Sri Lanka’s coastline is 2.5 times as long as Ghana’s

Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Sri Lanka’s highest peak towers 1,639 m above Ghana’s

Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 49% of Sri Lanka

Ghana: 55.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Ghana has 61% more people than Sri Lanka

Ghana: 35.1 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 2.3 times as densely populated as Ghana

Ghana: 154 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 12 years older than in Ghana

Ghana: 20.9 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Ghana have 1.4 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana

Ghana: 3.8% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Ghana hosts 61 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Ghana has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Ghana: 0.3 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Ghana 1

Ghana: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Ghana’s economy is 5% larger than Sri Lanka’s

Ghana: $114 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Sri Lanka produces 2 times as much per person as Ghana

Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Sri Lanka (Gini 5.8 points higher)

Ghana: 43.5 (2016) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

Ghana: no data · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 3.0% in Ghana

Ghana: 3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%

Ghana: 0.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Ghana’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Ghana: 12.4% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Ghana’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Sri Lanka’s

Ghana: 38% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 91% more on health per person than Ghana

Ghana: $70 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Ghana is 5.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 4.3 times as many doctors per person as Ghana

Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 5.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana

Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ghana is 23% higher than in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

14% of adults in Ghana are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 13.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Ghana: 3.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Ghana rate their lives 0.54 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 4.55 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Ghana drink 4% more alcohol than in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Ghana has 50% more meat per person than Sri Lanka

Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Ghana has 450 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 398 more hours a year than in Ghana

Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 3.7 years longer than in Ghana

Ghana: 7.1 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Sri Lanka welcomed 18% more tourists per resident than Ghana (2019)

Ghana: 0.03 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Sri Lanka has 6 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (8 against 2)

Ghana: 2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Ghana has won 5 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Ghana: 5 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

72% of people in Ghana are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 72% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Ghana is 47% faster than in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana

Ghana: 91.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

59% of people in Ghana live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 59% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114

Ghana: 114 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Sri Lanka’s railway network is 65% longer than Ghana’s

Ghana: 947 km (2022) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana

Ghana: 0.01 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 31% of Ghana

Ghana: 30.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Sri Lanka emits 48% more CO₂ than someone in Ghana

Ghana: 0.6 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 36% in Ghana

Ghana: 36.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Ghana carries 36% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 81% more likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka than in Ghana

Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Ghana are 2.6 times as deadly as in Sri Lanka

Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Ghana is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Sri Lanka

Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 64% more rain than Ghana

Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)