Ghana: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Ghana: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 75 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025: −2.38%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +3.9 pointsfrom −6.30%
Average, 2016–2025: −6.77%10 years
Record high and low: 14.0% (1954)low −14.6% (1997)

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Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2025	-2.38
2024	-6.30
2023	-3.37
2022	-11.8
2021	-12.1
2020	-11.5
2019	-4.74
2018	-3.78
2017	-4.68
2016	-7.11

Sources

Mitchell1950–1998
African Development Bank1980–2025
World Development Indicators2001–2023

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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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