Thailand’s coastline is 6 times as long as Ghana’s

Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 1,680 m above Ghana’s

Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 43% of Thailand

Ghana: 55.4% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 2 times as many people as Ghana

Ghana: 35.1 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Ghana is 10% more densely populated than Thailand

Ghana: 154 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 19 years older than in Ghana

Ghana: 20.9 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Ghana have 2.1 more children on average than in Thailand

Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana

Ghana: 3.8% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana

Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Ghana: 0.3 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Ghana and Thailand are practically level

Ghana: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Ghana’s

Ghana: $114 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 3 times as much per person as Ghana

Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Thailand (Gini 10.2 points higher)

Ghana: 43.5 (2016) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Ghana: no data · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.0% in Ghana, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Ghana: 3% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand spends 1.0% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%

Ghana: 0.5% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%

Ghana: 12.4% (2023) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Ghana’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Thailand’s

Ghana: 38% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 4.6 times as much on health per person as Ghana

Ghana: $70 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Ghana is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Thailand has 2 times as many doctors per person as Ghana

Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 3.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana

Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ghana is 79% higher than in Thailand

Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 14% in Ghana

Ghana: 13.8% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Ghana: 3.3% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 1.74 points higher than in Ghana

Ghana: 4.55 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 3 times as much alcohol as in Ghana

Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 41% more meat per person than Ghana

Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Ghana has 270 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 522 more hours a year than in Ghana

Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 1.9 years longer than in Ghana

Ghana: 7.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 20 times as many tourists per resident as Ghana (2019)

Ghana: 0.03 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (9 against 2)

Ghana: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Ghana 5

Ghana: 5 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 72% in Ghana

Ghana: 72% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 3.9 times as fast as in Ghana

Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

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

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

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana

Ghana: 59% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114

Ghana: 114 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 4.3 times as long as Ghana’s

Ghana: 947 km (2022) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 58 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana

Ghana: 0.01 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 31% of Ghana

Ghana: 30.9% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 6.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana

Ghana: 0.6 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

36% of Ghana’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Ghana: 36.2% (2024) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Ghana carries 21% more fine dust than in Thailand

Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Ghana are 54% deadlier than in Thailand

Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Ghana is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Thailand

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

Thailand gets 48% more rain than Ghana

Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)