GHS
Ghana
Ghana's money's value is 2.20 %, ranked 111th of 116. And its minimum wage is $100 PPP/mo, ranked 81st of 86.
Of 14 fields published for Ghana, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
38 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$520 PPP/mo
The average employee in Ghana earns about $520 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
2.20 %
100 saved in Ghana in 2000 buys what 2 buys today — 98 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$520 PPP/mo
The average employee in Ghana earns about $520 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$100 PPP/mo
The law in Ghana sets the floor at about $100 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-3.70 %
A bank account in Ghana loses about 3.7 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
10.50 %
Inflation rate
14.20 %
At 14.2 % a year, prices double in about 5 years if it holds.
Savings vs inflation
-3.70 %
ranked 62nd of 70
Where Ghana sits, field by field
Each dot is Ghana’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Money's value2.20 %111 of 116
- Minimum wage$100 PPP/mo81 of 86
- Median salary$330 PPP/mo73 of 78
- Average monthly salary$520 PPP/mo86 of 92
- Inflation rate14.20 %115 of 126
- Savings vs inflation-3.70 %62 of 70
- GDP growth5.95 %16 of 127
- Deposit rate10.50 %10 of 70
- GDP per capita$3,257104 of 127
- Unemployment rate2.98 %24 of 124
- Debt per person$1,58925 of 123
- Price level38 % of US prices41 of 125
- Government debt48.80 %52 of 124
- Public holidays11 days58 of 104
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Ethiopia
avg gap 8.5 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $1,589 (Ghana) vs $402
Nigeria
avg gap 10.7 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 38 % of US prices (Ghana) vs 13 % of US prices
Angola
avg gap 13.6 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 2.98 % (Ghana) vs 14.11 %
Tanzania
avg gap 14.9 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 14.20 % (Ghana) vs 3.33 %
| GDP per capita | $3,257 | ranked 104th of 127 | |
| Unemployment rate | 2.98 % | ranked 24th of 124 | |
| Debt per person | $1,589 | ranked 25th of 123 | |
| Price level | 38 % of US prices | ranked 41st of 125 | |
| Government debt | 48.80 % | ranked 52nd of 124 | |
| Public holidays | 11 days | ranked 58th of 104 |
✓ 14 fields published for Ghana, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Ghana: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
What changed
| 14 Sept 2026 | Median monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 386.57 → 329.91 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Mean monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 546.26 → 519.72 |