Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ghana
Ghana: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 92.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ghana, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 92.2% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 239.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ghana peaked at 92.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 27.1%, in 2009.
That places Ghana 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 27.1% | — |
| 2010 | 50.0% | +84.4% |
| 2011 | 57.3% | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 66.4% | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 71.7% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 78.0% | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 81.1% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 84.4% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 86.7% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 88.8% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 92.2% | +3.8% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 92.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 92.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.1% | 27.1% | 27.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 75.7% | 50.0% | 92.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 121 Mongolia 92.5% compare
- 122 Kenya 92.4% compare
- 123 Angola 92.3% compare
- 125 Marshall Islands 92.1% compare
- 126 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 92.1% compare
- 127 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 92.0% compare
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ghana?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ghana was 92.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 92.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.1% in 2009.
- How does Ghana rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Ghana ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 239.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.