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Estonia vs Ghana statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Estonia has a population of 1.37M (ranked 153/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). Estonia's land area is 16,498 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 129th vs. 81st).

By GDP, Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

Main facts and rankings

Estonia Ghana
Population
1355535
35572974
Population rank 155/197 47/197
GDP
$42.8B
2024
$82.8B
2024
GDP rank 102/197 79/197
GDP per capita
$31,170
2024
$2,406
2024
GDP per capita rank 40/197 150/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$49,334
2024
$8,027
2024
Government debt
$10.1B
2024
$58.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
25.4%
2025
66.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,362
2024
$1,696
2024
Government debt per person rank 66/185 122/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,368
2025
$1,836
2025
Land area
16,498 sq mi
2025
87,851 sq mi
2025
Population density
83.2 ppl/mi²
2024
392 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.31
2023
3.4
2023
Median age
43.3 years
2024
22.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
65.9 years
2025

Estonia and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Estonia and Ghana economies compared

GDP
Estonia

Ghana
Year GDP
Estonia Ghana
1960 - $1,217,230,095
1961 - $1,302,674,325
1962 - $1,382,515,654
1963 - $1,540,797,589
1964 - $1,731,296,200
1965 - $2,053,462,968
1966 - $2,126,300,672
1967 - $1,747,187,645
1968 - $1,666,909,518
1969 - $1,962,050,556
1970 - $2,215,028,588
1971 - $2,417,108,578
1972 - $2,112,293,280
1973 - $3,006,766,758
1974 - $2,894,409,938
1975 - $2,810,106,383
1976 - $2,765,254,237
1977 - $3,189,428,571
1978 - $3,662,478,185
1979 - $4,020,227,920
1980 - $4,445,228,216
1981 - $4,222,441,860
1982 - $4,035,994,398
1983 - $4,057,275,132
1984 - $4,412,279,843
1985 - $4,504,306,723
1986 - $5,735,677,434
1987 - $5,074,829,932
1988 - $5,197,765,032
1989 - $5,251,858,440
1990 - $5,889,106,573
1991 - $6,603,185,268
1992 - $6,416,103,926
1993 $4,013,091,682 $5,968,922,939
1994 $4,123,011,420 $5,446,383,727
1995 $4,502,970,889 $6,464,382,808
1996 $4,786,018,988 $6,932,991,739
1997 $5,154,420,649 $6,891,443,192
1998 $5,674,080,543 $7,482,069,162
1999 $5,756,912,266 $7,718,109,982
2000 $5,686,579,748 $4,982,850,662
2001 $6,250,218,423 $5,314,872,854
2002 $7,370,119,619 $6,166,197,848
2003 $9,876,595,528 $7,632,723,556
2004 $12,148,595,031 $8,881,417,907
2005 $14,109,491,357 $10,744,568,381
2006 $17,025,671,810 $20,885,037,597
2007 $22,450,264,166 $24,827,339,138
2008 $24,342,935,404 $28,679,383,241
2009 $19,633,984,440 $26,048,720,006
2010 $19,524,355,419 $32,197,655,567
2011 $23,303,915,795 $39,336,668,081
2012 $23,237,406,116 $41,271,701,061
2013 $25,451,032,781 $62,845,721,960
2014 $27,055,689,003 $54,678,533,806
2015 $23,311,847,751 $49,436,806,230
2016 $24,561,027,788 $56,144,179,398
2017 $27,469,461,919 $60,385,409,435
2018 $31,222,632,741 $67,259,353,966
2019 $31,873,748,770 $68,352,629,246
2020 $31,820,771,494 $70,008,243,860
2021 $37,204,563,051 $79,514,204,730
2022 $38,376,046,175 $73,919,003,210
2023 $41,291,245,222 $80,547,146,878
2024 $42,764,929,169 $82,825,288,889

