World Bank · Debt
Ghana: External debt stocks, long-term
30.13Bcurrent USD · 2024+23.8% since 2014
Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Ghana from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30,131,871,934.2 | |
| 2023 | 34,309,389,962.3 | |
| 2022 | 35,830,188,655.2 | |
| 2021 | 38,031,054,055.1 | |
| 2020 | 32,510,795,922.6 | |
| 2019 | 26,469,006,797 | |
| 2018 | 29,940,385,173.5 | |
| 2017 | 28,928,183,432.6 | |
| 2016 | 30,703,685,486.8 | |
| 2015 | 26,760,507,001.8 | |
| 2014 | 24,335,275,278.8 | |
| 2013 | 23,634,967,223.8 | |
| 2012 | 19,290,928,884 | |
| 2011 | 17,522,084,094 | |
| 2010 | 14,955,669,148 | |
| 2009 | 10,625,307,253.2 | |
| 2008 | 8,672,896,936.1 | |
| 2007 | 6,825,762,303.2 | |
| 2006 | 4,624,633,943 | |
| 2005 | 6,813,177,674 | |
| 2004 | 6,126,876,425.9 | |
| 2003 | 6,997,114,745.1 | |
| 2002 | 6,554,314,417.6 | |
| 2001 | 6,039,523,756.7 | |
| 2000 | 5,839,081,309.8 | |
| 1999 | 5,989,170,209.4 | |
| 1998 | 5,914,031,065.4 | |
| 1997 | 5,323,195,458.8 | |
| 1996 | 5,246,683,702.6 | |
| 1995 | 4,666,092,693.4 | |
| 1994 | 4,188,864,911.4 | |
| 1993 | 3,674,755,319.7 | |
| 1992 | 3,354,164,182.9 | |
| 1991 | 3,152,584,456.4 | |
| 1990 | 2,816,264,458.4 | |
| 1989 | 2,460,368,816.2 | |
| 1988 | 2,290,739,632.3 | |
| 1987 | 2,324,946,625 | |
| 1986 | 1,792,264,304.2 | |
| 1985 | 1,365,332,350.5 | |
| 1984 | 1,205,701,990.9 | |
| 1983 | 1,242,002,353.4 | |
| 1982 | 1,200,975,790.6 | |
| 1981 | 1,167,436,864.3 | |
| 1980 | 1,162,354,407.7 | |
| 1979 | 969,561,883 | |
| 1978 | 867,019,451.5 | |
| 1977 | 795,457,424.9 | |
| 1976 | 662,772,035 | |
| 1975 | 669,588,910.7 | |
| 1974 | 720,912,552.5 | |
| 1973 | 730,780,515.7 | |
| 1972 | 583,681,995.3 | |
| 1971 | 517,190,674.9 | |
| 1970 | 520,982,105 |
Source
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