Ghana vs Venezuela

Ghana and Venezuela compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Ghana has about 1.2 times as many people as Venezuela: 35.1 million against 28.5 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Venezuela ($3,495) is 7% higher than in Ghana ($3,257) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Ghana (6%) than in Venezuela (1.6%), a difference of 4.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Venezuela (254.9% in 2016) than in Ghana (14.2% in 2025), a difference of 240.7 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Venezuela (5.3%) than in Ghana (3%), a difference of 2.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Venezuela can expect to live 7 years longer than one born in Ghana: 72.7 years against 65.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Venezuela is older: half of its people are over 29 years, against 20.9 years in Ghana in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Venezuela (76.7%) than in Ghana (72.2%), a difference of 4.5 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Venezuela (3.4 tonnes) are about 4.9 times as high as in Ghana (0.7 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Venezuela (53.4%) than in Ghana (30.9%), a difference of 22.5 percentage points in 2024.