Ghana - Budget Deficit 2013
-9.12%
−0.76% from 2012
Ghana's budget deficit was -9.12% in 2013, decreased +0.76% from -8.36% in 2012. This was the 6th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Libya | -16.30% | -166.2% |
| 2nd | Jordan | -16.11% | -16.3% |
| 3rd | Timor-Leste | -14.37% | 62.9% |
| 4th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -12.28% | -29.6% |
| 5th | Slovenia | -11.23% | -167.5% |
| 6th | Ghana | -9.12% | -9.1% |
| 7th | Barbados | -8.97% | -27.4% |
| 8th | Lebanon | -8.82% | -4.6% |
| 9th | Bahrain | -8.55% | -48.2% |
| 10th | Cabo Verde | -8.49% | 9.3% |
| 11th | Ecuador | -8.17% | -188.0% |
| 12th | San Marino | -7.74% | -9.4% |
| 13th | Eritrea | -7.62% | -46.2% |
| 14th | Japan | -7.61% | 7.1% |
| 15th | Spain | -7.49% | 34.8% |
| 16th | Pakistan | -7.48% | 3.4% |
| 17th | Grenada | -7.25% | -33.2% |
| 18th | Tunisia | -7.05% | -43.9% |
| 19th | India | -7.00% | 7.3% |
| 20th | Yemen, Republic of | -6.90% | -9.2% |
| 21st | Papua New Guinea | -6.87% | -477.3% |
| 22nd | Zambia | -6.40% | -102.6% |
| 23rd | Ireland | -6.28% | 25.4% |
| 24th | Iraq | -6.06% | -248.1% |
| 25th | Aruba | -6.05% | 32.5% |
| 26th | Viet Nam | -5.96% | -9.2% |
| 27th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -5.81% | -222.8% |
| 28th | Sudan | -5.76% | 21.8% |
| 29th | Croatia | -5.52% | -1.2% |
| 30th | Honduras | -5.48% | -57.3% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | -5.34% | 28.3% |
| 32nd | Costa Rica | -5.25% | -24.5% |
| 33rd | Kenya | -5.25% | 0.8% |
| 34th | Albania | -5.22% | -51.6% |
| 35th | Portugal | -5.21% | 15.9% |
| 36th | Cyprus | -5.16% | 7.0% |
| 37th | Gambia, The | -5.11% | -79.3% |
| 38th | Bahamas, The | -5.10% | -56.7% |
| 39th | Togo | -5.08% | -9.7% |
| 40th | Sri Lanka | -5.01% | 8.0% |
| 41st | France | -4.94% | 4.5% |
| 42nd | Serbia | -4.79% | 21.6% |
| 43rd | Ukraine | -4.78% | -11.1% |
| 44th | St. Lucia | -4.78% | 36.7% |
| 45th | Morocco | -4.70% | 29.1% |
| 46th | Namibia | -4.69% | -51.2% |
| 47th | United States | -4.56% | 43.8% |
| 48th | Bhutan | -4.55% | -116.2% |
| 49th | Montenegro | -4.54% | 22.7% |
| 50th | El Salvador | -4.46% | -17.0% |
| 51st | Dominican Republic | -4.41% | 29.6% |
| 52nd | Equatorial Guinea | -4.40% | 39.2% |
| 53rd | Senegal | -4.34% | -3.6% |
| 54th | Poland | -4.25% | -11.9% |
| 55th | Israel | -4.06% | 8.9% |
| 56th | Greece | -4.06% | 41.5% |
| 57th | Lao PDR | -4.03% | -72.0% |
| 58th | Haiti | -3.98% | -46.6% |
| 59th | South Africa | -3.90% | 3.3% |
| 60th | Guinea | -3.86% | -116.3% |
| 61st | North Macedonia | -3.84% | -0.8% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | -3.83% | -292.7% |
| 63rd | Samoa | -3.82% | 48.6% |
| 64th | Tanzania | -3.76% | 6.0% |
| 65th | Malawi | -3.73% | -156.3% |
| 66th | Kyrgyz Republic | -3.70% | 36.9% |
| 67th | Mexico | -3.56% | 0.2% |
| 68th | Cameroon | -3.56% | -154.7% |
| 69th | Burkina Faso | -3.55% | -28.4% |
| 70th | Maldives | -3.49% | 49.5% |
