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Ghana: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2024 · 100 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
70.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−8.7 pointsfrom 79.1%
Average, 2015–2024
70.0%10 years
Record high and low
92.7% (2022)low 0.257% (1911)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.3Forecast
203044.0Forecast
202945.7Forecast
202848.1Forecast
202750.7Forecast
202653.0Forecast
202548.8Forecast
202470.3
202379.1
202292.7
202186.9
202079.1
201962.9
201862.0
201757.0
201655.9
201553.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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