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Ghana: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2024 · 100 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
70.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−5.9 pointsfrom 76.4%
Average, 2015–2024
67.1%10 years
Record high and low
85.7% (2022)low 0.257% (1911)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202470.5
202376.4
202285.7
202179.2
202072.3
201958.3
201862.0
201757.0
201655.9
201553.9

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1911–2009
  • IMF Global Debt Database1962–2024
  • WDI (archive)1972–1993

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Ghana documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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