Home → Ghana → External Debt → 1981

Ghana - External Debt 1981

Name: Ghana External Debt 1981
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Total external debt stocks · World Bank

$1.5B +$140.5M from 1980 Global rank: 53rd

Ghana's external debt was $1.5B in 1981, increased +$140.5M from $1.4B in 1980. This was the 53rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1981▾

External Debt by Country - 1981
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Bhutan	$325,909	-
2nd	Vanuatu	$3.0M	-
3rd	Dominica	$14.4M	-
4th	St. Lucia	$15.5M	-
5th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$18.8M	77.1%
6th	Djibouti	$19.8M	-23.2%
7th	Solomon Islands	$23.4M	20.7%
8th	Viet Nam	$25.6M	-
9th	Grenada	$34.0M	58.0%
10th	São Tomé and Principe	$34.4M	46.7%
11th	Maldives	$38.9M	50.9%
12th	Cabo Verde	$39.4M	-
13th	Comoros	$54.9M	24.7%
14th	Belize	$60.2M	-4.5%
15th	Samoa	$62.6M	5.8%
16th	Lesotho	$84.4M	17.3%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	$149.4M	8.8%
18th	Botswana	$159.5M	17.6%
19th	Cambodia	$163.6M	-
20th	Gambia, The	$176.0M	28.7%
21st	Burundi	$178.6M	7.8%
22nd	Eswatini	$185.8M	-10.5%
23rd	Rwanda	$196.6M	3.6%
24th	Central African Republic	$233.4M	19.9%
25th	Chad	$259.2M	-8.8%
26th	Fiji	$276.4M	27.8%
27th	Nepal	$278.4M	36.2%
28th	Burkina Faso	$328.2M	-0.7%
29th	Lao PDR	$392.7M	11.3%
30th	Haiti	$500.1M	30.7%
31st	Mauritius	$504.8M	20.1%
32nd	Benin	$543.2M	14.4%
33rd	Sierra Leone	$603.6M	24.5%
34th	Lebanon	$621.1M	21.7%
35th	Uganda	$707.2M	2.4%
36th	Bulgaria	$772.7M	-
37th	Liberia	$813.4M	18.6%
38th	Malawi	$821.5M	-1.0%
39th	Mali	$830.3M	14.2%
40th	Guyana	$916.9M	8.8%
41st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$943.5M	75.4%
42nd	Mauritania	$960.8M	14.9%
43rd	Togo	$998.5M	-11.0%
44th	Niger	$1.0B	18.4%
45th	Gabon	$1.1B	-25.0%
46th	Papua New Guinea	$1.2B	64.7%
47th	El Salvador	$1.2B	22.4%
48th	Paraguay	$1.2B	18.3%
49th	Zimbabwe	$1.3B	60.4%
50th	Guatemala	$1.4B	7.8%
51st	Guinea	$1.4B	20.8%
52nd	Congo, Republic of	$1.5B	-2.2%
53rd	Ghana	$1.5B	10.0%
54th	Madagascar	$1.6B	29.2%
55th	Senegal	$1.7B	13.4%
56th	Honduras	$1.8B	14.9%
57th	Myanmar	$2.0B	17.1%
58th	Yemen, Republic of	$2.0B	21.1%
59th	Jordan	$2.2B	17.1%
60th	Sri Lanka	$2.2B	21.2%
61st	Jamaica	$2.3B	20.8%
62nd	Dominican Republic	$2.4B	14.0%
63rd	Nicaragua	$2.6B	12.7%
64th	Cameroon	$2.6B	2.9%
65th	Kenya	$3.2B	-4.7%
66th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$3.3B	18.9%
67th	Zambia	$3.6B	11.0%
68th	Tunisia	$3.6B	2.2%
69th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$4.0B	-14.1%
70th	Bangladesh	$4.2B	10.7%
71st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$5.1B	6.7%
72nd	Tanzania	$5.8B	9.9%
73rd	China	$5.8B	-
74th	Sudan	$6.2B	19.6%
75th	Ecuador	$7.8B	27.2%
76th	Côte d'Ivoire	$8.1B	9.1%
77th	Peru	$8.7B	-8.3%
78th	Colombia	$8.9B	25.1%
79th	Morocco	$10.6B	8.8%
80th	Pakistan	$10.6B	6.5%
81st	Thailand	$10.9B	30.8%
82nd	Nigeria	$11.4B	28.1%
83rd	Algeria	$18.4B	-5.1%
84th	Türkiye	$19.2B	0.5%
85th	Serbia	$20.7B	11.7%
86th	Philippines	$20.8B	19.3%
87th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$22.1B	15.4%
88th	India	$22.5B	8.5%
89th	Indonesia	$22.8B	8.7%
90th	Argentina	$35.8B	31.1%
91st	Mexico	$78.4B	36.2%
92nd	Brazil	$81.9B	13.8%

FAQ

What was Ghana's external debt in 1981?▾

Ghana's external debt in 1981 was $1.5B. This ranked 53rd globally.

How did Ghana's external debt change in 1981?▾

Ghana's external debt increased by 10.0% in 1981 compared to 1980.

Which country had the highest external debt in 1981?▾

Brazil had the highest external debt in 1981 at $81.9B.

What is the external debt of Ghana in 1981?▾

The external debt of Ghana in 1981 was $1.5B. This ranked 53rd globally.

What was Ghana's external debt in billion in 1981?▾

Ghana's external debt in 1981 was approximately 1.54 billion ($1.5B).

How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Ghana's external debt?▾

Ghana's external debt went from $1.4B in 1980 to $1.5B in 1981, a 10.0% increase.

← 1980

View all years

1982 →