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Ghana: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
15.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 16.0%
Average, 2016–2025
15.1%10 years
Record high and low
31.8% (1954)low 4.29% (1981)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202515.8
202416.0
202315.2
202215.7
202115.3
202014.1
201915.0
201815.4
201715.1
201613.1

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1998
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023
  • 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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