Ghana

News coverage about Ghana accounts for 0.205% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is up 17.5% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.41 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.205%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+17.5%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.41
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Ghana coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.21% on 2026-10-040.000.130.25Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Ghana coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.41 on 2026-10-04+20-2Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Ghana: 61 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-09-300.0010.020.0Jul 6Jul 20Aug 4Aug 17Aug 31Sep 21Sep 30

Diplomacy (10/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Ghana: 91 days, latest 10.00 on 2026-10-040.00250500Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coercion & force (5/day latest)

Coercive events located in Ghana: 91 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-10-040.00100200Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Ghana, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 18% of the coverage about Ghana came from outlets based in Ghana — the rest was written from abroad (4,266 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Ghana from domestic outlets (%): 91 days, latest 59.18 on 2026-10-040.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Share of articles about Ghana produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Accra (11)
  • Kumasi (7)
  • Nwoase (2)
  • Shai Hills (1)
  • Sunyani (1)
  • Aiyinasi (1)
  • Basake (1)
  • Atebubu (1)
  • Ashanti (1)
  • Manhyia (1)
  • Akosua (1)

Places named in coverage about Ghana on 2026-10-04 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Ghana

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$114.2B
World Bank, 2025
Population
35.1M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
69.0%
World Bank, 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
0.4%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
51
best estimate
Civilian deaths
4
within the above
Recorded events
22
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-10-01..2026-09-30, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
16,030
originating from Ghana
Refugees hosted
21,050
from other countries
Asylum seekers
475
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Ghana-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).