Ghana vs South Africa: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU)

Ghana
3.33 million current LCU per square kilometre
in 2023
South Africa
3.72 million current LCU per square kilometre
in 2023
Ghana rank
118th
South Africa rank
116th

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) over time

  • Ghana
  • South Africa
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922023

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 3.72 million current LCU per square kilometre against 3.33 million current LCU per square kilometre in Ghana, a difference of 398,850 current LCU per square kilometre.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 118th and South Africa ranks 116th of 188 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.4617 current LCU per square kilometre 4,530 current LCU per square kilometre 4,529 current LCU per square kilometre South Africa
1970s 3.12 current LCU per square kilometre 14,385 current LCU per square kilometre 14,382 current LCU per square kilometre South Africa
1980s 176.88 current LCU per square kilometre 73,850 current LCU per square kilometre 73,673 current LCU per square kilometre South Africa
1990s 3,100 current LCU per square kilometre 322,516 current LCU per square kilometre 319,416 current LCU per square kilometre South Africa
2000s 55,928 current LCU per square kilometre 958,261 current LCU per square kilometre 902,333 current LCU per square kilometre South Africa
2010s 595,537 current LCU per square kilometre 2.26 million current LCU per square kilometre 1.67 million current LCU per square kilometre South Africa
2020s 2.08 million current LCU per square kilometre 3.31 million current LCU per square kilometre 1.23 million current LCU per square kilometre South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher households and npishs final consumption expenditure (current lcu), Ghana or South Africa?
South Africa, at 3.72 million current LCU per square kilometre against 3.33 million current LCU per square kilometre in Ghana as of 2023.
What is the difference in households and npishs final consumption expenditure (current lcu) between Ghana and South Africa?
398,850 current LCU per square kilometre, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ghana and South Africa rank globally for households and npishs final consumption expenditure (current lcu)?
Ghana ranks 118th and South Africa ranks 116th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ghana vs South Africa: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/households-and-npishs-final-consumption-expenditure-current-lcu-per-square-kilometre/ghana/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/households-and-npishs-final-consumption-expenditure-current-lcu-per-square-kilometre/ghana/south-africa/">Ghana vs South Africa: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre
Unit
current LCU per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 8,161 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.