In 2009 Ghana public debt was 6,653 million euros9,270 million dollars, has increased 175257 million since 2008.
This amount means that the debt in 2009 reached 26.79% of Ghana GDP, a 2.15 percentage point rise from 2008, when it was 24.64% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Ghana debt. It has gone down since 1999 in global debt terms, when it was 9,281 million euros 9,901 million dollars , and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 55.73%.
According to the last data point published, Ghana per capita debt in 2009 was 284 euros396 dollars per inhabitant. In 2008 it was 283 euros 416 dollars, afterwards rising by 1 euro20 dollars, and if we again check 1999 we can see that then the debt per person was 529 euros564 dollars .
The position of Ghana, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2009 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 59 in the list of debt to GDP and 43 in debt per capita, out of the 190 we publish.
In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Ghana. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Ghana in economy of Ghana.