← MoveMap Atlas
Country guide
AfricaGhana
Capital Accra · Median age 21
1 mobility routePath to citizenshipMin presence 183 days/yrTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Ghana: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living69
Healthcare39
Safety65
Climate resilience45
1 mobility route
Check my fitAt a glance
Ghana in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
75 · StrongCost of living69
Tax burden80
Healthcare
39 · MixedHealthcare39
Safety & crime
74 · StrongSafety65
Low crime82
Climate
45 · MixedClimate resilience45
Language & integration
76 · StrongEnglish proficiency83
Migrant acceptance69
Freedom & rights
54 · MixedRule of law61
Political stability46
Low corruption48
Personal freedom77
Freedom of speech80
Property rights51
LGBTQ+ acceptance20
Reproductive rights50
Economy & work
39 · MixedEconomic freedom69
Competitiveness39
Innovation30
Startup ecosystem0
Job market2
Prosperity65
Ease of doing business69
Quality of life
44 · MixedLiveabilityUnknown—
Happiness56
Life satisfaction56
Work–life balanceUnknown—
Internet speed14
Education50
Low trafficUnknown—
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- English proficiency83
- Low crime82
- Tax burden80
- Freedom of speech80
Look closer
- Startup ecosystem0
- Job market2
- Internet speed14
- LGBTQ+ acceptance20
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Average Bedtime
- 1899-12-30
- Average Time In Bed
- 446 minutes
- Average Time In Bed Hours
- 7 hours 26 minutes
- Average Wakeup Time
- 1899-12-30
- Avg Precipitation
- 1147 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 27°C (80.6°F)
- Beer Consumption
- 91.3 liters_per_capita_year
- Best Time To Travel
- November-March
- Books Read Per Year
- 6.25
- Borders
- Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo
- Citizenship By Birth
- Conditional
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- 3 years
- Climate
- Tropical; warm and humid with two distinct seasons: a wet and a dry. Coastal areas often experience high humidity, while inland regions are slightly drier.
- Climate Category
- Hot & Humid
- Coffee Consumption
- 6.09 liters_per_capita_year
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- Washington, New York City
- Country Code
- +233
- Country Intro Blurb
- Known for Oktoberfest and its love of sausages—where else can you celebrate beer while wearing lederhosen?
- Country Motto
- Libertas et Justitia ("Freedom and Justice")
- Crypto Currency Status
- Legal to use/Undefined
- Currency
- CEDI (GH₵)
- Date Format
- YMD / DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 8245 km
- Driving Side
- Right-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- Conditional
- Economy
- Agriculture, mining, industry
- Famous Dance
- Schuhplattler
- Famous Festival
- Oktoberfest
- Famous Music
- Classical (Beethoven)
- Fertility Rate
- 3.89
- Funny Fact
- Has a sausage hotel
- Gambling Legislation
- Regulated
- Haiku
- Autobahns speed by / Oktoberfest steins clink loud / Black Forest cuckoos
- Handgun Legislation
- Restricted
- Humidity
- 81
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abwfc0tKCKI
- Independence Day
- 1957-03-06
- Interesting Fact
- Known for Oktoberfest and its love of sausages—where else can you celebrate beer while wearing lederhosen?
- Interesting Tradition
- Holds Schützenfest the world's largest marksmen's festival
- Language
- English
- Life Expectancy
- 65,5
- Mandatory Military Service
- No
- Mcdonalds In Country
- 1500
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Legal
- Mensa Members
- 16000
- Migration Rate
- -0.17 per_1000_population
- Most Popular Pet
- Cats
- National Animal
- Bundesadler (heraldic "Federal Eagle")
- National Anthem
- God Bless Our Homeland Ghana
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/gh.mp3
- National Dish
- Sauerbraten
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Football (Soccer)
- Nobel Prizes
- 115
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 716
- Number Of Migrants
- -1 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 0.43
- Passport Validity
- 10 years, 6 years for those under 24
- Percentage Of Vegetarian
- 0.1
- Population
- 34675406
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Cuckoo clock
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates "Oktoberfest" a world-famous beer festival with traditional Bavarian attire
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 239
- Representative Novel
- Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin (Modernist novel set in 1920s Berlin)
- Reproduction Rate
- 1.5
- Residency For Naturalization
- 8
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- Legal
- Spicy Food Consumption
- 73
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Illegal to run out of fuel on the Autobahn
- Tallest Building
- Commerzbank Tower (300.1 mt)
- Tea Consumption
- 0.36 liters_per_capita_year
- Time Zone
- GMT+0
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.003
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.055
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 2
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 437
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 435
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 457
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 685
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 508
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 625
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 716
- Visitors Per Year
- 1 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Toasting with water brings bad luck
- Wine Consumption
- 17.28 liters_per_capita_year
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for Ghana come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
117| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| IMD | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| StartUp Blink | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
Could Ghana be your next move?
See how your profile matches this country’s residency programs. Two minutes, no account required.
Check my fit