Gender in Ghana

243 indicators covering gender for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 12,710 2030 up 7.1% 35th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.3902 % change on previous year 2030 down 65.3% 53rd
Population 25,512 2030 up 27.4% 47th
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 25,512 2030 up 27.4% 47th
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year 2030 down 8.1% 48th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 428,908 2025 up 1.4% 34th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 442,748 2025 up 1.6% 35th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 424,540 2025 up 1.8% 35th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 437,618 2025 up 2.2% 36th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 420,712 2025 up 2.4% 36th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 433,463 2025 up 2.8% 36th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 417,006 2025 up 3.9% 35th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 429,268 2025 up 4.2% 35th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 413,911 2025 up 6.0% 35th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 425,637 2025 up 6.4% 36th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 410,574 2025 up 8.6% 35th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 421,782 2025 up 9.1% 36th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 42.27 2027 up 27.5% 71st
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.767 2025 down 1.7% 91st
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.829 2025 up 3.2% 45th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.665 2025 down 13.0% 110th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.836 2025 up 4.6% 124th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.767 2025 down 1.7% 91st
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.767 2025 down 1.7% 91st
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -3.88 % change on previous year 2025 down 120.3% 156th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.767 2025 down 1.7% 91st
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 23.9% 2024 up 42.2% 109th
Prevalence of obesity, male 4.8% 2024 up 15.7% 182nd
Life expectancy at age 60, female 18.33 years 2024 up 4.1% 171st
Life expectancy at age 60, male 16.41 years 2024 up 1.0% 161st
Share of women who are obese 23.9% 2024 up 42.2% 112th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 53.3% 2024 up 25.5% 111th
Share of overweight men vs. women 21.7% 2024 up 5.3% 179th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 70.6% 2024 up 8.6% 183rd
Share of women who are married or in a union 7.2% 2022 up 2.6% 98th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.4% 45th
Population, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year 2024 down 20.9% 57th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 57.4% 99th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 69.08 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 2.2% 156th
Women, Business and the Law Index 75 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 122nd
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 8.2% 50th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 148.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.4% 55th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 5.2% 138th
Labor force, female 6.31 million 2025 up 9.2% 42nd
Labor force, female, per capita 0.18 units per person 2025 down 10.6% 120th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.11 index 2025 up 2.0% 26th