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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Ghana 2021

Ghana national debt goes up

In 2021 Ghana public debt was 54,926 million euros65,007 million dollars, has increased 6,4279,656 million since 2020.

This amount means that the debt in 2021 reached 82.12% of Ghana GDP, a 3.06 percentage point rise from 2020, when it was 79.06% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Ghana debt. It has risen since 2011 in global debt terms, when it was 12,097 million euros 16,836 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 31.26%.

According to the last data point published, Ghana per capita debt in 2021 was 1,750 euros2,071 dollars per inhabitant. In 2020 it was 1,576 euros 1,798 dollars, afterwards rising by 174 euros273 dollars, and if we again check 2011 we can see that then the debt per person was 479 euros666 dollars .

The position of Ghana, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2021 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 146 in the list of debt to GDP and 76 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
202154,92665,00782.12%€1,750$2,071
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