| 71st | Malaysia | -3.48% | -12.1% |
| 72nd | South Sudan | -3.45% | 76.7% |
| 73rd | Brazil | -3.42% | -45.6% |
| 74th | Madagascar | -3.40% | -52.1% |
| 75th | Mauritius | -3.30% | -90.5% |
| 76th | Argentina | -3.25% | -7.8% |
| 77th | Uganda | -3.19% | -33.8% |
| 78th | Belgium | -3.16% | 27.2% |
| 79th | Gabon | -3.07% | -149.5% |
| 80th | Dominica | -2.88% | 46.7% |
| 81st | Italy | -2.88% | 3.7% |
| 82nd | Netherlands | -2.87% | 25.1% |
| 83rd | Slovak Republic | -2.86% | 34.5% |
| 84th | Bangladesh | -2.86% | -11.8% |
| 85th | Congo, Republic of | -2.85% | -139.4% |
| 86th | Australia | -2.81% | 19.9% |
| 87th | Trinidad and Tobago | -2.70% | -111.8% |
| 88th | Lithuania | -2.69% | 14.4% |
| 89th | Suriname | -2.64% | -595.3% |
| 90th | Hungary | -2.60% | -11.5% |
| 91st | Lesotho | -2.58% | -156.6% |
| 92nd | Finland | -2.52% | -17.0% |
| 93rd | Mozambique | -2.46% | 28.6% |
| 94th | Romania | -2.44% | -2.4% |
| 95th | Panama | -2.38% | -81.3% |
| 96th | Mali | -2.37% | -148.1% |
| 97th | Central African Republic | -2.30% | -196.9% |
| 98th | Malta | -2.19% | 33.9% |
| 99th | Guatemala | -2.16% | 10.4% |
| 100th | Guyana | -2.16% | 30.5% |
| 101st | Cambodia | -2.01% | 43.6% |
| 102nd | Austria | -1.99% | 8.5% |
| 103rd | Indonesia | -1.96% | -23.3% |
| 104th | Niger | -1.93% | -132.8% |
| 105th | Burundi | -1.90% | 49.9% |
| 106th | Nigeria | -1.89% | -1,976.9% |
| 107th | Bulgaria | -1.75% | -303.7% |
| 108th | Sierra Leone | -1.74% | 48.9% |
| 109th | Uruguay | -1.72% | 20.8% |
| 110th | Guinea-Bissau | -1.67% | 21.2% |
| 111th | Sweden | -1.63% | -36.9% |
| 112th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.62% | 28.8% |
| 113th | Armenia | -1.59% | -6.7% |
| 114th | Moldova | -1.57% | 19.0% |
| 115th | Myanmar | -1.53% | 43.2% |
| 116th | West Bank and Gaza | -1.53% | 75.6% |
| 117th | Chad | -1.50% | -556.5% |
| 118th | Canada | -1.50% | 40.8% |
| 119th | Benin | -1.37% | -531.9% |
| 120th | Tonga | -1.30% | 25.1% |
| 121st | Czechia | -1.30% | 66.8% |
| 122nd | New Zealand | -1.29% | 41.3% |
| 123rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.28% | 52.3% |
| 124th | Rwanda | -1.27% | 46.7% |
| 125th | Georgia | -1.25% | -75.8% |
| 126th | Liechtenstein | -1.24% | 50.2% |
| 127th | Iceland | -1.24% | 52.2% |
| 128th | Belize | -1.21% | -439.3% |
| 129th | Türkiye | -1.21% | 32.1% |
| 130th | Russian Federation | -1.16% | -404.2% |
| 131st | Paraguay | -1.16% | -98.5% |
| 132nd | Colombia | -1.02% | -758.7% |
| 133rd | Belarus | -0.98% | -372.8% |
| 134th | Denmark | -0.94% | 70.5% |
| 135th | Mongolia | -0.93% | 85.2% |
| 136th | China | -0.82% | -177.1% |
| 137th | Algeria | -0.79% | 80.5% |
| 138th | Tajikistan | -0.74% | -280.6% |
| 139th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.72% | -44.0% |
| 140th | Zimbabwe | -0.69% | -444.9% |
| 141st | Estonia | -0.66% | 22.4% |
| 142nd | Mauritania | -0.66% | -139.7% |
| 143rd | Afghanistan | -0.63% | -446.7% |
