As of 2020, publicly guaranteed private bondholders held the largest share of Ghana's total external debt, reaching a value of nine billion U.S. dollars. Additionally, multilateral sources credited the government with approximately 6.1 billion U.S. dollars. Overall, in the same year, the total external debt in Ghana reached around 31.2 billion U.S. dollars.
External debt stock in Ghana as of 2020, by creditor type
(in million U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Value of external debt stock in million U.S. dollars
Debt stocks are public and publicly guaranteed except for IMF credit or when otherwise indicated.
According to the source, total external debt represents the sum of long-term external debt, short-term debt, and IMF credit. It represents the total debt owed to nonresident
creditors and is repayable in both foreign and domestic currency.
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World Bank. (October 29, 2021). External debt stock in Ghana as of 2020, by creditor type (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226019/external-debt-stock-in-ghana-by-creditor-type/
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