Ghana vs Vietnam: Economic Indicators Comparison

Vietnam with a GDP of $245.2B ranked the 47th largest economy in the world, while Ghana ranked 73rd with $65.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Vietnam and Ghana ranked 17th vs 46th and 138th vs 142nd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatGhanaVietnam
GDP$65.6B$245.2B
GDP growth, 1 year5.6%7.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average4.5%6.6%
Population26.9M94.7M
GDP per capita$2.2k$2.6k
GDP per capita growth3.96%6.02%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor2.137788.91
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.460.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$6.5k$7.5k
GNI, Atlas method$63.4B$225.9B
GNI per capita$2.1k$2.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted$138.5B$661.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$4.7k$6.9k

Financial system and Human development

StatGhanaVietnam
Income Tax Rate35%35%
Corporate Tax Rate25%22%
Inflation, consumer prices9.8%3.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator10.2%3.4%
Unemployment6.7%1.9%
Economic Freedom Index59.458.8
Personal Freedom Index7.646.65
Human Freedom Index7.216.31
Property Rights Index52.552.6
Judical Effectiveness Index46.140.1
Business Freedom Index58.465.6
Fiscal Health Index35.658
Labor Freedom Index59.362.5
Investment Freedom Index7040
Financial Freedom Index6050
Trade Freedom Index63.879.6
Monetary Freedom Index68.968.2
Government Spending Index88.175.9
Tax Burden Index78.479.5
Government Integrity Index32.233.8
Corruption Perceptions Index4133
Life expectancy at birth, years63.575.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people5.47.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people24.926.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people2.11.5
International tourism, number of arrivals897k15.5M

Government debt & reserves

StatGhanaVietnam
Central government debt, % of GDP59.6%57.5%
External debt stocks, % of GNI36.3%46.7%
External debt stocks$23.3B$108.1B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves57.7%35.3%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income9.4%7.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-8.4%13.4%
Gross savings, % of GDP21%22.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP14.9%26.5%
Total reserves including gold$6.3B$55.5B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$3B$15.5B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatGhanaVietnam
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP35.3%105.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP36.4%102.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$2B$5.9B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP27.2%N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$713.6M$411.2M
Personal remittances received$3.5B$15.9B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP31.5%34.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP18.3%14.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$700kN/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/AN/A
Expense, % of GDP30.5%N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP20%28.3%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Ghana vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Tunisia
$3.4k
11.6M
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M

Vietnam vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Marshall Islands
$3.8k
53.1k
Tuvalu
$3.7k
11.2k
Cape Verde
$3.6k
546k
Bolivia
$3.5k
11.1M
Tunisia
$3.4k
11.6M
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M