External debt as share of GDP in Ghana 2017-2021

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Doris Dokua Sasu,
Jan 20, 2023
As of September 2021, the external debt to GDP ratio in Ghana stood at 37.1 percent, following the rising trend observed since 2018. That year, external debt represented nearly 28 percent of the country's GDP. Overall, it was forecast that Ghana's national debt would reach around 85 percent of the economy in 2022.

External debt as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in Ghana from 2017 to 2021

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November 2021

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Ghana

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2017 to 2021

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* Provisional data as of September 2021.

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