Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 34,427,414
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 7,556

Performance Overview

ISO3

GHA

Country

Ghana

Score

33.43

Rank

104

Input

99

Output

109

Enable

48.75

Attract

44.59

Grow

25.48

Retain

29.38

VT

38.32

GA

14.03

Pillar: Enable Score: 48.75Rank: 68
SCORERANK

Regulatory Landscape

49.42 68

1. Government effectiveness

47.5275

2. Rule of law

49.8267

3. Political stability

65.1965

4. Regulatory quality

42.5881

5. Corruption

42.0064

Market Landscape

48.98 72

1. Extent of market dominance

47.1365

2. Domestic credit to private sector

0.69126

3. Cluster development

48.1963

4. R&D expenditure

n/an/a

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

96.2358

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

7. Urbanisation

52.6883

Business & Labour Landscape

47.86 62

1. Labour rights

81.9070

2. Labour-employer cooperation

56.4378

3. Professional management

59.6666

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

43.07100

5. Enterprise software

19.1550

6. Cloud computing

13.7573

7. Firms with website

61.0454
Pillar: Attract Score: 44.59Rank: 94
SCORERANK

External Openness

22.86 115

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

37.57101

3. Migrant stock

2.82104

4. International students

2.3096

5. Brain gain

48.7569

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

66.32 46

1. Tolerance of minorities

71.2826

2. Tolerance of immigrants

72.3136

3. Social mobility

49.60106

4. Economic empowerment of women

75.00101

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

67.3680

6. Leadership opportunities for women

62.3781
Pillar: Grow Score: 25.48Rank: 103
SCORERANK

Formal Education

5.57 114

1. Vocational enrolment

4.79105

2. Tertiary enrolment

11.8299

3. Tertiary education expenditure

5.6672

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

38.24 61

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

61.0523

3. Employee development

53.6798

Access to Growth Opportunities

32.63 113

1. Delegation of authority

58.1061

2. Youth inclusion

40.25106

3. Use of virtual social networks

20.86115

4. Use of virtual professional networks

11.3390
Pillar: Retain Score: 29.38Rank: 123
SCORERANK

Sustainability

26.54 124

1. Pension coverage

14.91118

2. Social protection

28.02104

3. Brain retention

46.8968

4. Environmental performance

36.90110

5. Vulnerable employment

24.59116

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

9.38117

7. Household Financial Resilience

25.1169

Lifestyle

32.21 112

1. Personal rights

71.9445

2. Personal safety

45.2697

3. Physician density

1.81122

4. Sanitation

16.70128

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

25.33114
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 38.32Rank: 103
SCORERANK

Mid-level Skills

13.48 116

1. Workforce with secondary education

20.73104

2. Population with secondary education

19.7195

3. Technicians and associate professionals

4.88119

4. Labour productivity per employee

8.5998

Employability

63.17 58

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

60.6152

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

52.4246

3. Skills matching

58.3173

4. Highly educated unemployment

81.3460
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 14.03Rank: 111
SCORERANK

High-level Skills

17.56 110

1. Workforce with tertiary education

9.60109

2. Soft Skills

57.6155

3. Professionals

10.91100

4. Researchers

0.8095

5. Senior officials and managers

8.91100

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

10.49 113

1. ICT services exports

5.1496

2. Mobile apps development

39.20120

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

14.2869

4. High-value exports

3.24104

5. Software development

2.8298

6. New business density

5.4482

7. Scientific journal articles

3.3188

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