South Korea’s coastline is 4.5 times as long as Ghana’s

Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

South Korea’s highest peak towers 1,065 m above Ghana’s

Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 16% of South Korea

Ghana: 55.4% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 47% more people than Ghana

Ghana: 35.1 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 3.4 times as densely populated as Ghana

Ghana: 154 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 24 years older than in Ghana

Ghana: 20.9 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Ghana have 2.6 more children on average than in South Korea

Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana

Ghana: 3.8% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Ghana hosts 7 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ghana 0.3

Ghana: 0.3 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Ghana and South Korea are practically level

Ghana: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 16 times the size of Ghana’s

Ghana: $114 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 7.3 times as much per person as Ghana

Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in South Korea (Gini 10.6 points higher)

Ghana: 43.5 (2016) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Ghana: no data · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Ghana and South Korea are practically level

Ghana: 3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%

Ghana: 0.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%

Ghana: 12.4% (2023) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Ghana’s

Ghana: 38% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 45 times as much on health per person as Ghana

Ghana: $70 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Ghana is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 9.8 times as many doctors per person as Ghana

Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 19 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana

Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 36% higher than in Ghana

Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

14% of adults in Ghana are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Ghana: 13.8% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Ghana: 3.3% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in South Korea rate their lives 1.49 points higher than in Ghana

Ghana: 4.55 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Ghana

Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 4.8 times as much meat per person as Ghana

Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 305 kcal more food per person per day than Ghana

Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 255 more hours a year than in Ghana

Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 5.6 years longer than in Ghana

Ghana: 7.1 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Ghana (2019)

Ghana: 0.03 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

South Korea has 15 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (17 against 2)

Ghana: 2 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Ghana 5

Ghana: 5 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 72% in Ghana

Ghana: 72% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 3.2 times as fast as in Ghana

Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana

Ghana: 91.9% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana

Ghana: 59% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114

Ghana: 114 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 4.5 times as long as Ghana’s

Ghana: 947 km (2022) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 117 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana

Ghana: 0.01 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 31% of Ghana

Ghana: 30.9% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 18 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana

Ghana: 0.6 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

36% of Ghana’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Ghana: 36.2% (2024) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in Ghana carries 34% more fine dust than in South Korea

Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Ghana as in South Korea

Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ghana are 6.3 times as deadly as in South Korea

Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Ghana is on average 14.8 °C warmer than South Korea

Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 13% more rain than Ghana

Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)