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Ghana vs Togo

120 shared metrics.

GhanaLeads in 81

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TogoLeads in 39

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Ghana

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Ghana.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

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

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Togo

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Identity

Formal name: Togolese Republic.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the town of Togodo (now Togoville) on the northern shore of Lake Togo.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Ghana leads in 81 of 120 shared metrics, while Togo leads in 39.

Ghana's Electricity Generation is 25.4x that of Togo (24.29 TWh vs 0.92 TWh).

Ghana's Scientific Publications is 21.8x that of Togo (3.1K vs 134.74).

Ghana's Electric Generating Capacity is 15.9x that of Togo (5.52M kW vs 326.0K kW).

Ghana's Coastline Length is 8.6x that of Togo (539 km vs 56 km).

Ghana's Total CO2 Emissions is 8.2x that of Togo (24.17 Mt CO2e vs 2.6 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationGhana leads

Ghana

24.29 TWh

Togo

0.92 TWh

Scientific PublicationsGhana leads

Ghana

3.1K

Togo

134.74

Electric Generating CapacityGhana leads

Ghana

5.52M kW

Togo

326.0K kW

Coastline LengthGhana leads

Ghana

539 km

Togo

56 km

Total CO2 EmissionsGhana leads

Ghana

24.17 Mt CO2e

Togo

2.6 Mt CO2e

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleGhana leads

Ghana

70.41 per 1k people

Togo

8.2 per 1k people

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Ghana

24.29 TWh

Togo

0.92 TWh

2540% higher

Scientific Publications

Ghana

3.1K

Togo

134.74

2182% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Ghana

5.52M kW

Togo

326.0K kW

1593% higher

Coastline Length

Ghana

539 km

Togo

56 km

863% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Ghana

24.17 Mt CO2e

Togo

2.6 Mt CO2e

820% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Ghana

70.41 per 1k people

Togo

8.2 per 1k people

763% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Ghana

16.96% of firms

Togo

2.0% of firms

756% higher

Inflation Rate

Ghana

22.8%

Togo

2.9%

686% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Ghana

$82,308,110,386.46

Togo

$10,651,180,146.53

673% higher

Nurses & Midwives

Ghana

3.8 per 1k

Togo

0.51 per 1k

646% higher

Forest Area

Ghana

80.1K km²

Togo

12.0K km²

567% higher

Water Withdrawal

Ghana

1.4 B m³

Togo

0.22 B m³

550% higher

Capital Elevation

Ghana

61 m

Togo

10 m

510% higher

Irrigated Land

Ghana

360 km²

Togo

70 km²

414% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Ghana

5.0 medals

Togo

1.0 medals

400% higher

Land Area

Ghana

227.5K km²

Togo

54.4K km²

318% higher

Population

Ghana

35.34M

Togo

9.14M

286% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Ghana

0.61

Togo

0.16

286% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Ghana

0.27 per 1k

Togo

0.08 per 1k

238% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Ghana

22.74% of firms

Togo

6.7% of firms

237% higher

Comparison of Ghana and Togo across 120 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Generation	24.29 TWh	0.92 TWh	2540% higher	Ghana
Scientific Publications	3.1K	134.74	2182% higher	Ghana
Electric Generating Capacity	5.52M kW	326.0K kW	1593% higher	Ghana
Coastline Length	539 km	56 km	863% higher	Ghana
Total CO2 Emissions	24.17 Mt CO2e	2.6 Mt CO2e	820% higher	Ghana
Vehicles per 1,000 People	70.41 per 1k people	8.2 per 1k people	763% higher	Ghana
Firms Asked for Bribes	16.96% of firms	2.0% of firms	756% higher	Ghana
Inflation Rate	22.8%	2.9%	686% higher	Ghana
GDP (Nominal)	$82,308,110,386.46	$10,651,180,146.53	673% higher	Ghana
Nurses & Midwives	3.8 per 1k	0.51 per 1k	646% higher	Ghana
Forest Area	80.1K km²	12.0K km²	567% higher	Ghana
Water Withdrawal	1.4 B m³	0.22 B m³	550% higher	Ghana
Capital Elevation	61 m	10 m	510% higher	Ghana
Irrigated Land	360 km²	70 km²	414% higher	Ghana
All-Time Olympic Medals	5.0 medals	1.0 medals	400% higher	Ghana
Land Area	227.5K km²	54.4K km²	318% higher	Ghana
Population	35.34M	9.14M	286% higher	Ghana
Liberal Democracy Index	0.61	0.16	286% higher	Ghana
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.27 per 1k	0.08 per 1k	238% higher	Ghana
Firms Making Informal Payments	22.74% of firms	6.7% of firms	237% higher	Ghana
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.1%	0.68%	209% higher	Ghana
Alcohol Consumption	4.3 L/adult/yr	1.4 L/adult/yr	196% higher	Ghana
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	552.5 kWh/person	191.86 kWh/person	188% higher	Ghana
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.1% of GDP	0.79% of GDP	173% higher	Ghana
Water Stress (%)	4.8%	1.9%	147% higher	Ghana
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$8,020	$3,365.46	138% higher	Ghana
GNI Per Capita	$2,310	$1,080	114% higher	Ghana
CO2 Per Capita	0.61 t/person/yr	0.29 t/person/yr	111% higher	Ghana
Seafood Consumption per Person	24.08 kg/person/yr	11.46 kg/person/yr	110% higher	Ghana
Safe Drinking Water (%)	42.94%	20.52%	109% higher	Ghana
Electoral Democracy Index	0.71	0.35	103% higher	Ghana
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	1.0 sites	100% higher	Ghana
Solar Electricity Share	0.70%	18.31%	96% lower	Togo
Internet Users (%)	70%	37%	89% higher	Ghana
Merchant Fleet Size	52	397	87% lower	Togo
