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Côte d'Ivoire vs Ghana

121 shared metrics.

Côte d'IvoireLeads in 57

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GhanaLeads in 64

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What matters for both sides

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Côte d'Ivoire

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.

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Identity

Name origin: name, which means "Ivory Coast" in French, reflects the ivory trade in the region from the 15th to 17th centuries.

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Ghana

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Ghana.

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Curated stat

Ghana is one of the African countries crossed by the historic Greenwich Meridian.

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Analysis

Ghana leads in 64 of 121 shared metrics, while Côte d'Ivoire leads in 57.

Côte d'Ivoire's Capital Elevation is 2.5x that of Ghana (214 m vs 61 m).

Côte d'Ivoire's Airports is 1.6x that of Ghana (29 vs 11).

Côte d'Ivoire's Smoking Rate is 1.6x that of Ghana (8.8% vs 3.4%).

Côte d'Ivoire's UNESCO World Heritage Sites is 1.5x that of Ghana (5.0 sites vs 2.0 sites).

Côte d'Ivoire's High-Tech Exports (%) is 1.5x that of Ghana (5.3% vs 2.1%).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

214 m

Ghana

61 m

AirportsCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Smoking RateCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

8.8%

Ghana

3.4%

UNESCO World Heritage SitesCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

5.0 sites

Ghana

2.0 sites

High-Tech Exports (%)Côte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

5.3%

Ghana

2.1%

Tobacco Use PrevalenceCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

7.1% of adults

Ghana

3.2% of adults

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Côte d'Ivoire

214 m

Ghana

61 m

251% higher

Airports

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

164% higher

Smoking Rate

Côte d'Ivoire

8.8%

Ghana

3.4%

159% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Côte d'Ivoire

5.0 sites

Ghana

2.0 sites

150% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Côte d'Ivoire

5.3%

Ghana

2.1%

149% higher

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Côte d'Ivoire

7.1% of adults

Ghana

3.2% of adults

122% higher

Beer Consumption

Côte d'Ivoire

1.1 L/person/yr

Ghana

0.53 L/person/yr

113% higher

Irrigated Land

Côte d'Ivoire

730 km²

Ghana

360 km²

103% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Côte d'Ivoire

4.4% of GDP

Ghana

2.1% of GDP

103% higher

Military Spending

Côte d'Ivoire

0.76% of GDP

Ghana

0.38% of GDP

99% higher

Highest Elevation

Côte d'Ivoire

1.8K m

Ghana

885 m

98% higher

Scientific Publications

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

297.65

Ghana

3.1K

90% lower

Inflation Rate

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

3.5%

Ghana

22.8%

85% lower

Child Mortality

Côte d'Ivoire

67.1 per 1k births

Ghana

37.1 per 1k births

81% higher

Nurses & Midwives

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

0.80 per 1k

Ghana

3.8 per 1k

79% lower

Forest Coverage (%)

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

7.9%

Ghana

35.19%

78% lower

Solar Electricity Share

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

0.19%

Ghana

0.70%

73% lower

Forest Area

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

25.0K km²

Ghana

80.1K km²

69% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Côte d'Ivoire

27.0K

Ghana

16.0K

69% higher

Water Stress (%)

