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Ghana: External debt stocks, total

37.41Bcurrent USD · 2024+31.2% since 2014

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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Ghana from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202437,414,621,429.7
202341,700,706,280.4
202243,607,006,146.1
202146,584,318,739.8
202040,295,305,085.6
201932,685,329,069.8
201835,100,516,069.1
201733,725,981,614.6
201634,860,777,089.7
201531,306,595,150.8
201428,517,251,145.9
201328,508,533,533.3
201223,151,628,039.4
201121,317,880,741.9
201017,984,659,771.3
200912,962,573,037
200810,058,853,977.2
20078,311,291,215.1
20066,059,739,098.4
20058,091,993,817.5
20047,243,731,089.5
20038,301,000,837.7
20027,640,294,825.3
20016,860,995,876.9
20006,743,341,663.2
19997,103,705,178.5
19986,969,089,358.3
19976,347,327,632.8
19966,442,990,348.8
19955,935,777,124.3
19945,469,152,460.4
19934,886,542,112
19924,508,061,699
19914,380,166,480.7
19903,880,932,790.8
19893,402,456,463.2
19883,131,102,815.6
19873,313,222,736.3
19862,766,891,477.4
19852,256,468,113.8
19841,963,074,302.9
19831,666,180,356
19821,484,226,949.7
19811,538,834,501.5
19801,398,364,945.5
19791,281,964,511.1
19781,278,646,090.2
19771,066,624,519.4
1976710,690,900.3
1975720,589,134.4
1974730,055,396.5
1973756,428,483.1
1972601,807,880.4
1971542,386,913.4
1970572,138,164.6

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

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