Ghana
Republic of Ghana
- Capital
- Accra
- Region
- Western Africa
- Population, 2025
- 35 million
- Currency
- GHS
- Area
- 238,533 km²
Across Ghana's 12 priced cities, one person needs about $1,018 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $419.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
- Purchasing power25%33
- Safety20%57
- Health care15%58
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%88
- Connectivity10%28
- Cost10%75
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #92
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 25%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 15%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 56.8
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 43.2
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2022
- 1.8
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #107 worldwide
- 56
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #93 worldwide
- 35
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +13%
Cities in Ghana
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Ho | 61 | 40.6 | — | — | — | 130.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 2Tamale | 60 | — | — | — | — | 464.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 3Twifu Praso | 60 | — | — | — | — | 100.9K | Low confidence |
| 4Obuase | 60 | — | — | — | — | 179.6K | Low confidence |
| 5Takoradi | 59 | 37.6 | — | — | — | 389.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 6Cape Coast | 59 | 40.6 | $629 | — | — | 212.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 7Sekondi | 58 | — | — | — | — | 285.5K | Low confidence |
| 8Ashaiman | 58 | — | — | — | — | 191K | Low confidence |
| 9Teshi Old Town | 58 | — | — | — | — | 144K | Low confidence |
| 10Sekondi-Takoradi | 58 | — | — | — | — | 138.9K | Low confidence |
| 11Medina Estates | 58 | — | — | — | — | 101.2K | Low confidence |
| 12Atsiaman | 58 | — | — | — | — | 202.9K | Low confidence |
| 13Amanfrom | 58 | — | — | — | — | 119.5K | Low confidence |
| 14Tema | 57 | 37.4 | $130 | $424 | 70.1 | 155.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 15Koforidua | 54 | 40.8 | $348 | $348 | 41.4 | 151.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 16Kumasi | 52 | 28.5 | — | $419 | 47.1 | 2.5M | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 17Achimota | 49 | 39.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 18Winneba | 48 | 40.6 | — | — | — | 71.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 19Elmina | 48 | 40.6 | — | — | — | 34.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 20Begoro | 48 | 40.6 | — | — | — | 29.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 21Aboso | 48 | 40.6 | — | — | — | 8.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 22Gbawe | 46 | — | — | — | — | 86.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 23Nungua | 46 | — | — | — | — | 70.5K | Low confidence |
| 24Paga | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 25Tongo | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 26Lawra | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 27Accra | 45 | 43.1 | $684 | $178 | 15.3 | 2M | High confidence, 27 contributors |