| 144th | Latvia | -0.58% | -419.2% |
| 145th | Chile | -0.47% | -168.9% |
| 146th | Switzerland | -0.43% | -283.8% |
| 147th | Djibouti | -0.34% | 83.5% |
| 148th | Nicaragua | -0.30% | -234.1% |
| 149th | Angola | -0.27% | -107.3% |
| 150th | Vanuatu | -0.25% | 85.5% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | -0.23% | 69.7% |
| 152nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -0.11% | - |
| 153rd | Fiji | -0.08% | 88.4% |
| 154th | Jamaica | 0.12% | 102.9% |
| 155th | Germany | 0.12% | 327.8% |
| 156th | Seychelles | 0.33% | -88.8% |
| 157th | Philippines | 0.37% | 267.7% |
| 158th | Palau | 0.55% | -44.6% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 0.57% | -83.1% |
| 160th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.60% | -65.3% |
| 161st | Thailand | 0.60% | 169.3% |
| 162nd | Peru | 0.75% | -63.6% |
| 163rd | Korea | 0.79% | -51.6% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | 0.84% | 66.9% |
| 165th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.01% | -67.9% |
| 166th | Liberia | 1.29% | 145.1% |
| 167th | Turkmenistan | 1.53% | -79.7% |
| 168th | Nepal | 1.57% | 233.4% |
| 169th | Azerbaijan | 1.64% | -55.7% |
| 170th | Nauru | 1.71% | -78.9% |
| 171st | São Tomé and Principe | 2.13% | 117.4% |
| 172nd | Uzbekistan | 2.15% | -63.4% |
| 173rd | Oman | 2.78% | -31.8% |
| 174th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.89% | 223.4% |
| 175th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.28% | 91.4% |
| 176th | Andorra | 3.36% | 303.3% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | 3.57% | -22.9% |
| 178th | Kazakhstan | 4.95% | 11.6% |
| 179th | Saudi Arabia | 5.47% | -53.2% |
| 180th | Botswana | 5.84% | 558.3% |
| 181st | Singapore | 5.96% | -18.7% |
| 182nd | United Arab Emirates | 8.00% | -6.9% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 10.49% | 434.6% |
| 184th | Norway | 10.61% | -22.5% |
| 185th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.93% | 153.1% |
| 186th | Kiribati | 11.76% | 316.7% |
| 187th | Brunei Darussalam | 13.03% | -17.5% |
| 188th | Qatar | 19.27% | 125.3% |
| 189th | Tuvalu | 26.04% | 171.9% |
| 190th | Macao SAR, China | 26.99% | 12.5% |
| 191st | Kuwait | 40.57% | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Ghana's budget deficit in 2013?▾
Ghana's budget deficit in 2013 was -9.12%. This ranked 6th globally.
How did Ghana's budget deficit change in 2013?▾
Ghana's budget deficit decreased by 9.1% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest budget deficit in 2013?▾
Kuwait had the highest budget deficit in 2013 at 40.57%.
What is the budget deficit of Ghana in 2013?▾
The budget deficit of Ghana in 2013 was -9.12%. This ranked 6th globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Ghana's budget deficit?▾
Ghana's budget deficit went from -8.36% in 2012 to -9.12% in 2013, a 9.1% decrease.
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