Burundi or Ghana
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Burundi | Ghana | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | — | 5 years |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | — | difficult |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | — | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 467 · estimate | $ 632 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 37,3 | $ 29,3 |
| Life expectancy | 63.82 | 65.69 |
| Homicides/100k | 5.65 | 1.83 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3 | 3.3 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Burundi — 17, Ghana — 16. Types present in both: work, study, family and investment. Ghana adds: repatriation.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Burundi: fees range from 25 to 1,200 USD. Routes with no fee: 7. Ghana: fees range from 40 to 18,000 USD.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Burundi after 10 years; the other country publishes no term. Citizenship: Ghana after 5 years; the other country publishes no term.
Burundi in brief
Burundi is a country with weak institutions and expensive connectivity alongside very cheap transport. On the World Bank scale from −2.5 to +2.5, control of corruption stands at −1.46, political stability at −1.38, rule of law at −1.30 and government effectiveness at −1.01. Life expectancy is 63.82 years, health spending 28.14 dollars per person per year, basic access to water reaches 65.92 per cent of the population, and mean PM2.5 concentration is 35.69 micrograms per cubic metre. Road deaths run at 12.3 per 100,000 and homicides at 5.65 per 100,000 (2016 data). Overall natural risk is 3.0 out of 10 on INFORM: earthquakes 4.6, droughts 3.8, floods 2.6; the country is landlocked, so cyclone, tsunami and coastal risks are zero. The unemployment figures — 0.92 per cent overall and 1.68 per cent among young people — reflect the structure of a labour market that is almost entirely informal and agricultural, not the absence of a problem finding work. One distinctive feature of prices: a month of internet costs 65.28 dollars against utilities of 16.92 and a monthly transport pass of 25.37. The immigration framework is published by the authority in full and reads without intermediaries: the service catalogue of the Directorate-General of Migration sets out, for every visa, the required documents, the fee and the period of validity. The establishment visa is issued for two years and requires a deposit in a blocked account — 1,500 dollars for one person or 5,000 for a family. Permanent residence is granted on one of several grounds: ten years of uninterrupted residence with proven investments, substantial investment creating durable employment for nationals, or marriage to a Burundian citizen, where the marriage condition is asymmetric by gender. What this data does not contain: the authority publishes no statutory processing times for any service, and the rules for importing cats and dogs are described neither by a national source nor by the veterinary authorities of other countries.
Ghana in brief
Ghana is a West African country with English-language law based on the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573) and the Citizenship Act, 2000 (Act 591), which has allowed dual citizenship since 2000. Work immigration is structured through the Ghana Immigration Service's 'Work and Residence Permit' combination and, for investors, an automatic GIPC/GIPA immigrant quota sized to the company's paid-up capital. A distinctive feature of the country is two official channels for the diaspora of African descent: the Right of Abode permanent-residence status and a state citizenship programme launched in 2016 and continued by the Year of Return 2019 campaign. Importing dogs and cats does not require quarantine, but does require laboratory confirmation of the absence of several infections and current vaccination. Of the country's five largest districts by the 2021 census, one — Cape Coast — is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site tied to the history of the transatlantic slave trade.
Other comparisons
Burundi or… Nigeria · Rwanda · Tunisia · Algeria · Tanzania · Kenya · South Africa · Angola
Ghana or… Gabon · Madagascar · Sierra Leone · Uganda · Zambia · Eswatini · Lesotho · Mozambique
More on each: Burundi · Ghana. Build your own comparison — up to four countries
This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.