Spirits Consumption	0.38 L/person/yr	0.21 L/person/yr	82% higher	Ghana
Military Spending	0.38% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	81% lower	Togo
Air Passengers	440.7K	2.18M	80% lower	Togo
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.8% of youth labor force	3.4% of youth labor force	70% higher	Ghana
Railway Length	947 km	568 km	67% higher	Ghana
Mobile Money Accounts	78.28% of adults	47.99% of adults	63% higher	Ghana
Armed Forces Personnel	16.0K	10.0K	60% higher	Ghana
Forest Coverage (%)	35.19%	22.07%	59% higher	Ghana
Airports	11	7.0	57% higher	Ghana
Unemployment Rate	3.0%	1.9%	55% higher	Ghana
Freedom of Expression Index	0.90	0.58	55% higher	Ghana
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	10.57 per 100k	7.0 per 100k	52% higher	Ghana
Health Spending Per Capita	$82.32	$54.01	52% higher	Ghana
Electricity Access (%)	89.5%	59.2%	51% higher	Ghana
Digital Payments Used	80.36% of adults	53.1% of adults	51% higher	Ghana
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.82% of firms	13.18% of firms	50% higher	Ghana
University Enrollment Rate	22.1%	14.9%	48% higher	Ghana
Renewable Energy (%)	39%	75.1%	48% lower	Togo
Smoking Rate	3.4%	6.4%	47% lower	Togo
Protected Land (%)	14.8%	28.1%	47% lower	Togo
Tobacco Use Prevalence	3.2% of adults	5.6% of adults	43% lower	Togo
Suicide Rate	5.3 per 100k	9.3 per 100k	43% lower	Togo
Exports (% GDP)	35.47% of GDP	25.01% of GDP	42% higher	Ghana
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	114 per 100 people	81 per 100 people	41% higher	Ghana
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.89% of adults	14.78% of adults	41% higher	Ghana
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.7% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	39% lower	Togo
Child Mortality	37.1 per 1k births	58.3 per 1k births	36% lower	Togo
Shipping Traffic	1.24M	1.95M	36% lower	Togo
Corruption Perceptions Index	43 pts	32 pts	34% higher	Ghana
Urban Population (%)	58.37%	43.81%	33% higher	Ghana
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	22 days/yr	32% lower	Togo
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	30% lower	Togo
Land Border Length	2.4K km	1.9K km	29% higher	Ghana
Sanitation Access (%)	31.58%	25.17%	25% higher	Ghana
Teen Birth Rate	58.24 per 1k	77.05 per 1k	24% lower	Togo
Death Rate	5.7 per 1k	4.6 per 1k	23% higher	Ghana
Beer Consumption	0.53 L/person/yr	0.68 L/person/yr	22% lower	Togo
Women in Parliament (%)	14.55%	18.58%	22% lower	Togo
Agricultural Land (%)	55.39%	70.23%	21% lower	Togo
Infant Mortality	28.2 per 1k births	35.9 per 1k births	21% lower	Togo
Political Corruption Index	0.61	0.76	19% lower	Togo
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.70 per 1k	0.60 per 1k	17% higher	Ghana
Obesity Rate	12.11%	10.45%	16% higher	Ghana
Energy Use (Per Capita)	359.18 kg oil eq/person	425.4 kg oil eq/person	16% lower	Togo
Elderly Population (%)	3.7%	3.2%	15% higher	Ghana
Informal Employment Share	78.05% of employed people	92.34% of employed people	15% lower	Togo
Milk Consumption per Person	9.1 kg/person/yr	8.0 kg/person/yr	14% higher	Ghana
GDP Growth Rate	5.6%	6.5%	14% lower	Togo
Road Traffic Death Rate	25.9 per 100k	22.7 per 100k	14% higher	Ghana
Firms Hit by Power Outages	73.76% of firms	86.13% of firms	14% lower	Togo
Population Density	148.5 /km²	171.07 /km²	13% lower	Togo
Fertility Rate	3.5 children/woman	4.0 children/woman	13% lower	Togo
Dependency Ratio	65.36% of working-age pop.	74.64% of working-age pop.	12% lower	Togo
Women's Political Empowerment	0.77	0.69	11% higher	Ghana
Median Age	20.9 years	18.8 years	11% higher	Ghana
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.3% of GDP	13.79% of GDP	11% lower	Togo
Electricity Carbon Intensity	468.89 gCO2/kWh	422.54 gCO2/kWh	11% higher	Ghana
Human Development Index	0.63	0.57	10% higher	Ghana
Birth Rate	27.09 per 1k	30.17 per 1k	10% lower	Togo
Women in Senior Management	26.56% of managers	29.52% of managers	10% lower	Togo
Government Debt (% GDP)	73.4% of GDP	81.6% of GDP	10% lower	Togo
Highest Elevation	885 m	986 m	10% lower	Togo
Credit Card Ownership	4.4% of adults	4.9% of adults	10% lower	Togo
Meat Consumption per Person	13.73 kg/person/yr	12.58 kg/person/yr	9% higher	Ghana
Youth Population (%)	35.82%	39.53%	9% lower	Togo
Imports (% GDP)	34.31% of GDP	36.57% of GDP	6% lower	Togo
Life Evaluation Score	4.6 pts	4.3 pts	6% higher	Ghana
Food Waste per Person	124.84 kg/person/yr	132.83 kg/person/yr	6% lower	Togo
Hypertension Prevalence	35.2% of adults	37% of adults	5% lower	Togo
Adult Literacy Rate	76.49%	72.6%	5% higher	Ghana
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	54.24 µg/m³	51.67 µg/m³	5% higher	Ghana
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.37% of adults	93.76% of adults	5% lower	Togo
Life Expectancy	65.5 years	62.7 years	4% higher	Ghana
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Ghana
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Ghana
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Ghana
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	equal	Ghana
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.03 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Ghana
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Ghana
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Ghana
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	7.9% of GDP	-1% of GDP	ranked higher	Ghana
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.12 per 100k people	ranked lower	Togo
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Ghana
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Ghana
Border Neighbors	3.0	3.0	equal	Ghana