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

1.5%

Ghana

4.8%

68% lower

Comparison of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana across 121 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	214 m	61 m	251% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Airports	29	11	164% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Smoking Rate	8.8%	3.4%	159% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	2.0 sites	150% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
High-Tech Exports (%)	5.3%	2.1%	149% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.1% of adults	3.2% of adults	122% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	0.53 L/person/yr	113% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Irrigated Land	730 km²	360 km²	103% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	4.4% of GDP	2.1% of GDP	103% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Military Spending	0.76% of GDP	0.38% of GDP	99% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Highest Elevation	1.8K m	885 m	98% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Scientific Publications	297.65	3.1K	90% lower	Ghana
Inflation Rate	3.5%	22.8%	85% lower	Ghana
Child Mortality	67.1 per 1k births	37.1 per 1k births	81% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Nurses & Midwives	0.80 per 1k	3.8 per 1k	79% lower	Ghana
Forest Coverage (%)	7.9%	35.19%	78% lower	Ghana
Solar Electricity Share	0.19%	0.70%	73% lower	Ghana
Forest Area	25.0K km²	80.1K km²	69% lower	Ghana
Armed Forces Personnel	27.0K	16.0K	69% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Water Stress (%)	1.5%	4.8%	68% lower	Ghana
Border Neighbors	5.0	3.0	67% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Infant Mortality	46.6 per 1k births	28.2 per 1k births	65% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Air Passengers	716.2K	440.7K	63% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Liberal Democracy Index	0.23	0.61	62% lower	Ghana
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	184 per 100 people	114 per 100 people	61% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Teen Birth Rate	92.08 per 1k	58.24 per 1k	58% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Electric Generating Capacity	2.31M kW	5.52M kW	58% lower	Ghana
Agricultural Land (%)	86.48%	55.39%	56% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Protected Land (%)	22.8%	14.8%	54% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Electricity Generation	11.13 TWh	24.29 TWh	54% lower	Ghana
Merchant Fleet Size	25	52	52% lower	Ghana
Vehicles per 1,000 People	34.84 per 1k people	70.41 per 1k people	51% lower	Ghana
Renewable Energy (%)	58.2%	39%	49% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
University Enrollment Rate	11.57%	22.1%	48% lower	Ghana
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	5.7 per 100k	10.57 per 100k	46% lower	Ghana
Spirits Consumption	0.21 L/person/yr	0.38 L/person/yr	45% lower	Ghana
Electoral Democracy Index	0.39	0.71	45% lower	Ghana
Land Border Length	3.5K km	2.4K km	43% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Firms with Female Top Manager	11.56% of firms	19.82% of firms	42% lower	Ghana
Internet Users (%)	41%	70%	41% lower	Ghana
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	323.7 kWh/person	552.5 kWh/person	41% lower	Ghana
Land Area	318.0K km²	227.5K km²	40% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Suicide Rate	7.4 per 100k	5.3 per 100k	39% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.17 per 1k	0.27 per 1k	37% lower	Ghana
Government Debt (% GDP)	47% of GDP	73.4% of GDP	36% lower	Ghana
Adult Literacy Rate	50%	76.49%	35% lower	Ghana
Credit Card Ownership	2.9% of adults	4.4% of adults	35% lower	Ghana
Population Density	98.01 /km²	148.5 /km²	34% lower	Ghana
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Alcohol Consumption	2.9 L/adult/yr	4.3 L/adult/yr	33% lower	Ghana
Mobile Money Accounts	53.38% of adults	78.28% of adults	32% lower	Ghana
Youth Unemployment Rate	4.0% of youth labor force	5.8% of youth labor force	31% lower	Ghana
Energy Use (Per Capita)	471.78 kg oil eq/person	359.18 kg oil eq/person	31% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Milk Consumption per Person	6.4 kg/person/yr	9.1 kg/person/yr	30% lower	Ghana
Railway Length	660 km	947 km	30% lower	Ghana
Elderly Population (%)	2.6%	3.7%	30% lower	Ghana
Digital Payments Used	56.47% of adults	80.36% of adults	30% lower	Ghana
Sanitation Access (%)	40.41%	31.58%	28% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Exports (% GDP)	26.03% of GDP	35.47% of GDP	27% lower	Ghana
Imports (% GDP)	25.24% of GDP	34.31% of GDP	26% lower	Ghana
Unemployment Rate	2.3%	3.0%	24% lower	Ghana
CO2 Per Capita	0.46 t/person/yr	0.61 t/person/yr	24% lower	Ghana
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.90	24% lower	Ghana
Total CO2 Emissions	18.81 Mt CO2e	24.17 Mt CO2e	22% lower	Ghana
Death Rate	6.9 per 1k	5.7 per 1k	21% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.61 hrs/week	35.53 hrs/week	20% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Water Withdrawal	1.2 B m³	1.4 B m³	20% lower	Ghana
Road Traffic Death Rate	20.6 per 100k	25.9 per 100k	20% lower	Ghana
Electricity Access (%)	72.4%	89.5%	19% lower	Ghana
Dependency Ratio	76.93% of working-age pop.	65.36% of working-age pop.	18% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	18% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Informal Employment Share	92.13% of employed people	78.05% of employed people	18% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Firms Asked for Bribes	19.85% of firms	16.96% of firms	17% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Women in Senior Management	22.16% of managers	26.56% of managers	17% lower	Ghana
Shipping Traffic	1.04M	1.24M	16% lower	Ghana
Safe Drinking Water (%)	36.45%	42.94%	15% lower	Ghana
Median Age	18.1 years	20.9 years	14% lower	Ghana
Youth Population (%)	40.87%	35.82%	14% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Electricity Carbon Intensity	405.01 gCO2/kWh	468.89 gCO2/kWh	14% lower	Ghana
Obesity Rate	10.59%	12.11%	13% lower	Ghana
Life Evaluation Score	5.1 pts	4.6 pts	13% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Meat Consumption per Person	12.38 kg/person/yr	13.73 kg/person/yr	10% lower	Ghana
Population	31.86M	35.34M	10% lower	Ghana
GNI Per Capita	$2,530	$2,310	10% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Birth Rate	29.87 per 1k	27.09 per 1k	10% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Fertility Rate	3.9 children/woman	3.5 children/woman	10% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Women's Political Empowerment	0.70	0.77	9% lower	Ghana
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	49.5 µg/m³	54.24 µg/m³	9% lower	Ghana
Firms Hit by Power Outages	80.35% of firms	73.76% of firms	9% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Women in Parliament (%)	13.39%	14.55%	8% lower	Ghana
GDP Growth Rate	6.0%	5.6%	8% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Urban Population (%)	53.97%	58.37%	8% lower	Ghana
Firms Making Informal Payments	20.84% of firms	22.74% of firms	8% lower	Ghana
Human Development Index	0.58	0.63	7% lower	Ghana
Hypertension Prevalence	37.3% of adults	35.2% of adults	6% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
GDP (Nominal)	$87,113,179,149.28	$82,308,110,386.46	6% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	13.04% of GDP	12.3% of GDP	6% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Seafood Consumption per Person	22.8 kg/person/yr	24.08 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Ghana
Life Expectancy	61.9 years	65.5 years	5% lower	Ghana
Health Spending Per Capita	$86.15	$82.32	5% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Coastline Length	515 km	539 km	4% lower	Ghana
Tourism Revenue	$199,300,003.05	$191,000,000	4% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$7,669.23	$8,020	4% lower	Ghana
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.05% of adults	20.89% of adults	4% lower	Ghana
Food Waste per Person	129.94 kg/person/yr	124.84 kg/person/yr	4% higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Political Corruption Index	0.60	0.61	3% lower	Ghana
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.6% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	2% lower	Ghana
Can Raise Emergency Money	88.27% of adults	89.37% of adults	1% lower	Ghana
Corruption Perceptions Index	43 pts	43 pts	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.03 per 1M people	ranked lower	Ghana
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Côte d'Ivoire
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.1% of GDP	7.9% of GDP	ranked lower	Ghana
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.02 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Côte d'Ivoire
All-Time Olympic Medals	5.0 medals	5.0 medals	equal	Côte d'Ivoire

