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Ghana

GH Β· GHA Β· #80 Β· 14 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$10,266
GDP (2031)
$151.6B
GDP growth (2031)
5.0% β†’
Inflation (2031)
8.0% β†’
Unemployment (2025)
3.0% ↑
Population (2031)
38.9M
Population growth (2031)
1.7% ↓
Gini index (2016)
43.5
Government debt (2031)
42.3% of GDP
Current account (2031)
4.9% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$1.9B
Life expectancy (2024)
65.7 yrs
Health spending (2023)
3.0% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
72.2%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
113.7/100
Trade openness (2024)
69.0% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
12.56/USD
Foreign reserves (2024)
$4.5B
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
42.3% of GDP
Current account (2031)
4.9% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$1.9B

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2016)
0.44
Assessment
High inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2024)
1.37/1k
Tax revenue (2023)
12.4% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
42.9% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2024)
11.0
Bank branches per 100k (2024)
5.9
ICT service exports (2025)
0.6%
Goods and services tax (2023)
6.9%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $151.6B $10,266 5.0% 8.0% - 38.9M - 42.3% 4.9% - - - - -
2030 * $142.1B $9,783 5.0% 8.0% - 38.2M - 44.0% 6.2% - - - - -
2029 * $133.2B $9,326 5.0% 8.0% - 37.6M - 45.7% 7.6% - - - - -
2028 * $125.3B $8,923 5.0% 8.0% - 37.0M - 48.1% 8.2% - - - - -
2027 * $121.0B $8,764 4.9% 7.8% - 36.3M - 50.7% 9.5% - - - - -
2026 * $118.3B $8,722 4.8% 5.8% - 35.7M - 53.0% 10.1% - - - - -
2025 $114.7B $8,610 6.0% 14.2% 3.0% 35.1M - 48.8% 7.9% $1.9B - - - 12.56
2024 $83.3B $8,051 5.8% 22.9% 2.8% 34.4M - 70.3% 1.8% $1.8B 65.7 - 72.2% 14.18
2023 $80.5B $7,563 3.1% 39.2% 2.8% 33.8M - 79.1% -0.8% $1.3B 65.5 3.0% 70.7% 11.02
2022 $73.9B $7,207 3.8% 31.9% 2.9% 33.1M - 92.7% -2.3% $1.4B 65.3 3.7% 69.9% 8.27
2021 $79.5B $6,608 5.1% 10.0% 3.2% 32.5M - 86.9% -2.8% $2.5B 64.3 3.9% 68.6% 5.81
2020 $70.0B $6,047 0.5% 9.9% 3.2% 31.9M - 79.1% -2.5% $1.9B 64.3 4.4% 62.5% 5.60
2019 $68.4B $6,003 6.5% 7.2% 3.1% 31.3M - 62.9% -2.2% $3.9B 64.5 3.3% 22.1% 5.22
2018 $67.3B $5,537 6.2% 9.8% 3.2% 30.6M - 62.0% -3.0% $3.0B 64.1 2.4% 43.0% 4.59
2017 $60.4B $5,171 8.1% 12.4% 3.4% 30.0M - 57.0% -3.3% $3.3B 63.8 2.7% 37.9% 4.35
2016 $56.1B $5,011 3.4% 17.5% 5.3% 29.4M 43.5 55.9% -5.1% $3.5B 63.5 3.4% 28.0% 3.91
2015 $49.4B $5,191 2.1% 17.2% 6.8% 28.7M - 53.9% -5.7% $3.2B 63.2 4.5% 23.0% 3.71
2014 $54.7B $5,517 2.9% 15.5% 4.4% 28.0M - 50.1% -6.8% $3.4B 62.8 4.0% 19.0% 2.90
2013 $62.8B $5,215 7.2% 11.7% 2.2% 27.4M - 42.9% -9.1% $3.2B 62.4 4.6% 15.0% 1.98
2012 $55.8B $4,934 8.4% 7.1% 3.1% 26.7M 42.4 35.5% -8.8% $3.3B 62.0 3.9% 10.6% 1.82
2011 $53.6B $4,381 14.0% 7.7% 4.2% 26.1M - 31.2% -6.6% $3.2B 61.6 4.5% 9.0% 1.52
2010 $45.4B $3,855 7.8% 6.7% 5.4% 25.5M - 32.9% -6.1% $2.5B 61.3 4.5% 7.8% 1.43
2009 $37.1B $3,617 5.7% 13.1% 5.4% 24.9M - 25.4% -3.8% $2.4B 60.9 4.2% 5.4% 1.41
2008 $41.3B $3,516 9.0% 16.5% 5.1% 24.3M - 23.2% -8.2% $2.7B 60.6 3.7% 4.3% 1.05
2007 $36.5B $3,241 4.1% 10.7% 5.1% 23.6M - 21.1% -5.9% $1.4B 60.3 3.7% 3.9% 0.93
2006 $31.0B $3,103 5.8% 11.7% 4.9% 23.0M - 17.3% -3.4% $636.0M 60.0 3.7% 2.7% 0.92
2005 $26.4B $2,904 6.2% 15.1% 5.8% 22.4M 42.8 31.7% -4.2% $145.0M 59.6 3.3% 1.8% 0.91
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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