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Ghana: Interest payments (% of revenue)

21.58percent · 2023-9.5% since 2013

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector. Annual figures for Ghana from 1990 to 2023.

19902023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202321.577
202247.27
202147.823
202044.614
201937.035
201833.213
201734.191
201635.768
201530.916
201430.298
201323.834
201215.491
201112.456
201016.248
200915.175
200812.054
20079.614
200612.028
200512.07
200413.918
200322.148
200229.048
200129.276
199318.61
199216.656
199110.964
199010.219

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments (% of revenue). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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