COUNTRY DATA
GHANA: EXTRACTIVE DATA SNAPSHOT |
|
Oil |
Gas |
Gold |
Diamonds |
Aluminum |
| Proven Reserves |
15 Mbbl (EIA) |
22.65bcm (EIA) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Production |
7,571 bbl/day (EIA) |
0 (EIA) |
2,486,821 oz/year (USGS)
|
837,586 carats/year (USGS) |
739,000 metric tons/year (USGS) |
| Revenue (US$) |
N/A |
0 |
1.7 B |
26.4 M |
N/A |
| % Total Exports |
0 |
0 |
34.3% |
N/A |
N/A |
| % Total Government Revenue |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
| Consumption |
52,000 bbl/day (EIA) |
0 (EIA) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Net Exports (Production Minus Consumption) |
-44,000 bbl/day |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Source: EIA,CIA,USGS, Ghana Chamber of Mines |
GHANA: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES COMPANIES |
|
State-owned |
Major Private Multi-national |
| Oil and Gas |
Ghana National Petroleum Corporatinon (GNPC) |
Tullow Oil (UK/IRL), Kosmos (US), US Anadarko and Sabre(US), Vanco Energy (US), LukOil (RUS), Afren4 (UK), (Amerada) Hess (US) and GASOP, a subsidiary of Nigerian OMEL and a Houston-based Lushann-Eternit |
| Mining |
Ghana Minerals Commision |
Goldfields Ghana Ltd- South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti - South Africa
Golden Star Resources, Redback Mining Ltd, Newmont, Ghana Gold Ltd -United States, Ghana Manganese Ltd, Ghana Bauxite Company- Alcoa Inc. of the United States |
| Source: GNPC, EIA, CIA, USGS |
GHANA: KEY ECONOMIC AND GOVERNANCE INDICATORS |
GDP
(IMF) |
$14.86 B |
GDP per capita
(IMF) |
$1,400 |
Population (millions)
(World Bank) |
23.4 |
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
(UNDP) |
59.5 |
% Population Living on < $2/day
(UNDP) |
78.5 |
United Nations Human Development Value
(UNDP) |
0.553 |
Gini Index Value
(UNDP) |
40.8 |
Annual Population Growth Rate (%)
(UNDP) |
1.9 |
TI Corruption Perceptions Index
(out of 179 countries) |
67 |
Key World Bank Governance Indicators
(percentile, 0 to 100)* |
World Bank Governance Matters |
| Voice and Accountability |
62 |
| Government Effectiveness |
55 |
| Regulatory Quality |
53.9 |
| Rule of Law |
52.4 |
| Control of Corruption |
56 |
| Political Stability |
53.4 |
External Debt (% GDP)
(IMF) |
23.6 |
Energy Depletion (% GNI)
(World Bank) |
0.0 |
| Mineral Depletion (% GNI) (IMF) |
0.2 |
| * Percentile rank indicates the percentage of countries worldwide that rank below Ghana. Higher values indicate better governance. |
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