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2024
global knowledge index
Ghana
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):229.639
- Population:33,787,914
- HDI:0.602
114/141
Gki
Score
37.4
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Ghana is a weak performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 114th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 18th out of the 24 countries with medium human development.
Areas of Strength
- Trade in digitally deliverable services (% total trade)
- Female-to-male labour force participation
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Researchers in higher education (%)
- Firms offering formal training (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Chinn-Ito financial openness
- Bank non-performing loans (%)
- Gross fixed capital formation (% GDP)
- Computer software spending (% GDP)
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
100
51.53
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
117
41.52
Higher
Education
122
33.87
Research, Development
and Innovation
122
20.78
Information and
Communications Technology
94
40.45
Economy
132
36.21
Enabling
Environment
80
51.81
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GKI Pillars
