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Ghana: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2024 · 63 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2024
22.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+3.5 pointsfrom 18.5%
Average, 2015–2024
22.6%10 years
Record high and low
31.5% (2020)low 3.49% (1983)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203119.2Forecast
203019.2Forecast
202918.8Forecast
202818.7Forecast
202718.6Forecast
202619.0Forecast
202517.0Forecast
202422.0
202318.5
202227.5
202127.2
202031.5
201922.5
201820.9
201717.6
201619.9
201518.6

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1962–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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