Estonia and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita
Estonia

Ghana
Year GDP per capita
Estonia Ghana
1960 - $174.9
1961 - $181.9
1962 - $188.4
1963 - $205
1964 - $225
1965 - $260.5
1966 - $263.3
1967 - $211.2
1968 - $196.7
1969 - $225.8
1970 - $248.2
1971 - $263.4
1972 - $223.8
1973 - $310
1974 - $289.4
1975 - $273
1976 - $261
1977 - $292.3
1978 - $326
1979 - $347
1980 - $372
1981 - $344
1982 - $319
1983 - $311
1984 - $330
1985 - $330
1986 - $411
1987 - $355
1988 - $355
1989 - $350
1990 - $383
1991 - $418
1992 - $396
1993 $2,686 $360
1994 $2,819 $321
1995 $3,134 $372
1996 $3,381 $389
1997 $3,683 $378
1998 $4,093 $400
1999 $4,141 $403
2000 $4,071 $253.7
2001 $4,503 $263.5
2002 $5,343 $297.5
2003 $7,205 $358
2004 $8,916 $406
2005 $10,415 $479
2006 $12,641 $906
2007 $16,745 $1,050
2008 $18,206 $1,183
2009 $14,712 $1,048
2010 $14,664 $1,264
2011 $17,556 $1,507
2012 $17,568 $1,544
2013 $19,310 $2,295
2014 $20,582 $1,950
2015 $17,722 $1,723
2016 $18,666 $1,912
2017 $20,852 $2,012
2018 $23,618 $2,195
2019 $24,021 $2,187
2020 $23,934 $2,195
2021 $27,954 $2,445
2022 $28,451 $2,230
2023 $30,133 $2,384
2024 $31,170 $2,406

Estonia vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Estonia

Ghana
Year Life expectancy, years
Estonia Ghana
1950 66.4 43.1
1951 66.8 43.6
1952 67.2 44
1953 67.5 44.5
1954 67.8 45
1955 68.2 45.4
1956 68.5 45.7
1957 68.8 46.1
1958 68.8 46.4
1959 68.7 46.7
1960 69.3 46.9
1961 69.6 47.1
1962 69.8 47.3
1963 69.9 47.5
1964 70.6 47.6
1965 70.7 47.7
1966 70.7 47.7
1967 71 47.7
1968 70.6 47.8
1969 70.3 47.9
1970 70.4 47.9
1971 70.6 47.9
1972 70.4 48.3
1973 70.7 48.6
1974 70.8 48.9
1975 70.1 49.3
1976 69.7 49.7
1977 69.8 50.1
1978 69.7 50.5
1979 69.4 50.8
1980 69.5 51.1
1981 69.3 51.3
1982 69.9 51.4
1983 69.8 51.8
1984 69.6 52.2
1985 69.8 52.7
1986 70.9 53.3
1987 70.9 53.8
1988 71 54.4
1989 70.5 54.9
1990 69.9 55.4
1991 69.8 55.7
1992 69.2 56.1
1993 68.2 56.3
1994 66.7 56.2
1995 67.8 56.7
1996 70 57
1997 70.2 57.2
1998 69.8 57.5
1999 70.7 57.8
2000 71 58.1
2001 70.8 58.4
2002 71.4 58.7
2003 71.9 59
2004 72.4 59.3
2005 73 59.6
2006 73.2 60
2007 73.2 60.3
2008 74.3 60.6
2009 75.2 60.9
2010 75.9 61.3
2011 76.3 61.6
2012 76.4 62
2013 77.3 62.4
2014 77.1 62.8
2015 77.7 63.2
2016 77.8 63.5
2017 78.2 63.8
2018 78.3 64.1
2019 78.8 64.5
2020 78.9 64.3
2021 77.4 64.3
2022 78.2 65.2
2023 79.2 65.5
2024 79.3 65.7
2025 79.5 65.9

Estonia and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population
Estonia

