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Ghana: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govrev_GDP

2024
15.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.6 pointsfrom 15.2%
Average, 2015–2024
14.6%10 years
Record high and low
31.8% (1954)low 1.94% (1981)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203117.0Forecast
203017.0Forecast
202917.0Forecast
202817.0Forecast
202716.8Forecast
202616.8Forecast
202515.7Forecast
202415.8
202315.2
202215.7
202115.2
202014.1
201915.0
201814.1
201713.6
201613.1
201514.6

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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