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Ghana: Primary income payments

5.88Bcurrent USD · 2025+290.3% since 2015

Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Ghana from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20255,875,185,486.065
20245,863,681,923.975
20234,876,073,752.32
20226,219,615,431.47
20215,273,515,044.342
20204,136,996,542.672
20194,435,071,175.711
20184,520,087,000
20173,050,220,000
20161,460,026,297.136
20151,505,322,318.402
20141,828,152,326.809
20131,635,923,882.084
20122,185,233,296
20111,285,460,000
2010634,740,000
2009720,399,000
2008128,555,736.837
2007445,249,985.789
2006200,630,000
2005230,383,000
2004242,340,000
2003202,360,000
2002188,996,100
2001124,060,000
2000123,200,000
1999146,800,000
1998163,000,000
199732,600,000
1996163,400,000
1995142,900,000
1994107,900,000
1993105,100,000
199290,800,000
199190,300,000
199077,000,000
1989122,700,000
1988131,900,000
1987127,000,000
1986105,300,000
1985115,900,000
1984116,800,000
198389,664,695.08
198288,234,570.61
198186,000,000
198085,300,000
197957,381,916
197828,702,597.003
197737,400,064.167
197644,304,476
197540,774,035

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). Primary income payments. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-income-payments (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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