Ghana's r&d spending rose from 0.2 % in 2007 to 0.4 % in 2010.
Ghana · Innovation, research & technology
R&D, patents, publications, researchers and high-tech.
9 indicators · 9 with data
Research
Ghana's researchers in r&d (per million people) rose from 16.8 /M in 2007 to 87.5 /M in 2015.
Ghana's scientific and technical journal articles rose from 125.0 in 1996 to 3,270 in 2023.
Patents
Ghana's patent applications, residents fell from 14 in 2016 to 12 in 2020.
Ghana's patent applications, nonresidents fell from 17 in 1980 to 8 in 2020.
Ghana's trademark applications, total fell from 883 in 2015 to 858 in 2020.
Technology
Ghana's high-tech exports fell from 2.4 % in 2010 to 2.1 % in 2023.
Ghana's high-technology exports (current us$) rose from US$9.15M in 2010 to US$20.8M in 2023.
Economy
ICT service exports (% of service exports)
% of service exports
89th of 94 · 6th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana's ict service exports (% of service exports) fell from 1.1 % in 2018 to 0.6 % in 2025.