| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $44.44 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
4.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $2,200 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 35.4%
industry: 25.4%
services: 39.2% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
31.4% (1992 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1999) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
26.7% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
10 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% (1999 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.943 billion
expenditures: $2.192 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
3.8% (2000 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
8.801 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 5%
hydro: 95%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
8.835 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
300 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
950 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber |
| Exports : |
$2.642 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds |
| Exports - Partners : |
Netherlands 11.1%, UK 10.6%, France 7.6%, Germany 6.2%, Japan 5.2%, Italy 4.6%, Nigeria 4.4%, US 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$3.24 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs |
| Imports - Partners : |
Nigeria 21.3%, China 8.7%, UK 6.7%, US 5.6%, Germany 4.4%, France 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$7.398 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$6.9 billion (1999) |
| Currency : |
cedi (GHC) |
| Currency Code : |
GHC |
| Exchange Rates : |
cedis per US dollar - NA (2003), 7,932.7 (2002), 7,170.76 (2001), 5,455.06 (2000), 2,669.3 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
