• Literacy rate: 74%
• Numbers in tertiary education: 64,098 students

The education system

The "Vision 2020" program aims to improve access to education and to redress existing gender imbalances. There are five universities.

• Protected land as percentage of total land area: 6% (0.7% partially protected)
• CO2 emissions trend: 0.3 tonnes per capita

Environmental treaties

• Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Washington DC, 1973: yes
• Convention on Biological Diversity Earth Summit in Rio, 1992: yes
• 1992 Amendment to protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (amendment to Montreal Protocol) Copenhagen, 1992: yes
• Kyoto Convention on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions Earth Summit in Kyoto, 1997: yes
• Basel convention on the dumping of hazardous wastes (Basel) Basel, 1989: yes
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) Ramsar, Iran 1971: yes

Cutting wood for fuel, timber, and farming has destroyed 70% of Ghana's forests since 1981. Devastation caused by mining is now being tackled under a World Bank project.

• Doctors: 1 per 10,000 people
• Major causes of death: Malaria, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis

In 2004 a government-subsidized health insurance scheme to provide care for the whole population was launched. Private health care is available.