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Analysis

Ghana leads in 81 of 120 shared metrics, while Togo leads in 39.

Ghana's Electricity Generation is 25.4x that of Togo (24.29 TWh vs 0.92 TWh).

Ghana's Scientific Publications is 21.8x that of Togo (3.1K vs 134.74).

Ghana's Electric Generating Capacity is 15.9x that of Togo (5.52M kW vs 326.0K kW).

Ghana's Coastline Length is 8.6x that of Togo (539 km vs 56 km).

Ghana's Total CO2 Emissions is 8.2x that of Togo (24.17 Mt CO2e vs 2.6 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationGhana leads

Ghana

24.29 TWh

Togo

0.92 TWh

Scientific PublicationsGhana leads

Ghana

3.1K

Togo

134.74

Electric Generating CapacityGhana leads

Ghana

5.52M kW

Togo

326.0K kW

Coastline LengthGhana leads

Ghana

539 km

Togo

56 km

Total CO2 EmissionsGhana leads

Ghana

24.17 Mt CO2e

Togo

2.6 Mt CO2e

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleGhana leads

Ghana

70.41 per 1k people

Togo

8.2 per 1k people

Electricity Generation

24.29 TWh

0.92 TWh

Scientific Publications

3.1K

134.74

Electric Generating Capacity

5.52M kW

326.0K kW

Coastline Length

539 km

56 km

Total CO2 Emissions

24.17 Mt CO2e

2.6 Mt CO2e

Vehicles per 1,000 People

70.41 per 1k people

8.2 per 1k people

Firms Asked for Bribes

16.96% of firms

2.0% of firms

Inflation Rate

22.8%

2.9%

GDP (Nominal)

$82,308,110,386.46

$10,651,180,146.53

Nurses & Midwives

3.8 per 1k

0.51 per 1k

Forest Area

80.1K km²

12.0K km²

Water Withdrawal

1.4 B m³

0.22 B m³

Capital Elevation

61 m

10 m

Irrigated Land

360 km²

70 km²

All-Time Olympic Medals

5.0 medals

1.0 medals

Land Area

227.5K km²

54.4K km²

Population

35.34M

9.14M

Liberal Democracy Index

0.61

0.16

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.27 per 1k

0.08 per 1k

Firms Making Informal Payments

22.74% of firms

6.7% of firms

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Scientific Publications

Electric Generating Capacity

Coastline Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Firms Asked for Bribes

Inflation Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Nurses & Midwives

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

Capital Elevation

Irrigated Land

All-Time Olympic Medals

Land Area

Population

Liberal Democracy Index

Doctors (per 1,000)

Firms Making Informal Payments

High-Tech Exports (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Water Stress (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

GNI Per Capita

CO2 Per Capita

Seafood Consumption per Person

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Solar Electricity Share

Internet Users (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Spirits Consumption

Military Spending

Air Passengers

Youth Unemployment Rate

Railway Length

Mobile Money Accounts

Armed Forces Personnel

Forest Coverage (%)

Airports

Unemployment Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Access (%)

Digital Payments Used

Firms with Female Top Manager

University Enrollment Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Smoking Rate

Protected Land (%)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Suicide Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Health Spending (% GDP)

Child Mortality

Shipping Traffic

Corruption Perceptions Index

Urban Population (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Education Spending (% GDP)

Land Border Length

Sanitation Access (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Death Rate

Beer Consumption