Ghana
Year Population
Estonia Ghana
1960 1,211,537 6,961,215
1961 1,225,077 7,162,667
1962 1,241,623 7,337,375
1963 1,258,857 7,514,714
1964 1,277,086 7,695,739
1965 1,294,566 7,882,606
1966 1,308,597 8,074,521
1967 1,318,946 8,271,913
1968 1,331,214 8,475,729
1969 1,345,249 8,690,383
1970 1,360,076 8,925,813
1971 1,376,955 9,176,264
1972 1,392,518 9,438,187
1973 1,405,951 9,714,617
1974 1,418,169 10,000,523
1975 1,429,352 10,294,308
1976 1,439,576 10,594,913
1977 1,450,211 10,911,871
1978 1,460,188 11,248,450
1979 1,468,333 11,597,255
1980 1,477,219 11,941,448
1981 1,487,666 12,281,712
1982 1,498,414 12,643,819
1983 1,508,745 13,029,836
1984 1,518,617 13,370,590
1985 1,528,781 13,661,229
1986 1,540,190 13,965,217
1987 1,552,221 14,289,108
1988 1,561,900 14,636,568
1989 1,568,131 15,006,813
1990 1,569,174 15,394,648
1991 1,561,314 15,787,496
1992 1,533,091 16,184,855
1993 1,494,128 16,589,519
1994 1,462,514 16,993,190
1995 1,436,634 17,399,017
1996 1,415,594 17,810,181
1997 1,399,535 18,238,958
1998 1,386,156 18,688,036
1999 1,390,244 19,149,864
2000 1,396,985 19,637,087
2001 1,388,115 20,167,069
2002 1,379,350 20,729,388
2003 1,370,720 21,296,705
2004 1,362,550 21,868,298
2005 1,354,775 22,449,438
2006 1,346,810 23,040,702
2007 1,340,680 23,642,279
2008 1,337,090 24,249,946
2009 1,334,515 24,862,664
2010 1,331,475 25,474,995
2011 1,327,439 26,095,088
2012 1,322,696 26,734,268
2013 1,317,997 27,386,193
2014 1,314,545 28,041,592
2015 1,315,407 28,696,068
2016 1,315,790 29,356,742
2017 1,317,384 30,008,354
2018 1,321,977 30,637,585
2019 1,326,898 31,258,945
2020 1,329,522 31,887,809
2021 1,330,932 32,518,665
2022 1,348,840 33,149,152
2023 1,370,286 33,787,914
2024 1,371,986 34,427,414

Fertility rates in Estonia and Ghana

Fertility rate
Estonia

Ghana
Year Fertility rate
Estonia Ghana
1960 1.98 6.89
1961 1.98 6.91
1962 1.95 6.94
1963 1.89 6.94
1964 1.94 6.9
1965 1.88 6.88
1966 1.87 6.86
1967 1.9 6.89
1968 2.03 6.89
1969 2.13 6.95
1970 2.17 6.95
1971 2.19 6.95
1972 2.13 6.92
1973 2.06 6.87
1974 2.07 6.82
1975 2.04 6.76
1976 2.07 6.7
1977 2.06 6.64
1978 2.02 6.56
1979 2 6.51
1980 2.02 6.47
1981 2.07 6.42
1982 2.07 6.31
1983 2.16 6.23
1984 2.17 6.15
1985 2.13 6.12
1986 2.18 6.08
1987 2.27 6.02
1988 2.27 5.92
1989 2.22 5.82
1990 2.05 5.74
1991 1.8 5.63
1992 1.71 5.52
1993 1.49 5.41
1994 1.42 5.25
1995 1.38 5.11
1996 1.37 4.96
1997 1.32 4.88
1998 1.28 4.83
1999 1.3 4.82
2000 1.36 4.83
2001 1.32 4.77
2002 1.36 4.69
2003 1.37 4.6
2004 1.47 4.5
2005 1.52 4.5
2006 1.58 4.4
2007 1.69 4.29
2008 1.72 4.22
2009 1.7 4.18
2010 1.72 4.18
2011 1.61 4.18
2012 1.56 4.15
2013 1.52 4.11
2014 1.54 4.03
2015 1.58 3.98
2016 1.6 3.87
2017 1.59 3.72
2018 1.67 3.65
2019 1.66 3.59
2020 1.58 3.54
2021 1.61 3.49
2022 1.41 3.43
2023 1.31 3.4

