Ghana

Sub-Saharan Africa · Accra

Rank #113 of 173

27.9Strength score

Photos

Jungle Warfare School for United States Army soldiers in Ghana, 2018 - 1 — Jungle Warfare School for United States Army soldiers in Ghana, 2018 - 1SETAF-Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ghana Navy and Ghana Police Service Conduct Maritime Interdiction Training from U S , Dutch Forces in Ghana (8408272) — Ghana Navy and Ghana Police Service Conduct Maritime Interdiction Training from U S , Dutch Forces in Ghana (8408272)U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. Daniel Ehrlich · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Ghana Air Force GHF 631 — Ghana Air Force GHF 631Xanderix · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance73
Air power—
Manpower65
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $507M #110
Budget as % of GDP: 0.48% #155
Spending per person: $14 #144
GDP: $114.2B #68
Population: 35,064,272 #47

Manpower

Active personnel: 16,000 (World Bank figure) #114
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 16,000 #115

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Weapons Ghana uses (1)

Achimota-class patrol vessel

Achimota-class patrol vesselFast attack craft

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)