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Ghana: Current account balance (% of GDP)

8.22percent · 2025+244.0% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Ghana from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20258.224
20241.919
2023-0.912
2022-2.331
2021-2.821
2020-3.048
2019-2.727
2018-3.04
2017-3.316
2016-5.044
2015-5.712
2014-6.757
2013-9.076
2012-11.901
2011-9.003
2010-8.533
2009-7.283
2008-11.602
2007-9.581
2006-5.057
2005-10.281
2004-6.645
20031.332
2002-1.707
2001-8.043
2000-7.755
1999-12.494
1998-6.973
1997-5.855
1996-4.426
1995-2.223
1994-4.675
1993-9.362
1992-5.876
1991-3.817
1990-3.79
1989-1.788
1988-1.291
1987-1.929
1986-1.488
1985-2.973
1984-0.879
1983-4.243
1982-2.658
1981-9.927
19800.679
19793.072
1978-1.254
1977-2.5
1976-2.678
19750.625

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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