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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Ghana 2020

Public debt went up in Ghana

In 2020 Ghana public debt was 48,499 million euros55,351 million dollars, has increased 10,22312,498 million since 2019.

This amount means that the debt in 2020 reached 79.06% of Ghana GDP, a 16.37 percentage point rise from 2019, when it was 62.69% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Ghana debt. It has risen since 2010 in global debt terms, when it was 11,268 million euros 14,951 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 34.51%.

According to the last data point published, Ghana per capita debt in 2020 was 1,576 euros1,798 dollars per inhabitant. In 2019 it was 1,269 euros 1,420 dollars, afterwards rising by 307 euros378 dollars, and if we again check 2010 we can see that then the debt per person was 457 euros606 dollars .

The position of Ghana, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2020 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 136 in the list of debt to GDP and 73 in debt per capita, out of the 191 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.

Ghana: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
202048,49955,35179.06%€1,576$1,798
201938,27642,85362.69%€1,269$1,420
201835,28141,68561.98%€1,194$1,410
201730,47134,41056.98%€1,053$1,189
201628,38331,40855.94%€1,002$1,109
201524,01226,64453.90%€867$962
201420,47127,20350.11%€756$1,004
201320,59127,34742.93%€778$1,033
201215,63320,09835.35%€604$777
201112,09716,83631.26%€479$666
201011,26814,95134.51%€457$606
20096,6539,27026.79%€284$396
20086,4789,52724.64%€283$416
20075,6007,67622.55%€250$343
20064,2575,34618.51%€195$244
20056,7188,36233.99%€314$391
20046,7128,34641.11%€322$400
20038,1919,26352.85%€402$455
20028,7138,23357.96%€438$414
20018,4587,57561.92%€436$391
20009,9529,19680.17%€526$486
19999,2819,90155.73%€529$564
19986,96540.57%$407
19977,68548.67%$460
19967,13046.05%$437
19957,46351.08%$469
19946,79355.16%$438
19934,96337.16%$328
19923,77523.10%$255
19913,07318.66%$213
19902,82119.16%$200
Ghana: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Ghana: Evolution of debt in millions