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Ghana: General government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1962–2024 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef

2024
−73.2 billionlocal currency

General government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-64,373Forecast
2030-58,287Forecast
2029-42,158Forecast
2028-33,969Forecast
2027-32,878Forecast
2026-35,806Forecast
2025-19,189Forecast
2024-73,224
2023-29,884
2022-72,245
2021-55,550
2020-68,366
2019-26,809
2018-20,957
2017-10,423
2016-14,813
2015-7,355

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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