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GDP growth in Ghana

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Ghana's gdp growth is 5.95 % — #16 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

5.95%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Ghana over time

14.05 %7.28 %0.51 %14.05 % · 20110.51 % · 20202000: 3.70 %2001: 4.00 %2002: 4.50 %2003: 5.20 %2004: 5.60 %2005: 5.90 %2006: 6.40 %2007: 4.35 %2008: 9.15 %2009: 4.84 %2010: 7.90 %2011: 14.05 %2012: 9.29 %2013: 7.31 %2014: 2.86 %2015: 2.12 %2016: 3.37 %2017: 8.13 %2018: 6.20 %2019: 6.51 %2020: 0.51 %2021: 5.08 %2022: 3.80 %2023: 3.14 %2024: 5.85 %2025: 5.95 %2000201220255.95 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#16 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
87 %
111 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.11 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.09 pp
peak 14.05 % in 2011
Full series
▲ 2.25 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #5 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +3.05 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Ghana: ahead of 87 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthGhana 5.95 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Ghana is ahead of 87 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Ghana
14 Mongolia6.84 %+0.89 pp
15 Kazakhstan6.50 %+0.55 pp
16 Ghana5.95 %—
17 Tanzania5.85 %−0.10 pp
18 Papua New Guinea5.64 %−0.32 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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