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Government debt in Ghana

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Ghana's government debt is 48.80 % — #52 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

48.80%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Ghana over time

92.70 %55.00 %17.30 %92.70 % · 202217.30 % · 19911990: 17.80 %1991: 17.30 %1992: 21.30 %1993: 34.10 %1994: 50.60 %1995: 47.60 %1996: 42.90 %1997: 45.20 %1998: 37.60 %1999: 51.70 %2000: 74.50 %2001: 57.80 %2002: 54.10 %2003: 49.30 %2004: 38.40 %2005: 31.70 %2006: 17.30 %2007: 21.10 %2008: 23.20 %2009: 25.40 %2010: 32.90 %2011: 31.20 %2012: 35.50 %2013: 42.90 %2014: 50.10 %2015: 53.90 %2016: 55.90 %2017: 57.00 %2018: 62.00 %2019: 62.90 %2020: 79.10 %2021: 86.90 %2022: 92.70 %2023: 79.10 %2024: 70.10 %2025: 48.80 %19902008202548.80 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#52 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
58 %
73 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 21.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
43.90 pp
peak 92.70 % in 2022
Full series
▲ 31.00 pp
since 1990

In Africa: #6 of 21vs median 54.70 %: −5.90 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Ghana: ahead of 58 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtGhana 48.80 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Ghana is ahead of 58 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Ghana
50 Nepal47.40 %−1.40 pp
51 Madagascar47.70 %−1.10 pp
52 Ghana48.80 %—
53 Tanzania49.80 %+1.00 pp
54 Papua New Guinea51.60 %+2.80 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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