Ghana, year by year

Every index this site holds for Ghana, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.445 → 0.602 (+0.157)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth59.6 → 65.7 (+6)

Internet users3 → 72 (+69)

Urban population48 → 59 (+11)

Births per woman4.50 → 3.34 (-1.16)

Renewable share of energy62 → 39 (-23)

Access to electricity41 → 92 (+51)

Infant mortality53 → 28 (-26)

CO2 emissions per person0.3 → 0.7 (+0.4)

Forest area37 → 35 (-2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.445	55.4	—	—	5.74	81	—	73	0.2	43.6	—	—
1991	0.452	55.7	—	37	5.63	83	—	71	0.2	43.1	—	—
1992	0.457	56.1	—	37	5.52	81	—	70	0.2	42.7	—	—
1993	0.463	56.3	—	38	5.41	81	31	69	0.2	42.2	—	—
1994	0.465	56.2	—	39	5.25	81	30	68	0.2	41.7	—	—
1995	0.472	56.7	0	40	5.11	80	32	68	0.2	41.3	—	—
1996	0.477	57.0	0	41	4.96	79	35	67	0.3	40.8	—	—
1997	0.483	57.2	0	42	4.88	78	37	67	0.3	40.3	—	—
1998	0.488	57.5	0	42	4.83	74	43	65	0.3	39.8	—	—
1999	0.494	57.8	0	43	4.82	73	41	64	0.4	39.4	—	—
2000	0.500	58.1	0	44	4.83	72	44	62	0.3	38.9	—	—
2001	0.499	58.4	0	45	4.77	69	45	60	0.3	38.5	—	—
2002	0.506	58.7	1	45	4.69	66	47	58	0.4	38.1	—	—
2003	0.510	59.0	1	46	4.60	65	48	56	0.3	37.7	—	—
2004	0.517	59.3	2	47	4.50	62	51	55	0.3	37.3	—	—
2005	0.529	59.6	2	47	4.50	61	41	53	0.3	36.9	—	—
2006	0.537	60.0	3	48	4.40	59	55	52	0.4	36.5	906	3103
2007	0.547	60.3	4	49	4.29	55	57	51	0.4	36.1	1050	3241
2008	0.558	60.6	4	49	4.22	57	61	49	0.4	35.7	1183	3516
2009	0.563	60.9	5	50	4.18	52	61	48	0.4	35.3	1048	3617
2010	0.571	61.3	8	51	4.18	52	64	46	0.4	34.9	1264	3855
2011	0.579	61.6	9	51	4.18	50	64	44	0.5	34.9	1507	4381
2012	0.583	62.0	11	52	4.15	47	57	42	0.5	34.8	1544	4934
2013	0.587	62.4	15	53	4.11	46	71	41	0.6	34.7	2295	5215
2014	0.582	62.8	19	53	4.03	48	78	39	0.5	34.7	1950	5517
2015	0.586	63.2	23	54	3.98	44	74	38	0.5	34.6	1723	5191
2016	0.586	63.5	28	54	3.87	45	79	37	0.6	34.8	1912	5011
2017	0.585	63.8	38	55	3.72	45	79	35	0.6	35.0	2012	5171
2018	0.589	64.1	43	55	3.65	42	80	34	0.6	35.0	2195	5536
2019	0.599	64.5	22	56	3.59	43	84	33	0.7	35.1	2187	6003
2020	0.601	64.3	63	56	3.54	40	85	32	0.7	35.1	2195	6047
2021	0.600	64.3	69	57	3.49	39	86	31	0.8	35.1	2445	6608
2022	0.602	65.3	70	57	3.43	—	85	29	0.7	35.2	2230	7207
2023	—	65.5	71	58	3.40	—	90	28	0.7	35.2	2384	7563
2024	—	65.7	72	58	3.34	—	92	28	0.7	—	2419	8051
2025	—	—	—	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	3257	8610
Profile shows	0.602	65.7	72	59	3.34	39	—	—	0.7	35.2	3257	8610

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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