Estonia and Ghana demographics compared

Median age
Estonia

Ghana
Year Median age, years
Estonia Ghana
1960 32.2 17.7
1961 32.4 17.4
1962 32.5 17.2
1963 32.7 16.9
1964 32.8 16.7
1965 33 16.5
1966 33.2 16.4
1967 33.4 16.2
1968 33.6 16.1
1969 33.7 16
1970 33.7 15.9
1971 33.8 15.9
1972 33.9 15.8
1973 34.1 15.8
1974 34.2 15.8
1975 34.2 15.9
1976 34.3 16
1977 34.3 16.2
1978 34.2 16.4
1979 34 16.5
1980 33.9 16.7
1981 33.8 16.7
1982 33.8 16.9
1983 33.9 17
1984 33.9 17.1
1985 33.9 17.1
1986 34 17.1
1987 34 17.1
1988 34.1 17.1
1989 34.2 17.1
1990 34.3 17.2
1991 34.6 17.2
1992 35 17.3
1993 35.6 17.4
1994 36 17.5
1995 36.3 17.6
1996 36.7 17.7
1997 37 17.9
1998 37.3 18.1
1999 37.6 18.3
2000 38 18.4
2001 38.3 18.6
2002 38.5 18.8
2003 38.8 19
2004 39.1 19.1
2005 39.3 19.3
2006 39.6 19.5
2007 39.7 19.7
2008 39.8 19.9
2009 40 20
2010 40.3 20.2
2011 40.6 20.3
2012 40.9 20.5
2013 41.1 20.6
2014 41.4 20.7
2015 41.5 20.8
2016 41.7 20.9
2017 41.9 21
2018 42 21.2
2019 42.2 21.3
2020 42.4 21.5
2021 42.5 21.7
2022 42.7 21.8
2023 42.9 22
2024 43.3 22.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Estonia Ghana
GNI, Atlas method
$39.4B
2024
$79.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
18.8%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.21%
2022
2.91%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
0.39%
2023
Armed forces personnel
7,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.69%
2025
-2.76%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.5%
2024
2.87%
2022
Services, % of GDP
65.1%
2024
43.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
20.5%
2024
28.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
78.9
2025
56
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.7%
2023
32.2%
2016
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2023
1.6%
2016
Number of billionaires
2
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
14
2003
30
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$7.58B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.07B
2024
$3.62B
2023
Personal remittances received
$496M
2024
$3.03B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,695,000
2020
897,000
2015
International tourism as share of exports
3.98%
2020
0.87%
2020
Banked people share
98.9%
2024
81.2%
2024

Energy

Estonia Ghana
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,089 kg
2023
359 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.1
2023
$20.1
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
11.4 megatons
2023
24.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.35 tons
2023
0.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
60.9%
2023
62%
2022
Renewable energy use share
38%
2021
39%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.9%
2023
6.03%
2022
Net energy imports use share
3.77%
2023
-22.4%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
5,722 kWh
2023
553 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
34.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.42%
2023
35.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
89.5%
2023

Society

Estonia Ghana
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.42%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,742
2024
-13,114
2024
Urban population
70%
2024
59.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
6 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.53 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
82
2025
39.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2024
42
2024
Higher education index
81
2025
64
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.54
2023
1.81
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.5
2019
25.7
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
76.5%
2021
English speaking
50.2%
2023
66.7%
2023
People using the Internet
92.2%
2024
69.9%
2023

Health

Estonia Ghana
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,999
2022
$82.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$463
2022
$20.6
2022
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
65.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
15.8%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.44
2021
0.14
2022
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2023
22.1 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
234
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.1
2023
37.1
2023
Obesity rate
22.8%
2022
13.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
2.7%
2024
Air quality index
95
2025
21
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
28.3%
2022
3.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.7 liters
2020
4.26 liters
2020

Territory

Estonia Ghana
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.15%
2025
Land area per capita
12,025 sq mi
2024
2,552 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
3,815 sq mi
2025
48,663 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,415 sq mi
2025
30,917 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
68,049 mi
2009

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