Ghana is one of the world's largest gold and diamond producers, and is also known to be one of the largest producer of cocoa in the world as of 2019.
Ghana's growing economic prosperity and democratic political system has made it a regional power in West Africa. It is also known to be the Gateway to West Africa as it re-exports to many land locked countries is the region like Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger etc.
Capital: Accra
Population: 28.8 Million ( 2019 estimate )
Form of government: Multi party democracy
Official language: English
Currency: Ghanaian cedi
Dialing code: +233
Gross Domestic Product - GDP US$ 66 billion (2019 estimate)
GDP growth rate: 4.9% annual change (2018 estimate)
Total imports US$ 19.49 billion (2018 estimate)