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Ghana: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

46.92percent · 2024-14.7% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Ghana from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202446.917
202355.296
202260.023
202160.438
202056.961
201949.869
201854.646
201758.744
201664.627
201565.29
201455.03
201346.663
201259.097
201155.932
201056.799
200949.944
200835.217
200733.667
200629.832
200576.243
200483.422
2003111.158
2002126.563
2001131.77
2000139.444
199994.036
199895.074
199793.928
199694.899
199593.753
1994102.508
199383.437
199271.445
199167.581
199067.183
198966.273
198861.799
198767.113
198649.328
198550.994
198444.978
198341.436
198236.871
198136.556
198031.592
197932
197834.992
197733.563
197625.891
197525.848
197425.392
197325.346
197228.86
197122.86
197026.355

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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