Businesses in Keta

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Keta

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Education	38
Churches	16
Other accommodation	16
Religion	13
Bars, pubs and taverns	11
Shopping	11
Restaurants	10
Hotels and motels	8
Apartments	7
Electronics stores	5
Clothing stores	5
Travel and transportation	5
Hospitals	5
Cemeteries and crematoriums	5

Keta Facts

Area	458.1 km²
Population	186,837
Male Population	86,815 (46.5%)
Female Population	100,022 (53.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+58.2%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+16.2%
Median Age	20.7 years (Male: 19.1, Female: 22.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$3,432 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	5.91793, 0.98789

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Keta Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	118,105	145,411	160,853	179,545	186,837	200,139	213,970
Population Density	257.8 / km²	317.4 / km²	351.1 / km²	391.9 / km²	407.8 / km²	436.9 / km²	467.1 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Keta Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 16.2% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Keta	+58.2%	+28.5%	+16.2%
Volta Region	—	—	—
Ghana	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Keta Median Age

Median Age: 20.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Keta	20.7 yrs	22.3 yrs	19.1 yrs
Volta Region	20.8 yrs	22.4 yrs	19.3 yrs
Ghana	20.6 yrs	21.5 yrs	19.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Keta Population Density

Population Density: 408 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Keta	186,837	458.1 km²	408 / km²
Volta Region	2.4 million	20,332.9 km²	116 / km²
Ghana	27.4 million	239,092.8 km²	114 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Keta Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 900 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Keta

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Keta Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$1,670	$1,991	$2,196	$2,400	$2,844	$3,197	$3,562	$3,432
Total GDP	$209.5M	$271.3M	$319.2M	$368.4M	$459.1M	$547.3M	$644.5M	$638.9M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Keta CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Keta	109,909 tn	0.59 tn	239.9 tons/km²
Volta Region	1,359,107 tn	0.58 tn	66.8 tons/km²
Ghana	16,714,866 tn	0.61 tn	69.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Keta CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	109,909 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.59 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	239.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	Medium (4)
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Keta

Keta is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Keta Municipal District. is the sixty-first most populous settlement in Ghana in terms of population, with a population of 23,207. Parts of the town were devastated by sea erosion..

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