0.03 (2022) · Greece: 2.67 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
86% of people in Greece are online, versus 72% in Ghana.
Ghana: 72% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Greece have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana.
Ghana: 91.9% (2024) · Greece: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana.
Ghana: 59% (2025) · Greece: 79% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ghana and Greece are practically level.
Ghana: 114 (2024) · Greece: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Greece’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Ghana’s.
Ghana: 947 km (2022) · Greece: 2,339 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Greece fly 146 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana.
Ghana: 0.01 (2023) · Greece: 1.83 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 35% of Ghana, but only 30% of Greece.
Ghana: 35.2% (2023) · Greece: 30.3% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Greece emits 8.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana.
Ghana: 0.6 t (2024) · Greece: 5.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 36% in Ghana.
Ghana: 36.2% (2024) · Greece: 49.7% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ghana carries 87% more fine dust than in Greece.
Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.2 times as likely to be murdered in Ghana as in Greece.
Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022) · Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ghana are 3.5 times as deadly as in Greece.
Ghana: 25.9 per 100k (2021) · Greece: 7.3 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ghana is on average 12.2 °C warmer than Greece.
Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ghana gets 40% more rain than Greece.
Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Ghana bigger than Greece?
Ghana is larger. Ghana is 81% bigger than Greece.
Which has more people, Ghana or Greece?
Ghana has 3.4 times as many people as Greece (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ghana or Greece?
People in Greece live 16 years longer than in Ghana. Life expectancy at birth is 65.7 years in Ghana and 81.8 in Greece.
Are people taller in Ghana or Greece?
Men in Greece are 9.0 cm taller than in Ghana (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
