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Ghana: External debt stocks, short-term

2.62Bcurrent USD · 2024-14.4% since 2014

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Ghana from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20242,619,647,898.2
20233,761,315,244.7
20224,653,096,930.9
20215,141,865,272.8
20205,172,874,674.3
20194,640,718,358.3
20183,652,430,778.1
20173,332,778,479.1
20162,791,316,407.5
20153,304,142,361.5
20143,062,108,983.3
20133,650,732,161.3
20122,607,896,463.6
20112,694,872,068.3
20102,091,930,760.7
20091,511,142,415.3
20081,126,524,744.2
20071,219,362,663.6
20061,181,714,550.2
2005771,822,630.6
2004550,577,521.3
2003757,200,701.5
2002636,974,456.3
2001458,722,032.6
2000529,698,483.7
1999718,129,386
1998721,487,529.9
1997677,396,522.6
1996653,693,867.4
1995621,212,082.5
1994579,993,146.7
1993473,768,909.5
1992414,377,141.1
1991393,466,789.9
1990320,065,160.3
1989204,715,099.3
198878,212,531.3
1987121,567,064.2
1986189,030,268.4
1985190,357,573.6
1984242,672,204.1
198392,818,283.6
1982207,841,790.4
1981286,208,991.6
1980130,783,523.3
1979203,747,932.4
1978366,771,579
1977224,279,288.5
19763,072,227.3
19755,811,203.7
19749,142,844
197325,647,967.4
197216,269,338.1
19715,317,071.5
19705,086,059.6

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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