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Ghana
We offer a data-driven country report for Ghana that explores
inter alia population, international trading relationships, energy consumption, GDP growth, current account balances, and R&D investment. Additionally, CFI quotes from the Big Mac Index (courtesy of
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Its population in 2018 was 29,463,643 [1]
In 2015, 41.41% of its total energy
consumption was renewable [2]
In 2021, its GDP grew by 5.36% [2]
In 2021 it had a negative Current
Account Balance of US$bn 2.30 [3]
Its Expenditure on R&D (as a percentage of
GDP) in 2010 was 0.38% [2]
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What free trade areas or economic unions is it a member of?
Other members:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe
What trade deals are there between African Continental Free Trade Area and other countries and economic unions?
None
Other members:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
What trade deals are there between Economic Community of West African States and other countries and economic unions?
None
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What trade deals are there with other countries and economic unions?
UK - Ghana Interim Trade Partnership Agreement (from 05/03/2021)
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