The ratio of national debt to gross domestic product (GDP) in Ghana was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 15.6 percentage points. According to this forecast, in 2029, the ratio will have decreased for the seventh consecutive year to 66.92 percent. The general government gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. Here it is depicted in relation to the country's GDP, which refers to the total value of goods and services produced during a year.
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Ghana: National debt in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) from 2019 to 2029
Characteristic
National debt in relation to GDP
2029*
66.92%
2028*
69.28%
2027*
72.46%
2026*
76.1%
2025*
79.52%
2024*
82.52%
2023
82.94%
2022
92.69%
2021
79.16%
2020
72.34%
2019
58.35%
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