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Industry study

Industry fit · 260 of 261 districts scored

Best places for manufacturing

Factories making goods, many of them relying on imported inputs or exports through the ports.

The five best placed in Ghana

  1. 1Tema MetropolitanGreater AccraPrime
  2. 2Ledzokuku MunicipalGreater AccraPrime
  3. 3Okaikwei North MunicipalGreater AccraPrime
  4. 4Krowor MunicipalGreater AccraPrime
  5. 5Ga North MunicipalGreater AccraPrime

52 Prime · 52 Strong · 52 Moderate · 52 Weak · 52 Poor. A band shows where a district stands against the others: Prime is the top fifth of districts, Poor the bottom fifth.

Every district's score

CAD Complete · paid access

Every district's manufacturing score, ranked

CAD Complete is the paid tier of this site: the detail behind the free figures, for teams deciding where to build or invest. It includes:

  • Each district's score out of 100 and its rank among 260
  • Whether this is one of the district's stronger industries
  • The input helping each score most, and the one holding it back
  • How concentrated the industry already is there
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How manufacturing is scored

Each input is ranked across Ghana's districts, weighted for this industry, and averaged. The averages are then ranked and spread from 1 to 100. Direct measures count in full; stand-ins (a close substitute for something not measured directly) count at 70%. 20% of the weight this industry should carry is not available yet.

  • Port access15%Heavy · distance to Tema or Takoradi port
  • Roads & rail10%Heavy (stand-in) · distance to a trunk road, major-road density, rail length
  • Electricity10%Heavy (stand-in) · households on mains electricity, a stand-in for grid reach
  • Trades & machine workers10%Medium · share of workers in craft trades or operating machines
  • Available workers10%Medium · the unemployment rate, read as people available to hire
  • Formal employment10%Medium · share of workers in government, parastatal or formal private jobs
  • Planning set-up10%Medium · assembly type: district, municipal or metropolitan
  • People within reach7%Medium (stand-in) · how many people live within reach, counting nearer districts more
  • Water7%Medium (stand-in) · households with basic water, a stand-in for supply
  • Built-up land · less is better7%Medium (stand-in) · share of the district already built up, from satellite maps (2020)
  • Growth3%Light (stand-in) · how much building was added 2010–2020, from satellite maps
  • Land price · less is better—Not available yet · would carry 10% · asking land price per acre (too few districts have listings yet)
  • Industrial zones—Not available yet · would carry 10% · free zones, economic zones, industrial estates and One District One Factory sites

Source: CAD industry suitability model — GSS 2021 Population and Housing Census district tables, OpenStreetMap, JRC GHSL, OurAirports and GPHA; scored by CAD, 2021. Derived by CAD; inputs attributed to GSS, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the European Commission JRC (CC BY 4.0), OurAirports and GPHA. Weights are CAD's judgement.