Ghana vs Tuvalu: Economic Indicators Comparison

Ghana with a GDP of $65.6B ranked the 73rd largest economy in the world, while Tuvalu ranked 196th with $42.6M. By GDP per capita, Ghana and Tuvalu ranked 142nd vs 124th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Ghana	Tuvalu
GDP	$65.6B	$42.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	5.6%	2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.5%	N/A
Population	26.9M	11k
GDP per capita	$2.2k	$3.7k
GDP per capita growth	3.96%	1.27%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	2.13	1.22
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.46	0.91
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$6.5k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$63.4B	$62.5M
GNI per capita	$2.1k	$5.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$138.5B	$70.2M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$4.7k	$6.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Ghana	Tuvalu
Income Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	9.8%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	10.2%	4.9%
Unemployment	6.7%	8.5%
Economic Freedom Index	59.4	60
Personal Freedom Index	7.64	6.2
Human Freedom Index	7.21	6.1
Property Rights Index	52.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	46.1	N/A
Business Freedom Index	58.4	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	35.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	59.3	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	70	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	60	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	63.8	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	68.9	N/A
Government Spending Index	88.1	N/A
Tax Burden Index	78.4	N/A
Government Integrity Index	32.2	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	41	48
Life expectancy at birth, years	63.5	66
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5.4	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	24.9	0.2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.1	18.7
International tourism, number of arrivals	897k	2.7k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Ghana	Tuvalu
Central government debt, % of GDP	59.6%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	36.3%	N/A
External debt stocks	$23.3B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	57.7%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	9.4%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-8.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	21%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	14.9%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$6.3B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$3B	$299k

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Ghana	Tuvalu
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	35.3%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	36.4%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$2B	$6.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	27.2%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$713.6M	$9.6M
Personal remittances received	$3.5B	$4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	31.5%	7.3%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	18.3%	16.5%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$700k	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	$14k
Expense, % of GDP	30.5%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	20%	N/A