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Ghana: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
34.9% (1961)low 3.49% (1983)

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

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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