Accra - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the relative size of the expatriate community? How would you describe overall morale among expatriates?
There is a large contingency of expats in Ghana. There are several groups on Facebook that cover these communities. - Jul 2025
Expat community is large, people stick together, overall very friendly. - Aug 2024
US Expat community is large. The embassy has the Regional USAID office and the Ghanaian one. This is large embassy. Morale ebbs and flows. I would say more people are unhappy than happy, but I suspect that is more because of their jobs (or a bad house) than actually living in Ghana. There are many expats in Ghana of all nationalities. - Sep 2023
There is a large expat community, mainly through foreign embassies. There are also large Lebanese and Chinese communities. Morale at the embassy is generally pretty good. - Nov 2022
Fairly large and in my opinion, fairly positive. The biggest downside is that this is a historically-difficult to staff post. It seems like there are lots of activities for singles, couples and families. From weekend trips, to biking and climbing in the hills (1-2 hours away for all of that), or poker nights or restaurants, there's a lot to do. - Sep 2022
Post is large, about 200 USDH plus their families. There are surprisingly a lot of Americans in Accra that are not part of the Embassy. There are a lot of diplomats here too. Morale is average. - Mar 2022
