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Ghana: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 75 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
18.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−4.1 pointsfrom 22.3%
Average, 2016–2025
21.8%10 years
Record high and low
44.8% (1964)low 7.83% (1983)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.2
202422.3
202318.5
202227.5
202127.4
202025.5
201919.7
201819.2
201719.8
201620.3

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1998
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators2001–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2010

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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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