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Analysis

Ghana leads in 64 of 121 shared metrics, while Côte d'Ivoire leads in 57.

Côte d'Ivoire's Capital Elevation is 2.5x that of Ghana (214 m vs 61 m).

Côte d'Ivoire's Airports is 1.6x that of Ghana (29 vs 11).

Côte d'Ivoire's Smoking Rate is 1.6x that of Ghana (8.8% vs 3.4%).

Côte d'Ivoire's UNESCO World Heritage Sites is 1.5x that of Ghana (5.0 sites vs 2.0 sites).

Côte d'Ivoire's High-Tech Exports (%) is 1.5x that of Ghana (5.3% vs 2.1%).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

214 m

Ghana

61 m

AirportsCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Smoking RateCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

8.8%

Ghana

3.4%

UNESCO World Heritage SitesCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

5.0 sites

Ghana

2.0 sites

High-Tech Exports (%)Côte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

5.3%

Ghana

2.1%

Tobacco Use PrevalenceCôte d'Ivoire leads

Côte d'Ivoire

7.1% of adults

Ghana

3.2% of adults

Capital Elevation

214 m

61 m

Airports

Smoking Rate

8.8%

3.4%

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

5.0 sites

2.0 sites

High-Tech Exports (%)

5.3%

2.1%

Tobacco Use Prevalence

7.1% of adults

3.2% of adults

Beer Consumption

1.1 L/person/yr

0.53 L/person/yr

Irrigated Land

730 km²

360 km²

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

4.4% of GDP

2.1% of GDP

Military Spending

0.76% of GDP

0.38% of GDP

Highest Elevation

1.8K m

885 m

Scientific Publications

297.65

3.1K

Inflation Rate

3.5%

22.8%

Child Mortality

67.1 per 1k births

37.1 per 1k births

Nurses & Midwives

0.80 per 1k

3.8 per 1k

Forest Coverage (%)

7.9%

35.19%

Solar Electricity Share

0.19%

0.70%

Forest Area

25.0K km²

80.1K km²

Armed Forces Personnel

27.0K

16.0K

Water Stress (%)

1.5%

4.8%

Côte d'Ivoire vs Ghana

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Airports

Smoking Rate

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

High-Tech Exports (%)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Beer Consumption

Irrigated Land

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Military Spending

Highest Elevation

Scientific Publications

Inflation Rate

Child Mortality

Nurses & Midwives

Forest Coverage (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Forest Area

Armed Forces Personnel

Water Stress (%)

Border Neighbors

Infant Mortality

Air Passengers

Liberal Democracy Index

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Agricultural Land (%)

Protected Land (%)

Electricity Generation

Merchant Fleet Size

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Renewable Energy (%)

University Enrollment Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Spirits Consumption

Electoral Democracy Index

Land Border Length

Firms with Female Top Manager

Internet Users (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Land Area

Suicide Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Adult Literacy Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Population Density

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Alcohol Consumption

Mobile Money Accounts

Youth Unemployment Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Milk Consumption per Person

Railway Length

Elderly Population (%)

Digital Payments Used

Sanitation Access (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Freedom of Expression Index

Total CO2 Emissions

Death Rate

Average Weekly Work Hours

Water Withdrawal

Road Traffic Death Rate

Electricity Access (%)

Dependency Ratio

Education Spending (% GDP)

Informal Employment Share