The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

rate:

       20% (1997 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $1.603 billion

       expenditures: $1.975 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (2001 est.)

      Industries:

       mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food

       processing

      Industrial production growth rate:

       3.8% (2000 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       8.801 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 5% hydro: 95% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       8.835 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       300 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       950 million kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       7,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       38,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       8.255 million bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       11.89 billion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products: cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber

      Exports: $2.2 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore,

       diamonds

      Exports - partners:

       Netherlands 14.8%, UK 9.9%, US 7%, Germany 6.6%, France 5.8%,

       Nigeria 4.8%, Belgium 4.4%, Italy 4.2% (2002)

      Imports:

       $2.8 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

       Nigeria 21.3%, UK 7.2%, US 6.6%, China 6.2%, Italy 6.1%, Cote

       d'Ivoire 6.1%, Germany 4.7%, Netherlands 4% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $7.2 billion (2002 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $6.9 billion (1999)

      Currency:

       cedi (GHC)

      Currency code:

       GHC

      Exchange rates:

       cedis per US dollar - NA (2002), 7,170.76 (2001), 5,455.06 (2000),

       2,669.3 (1999), 2,314.15 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Ghana

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       240,000 (2001)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       150,000 (2001)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: poor to fair system; Internet accessible; many

       rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is

       underway

       domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has

       been installed

       international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic

       Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana

       to its neighbors

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 0, FM 49, shortwave 3 (2001)

      Radios:

       12.5 million (2001)

      Television broadcast stations:

       10 (2001)

      Televisions:

       1.9 million (2001)

      Internet country code:

       .gh

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       12 (2000)

      Internet users:

       200,000 (2002)

      Transportation Ghana

      Railways: total: 953 km narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2002)

      Highways: total: 39,409 km paved: 11,665 km unpaved: 27,744 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       1,293 km

       note: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial

       navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km

       of arterial and feeder waterways

      Pipelines:

       refined products 74 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Takoradi, Tema

      Merchant marine:

       total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 20,559 GRT/27,531 DWT

       note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of

       convenience: Brazil 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Spain 1

       (2002 est.)

       ships by type: petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 6

      Airports:

       12 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 7

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

       914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 5

       914 to 1,523 m: 3

       under 914 m: 2 (2002)

      Military Ghana

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force

      Military manpower - military age:

       18 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 5,240,557 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 2,911,474 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 239,742 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $36.01 million (FY02)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.6% (FY02)

      Transnational Issues Ghana

      Disputes - international:

       Ghana has received many refugees and returning nationals escaping