In 2019, 35 percent of 2,400 surveyed Ghanaians thought that the level of taxation in the country was about the right amount. Moreover, while some 21 percent thought that the value of taxes was far too much, 19 percent felt that it was only somewhat too much. Furthermore, according to the same survey, more than 70 percent of Ghanaians were willing to pay more taxes for national development.
Opinions of Ghanaians on how high or low taxation is in Ghana as of 2019
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Respondents were asked the following question: Do you think that the amount of taxes that ordinary people in Ghana are required to pay to the government is too little, too much, or about the right amount?
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Afrobarometer. (April 8, 2021). Opinions of Ghanaians on how high or low taxation is in Ghana as of 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241692/opinions-of-ghanaians-on-taxation-amounts-in-ghana/
Afrobarometer. "Opinions of Ghanaians on how high or low taxation is in Ghana as of 2019." Chart. April 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241692/opinions-of-ghanaians-on-taxation-amounts-in-ghana/
Afrobarometer. (2021). Opinions of Ghanaians on how high or low taxation is in Ghana as of 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241692/opinions-of-ghanaians-on-taxation-amounts-in-ghana/
Afrobarometer. "Opinions of Ghanaians on How High or Low Taxation Is in Ghana as of 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241692/opinions-of-ghanaians-on-taxation-amounts-in-ghana/
Afrobarometer, Opinions of Ghanaians on how high or low taxation is in Ghana as of 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241692/opinions-of-ghanaians-on-taxation-amounts-in-ghana/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Opinions of Ghanaians on how high or low taxation is in Ghana as of 2019 [Graph], Afrobarometer, April 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241692/opinions-of-ghanaians-on-taxation-amounts-in-ghana/
