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Ghana
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Rwanda
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Geography
Area (km²)238,53326,338
ContinentAfricaAfrica
Land area (km²)227,53324,668
Water area (km²)11,0001,670
Land boundaries (km)2,420930
Border countries
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Togo
  • Burundi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
Coastline (km)5390
Mean elevation (m)1901,598
Lowest point (m)0950
Highest point (m)8854,519
People
Population29,340,24812,712,431
Official languages
  • Asante
  • English
  • French
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Swahili/Kiswahili
ReligionChristianProtestant
Government
Long country nameRepublic of GhanaRepublic of Rwanda
Short country nameGhanaRwanda
Long local name-Republika y'u Rwanda
Short local name-Rwanda
Former name
  • Gold Coast
  • German East Africa
  • Ruanda
Government typePresidential republicPresidential republic
CapitalAccraKigali
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)134,000,000,00024,680,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)47,020,000,0009,136,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)8.46.1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)4,7002,100
Gross national saving (% of GDP)912.5
Labor force12,490,0006,227,000
Unemployment rate (%)11.92.7
Population below poverty line (%)24.239.1
Budget revenues (USD)9,544,000,0001,943,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)12,360,000,0002,337,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)0.411.23
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)20.321.3
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-6-4.3
Public debt (% of GDP)71.840.5
Inflation rate (%)12.44.8
Central bank discount rate (%)207.75
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)30.3517.17
Stock of narrow money (USD)7,018,000,000963,900,000
Stock of broad money (USD)7,018,000,000963,900,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)14,250,000,0001,861,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)13,410,000,000-
Current account balance (USD)-2,131,000,000-622,000,000
Exports (USD)13,840,000,0001,050,000,000
Imports (USD)12,650,000,0001,922,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)7,555,000,000997,600,000
External debt (USD)22,140,000,0003,258,000,000
National currencycedisRwandan francs
National currency (code)GHCRWF
National currency (symbol)-ر.س
National currency rate to USD4.385839.1



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