Ghana - GDP Growth 2017
8.13%
+4.76pp from 2016
Ghana's gdp growth was 8.13% in 2017, increased +4.76pp from 3.37% in 2016. This was the 11th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.59% | 928.6% |
| 2nd | Libya | 32.49% | 2,279.2% |
| 3rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 23.17% | -20.7% |
| 4th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 14.74% | 1,255.7% |
| 5th | Malta | 12.97% | 218.1% |
| 6th | Guinea | 10.30% | -4.8% |
| 7th | Ireland | 10.11% | 726.6% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 9.92% | 1,560.8% |
| 9th | Nepal | 8.98% | 1,973.3% |
| 10th | Romania | 8.20% | 186.6% |
| 11th | Ghana | 8.13% | 141.0% |
| 12th | Cambodia | 8.08% | 2.1% |
| 13th | Türkiye | 7.83% | 135.4% |
| 14th | Armenia | 7.50% | 3,746.2% |
| 15th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.41% | 3.3% |
| 16th | Senegal | 7.41% | 16.5% |
| 17th | Tajikistan | 7.10% | 2.9% |
| 18th | Maldives | 7.07% | 7.6% |
| 19th | Seychelles | 6.95% | -42.6% |
| 20th | Viet Nam | 6.94% | 3.7% |
| 21st | Philippines | 6.93% | -3.0% |
| 22nd | Lao PDR | 6.89% | -1.9% |
| 23rd | China | 6.89% | 1.7% |
| 24th | India | 6.80% | -17.7% |
| 25th | Tanzania | 6.73% | -2.0% |
| 26th | Bangladesh | 6.59% | -7.4% |
| 27th | Turkmenistan | 6.50% | 76.9% |
| 28th | Sri Lanka | 6.46% | 27.8% |
| 29th | Liechtenstein | 6.38% | 164.9% |
| 30th | Mauritania | 6.27% | 397.3% |
| 31st | Burkina Faso | 6.20% | 4.1% |
| 32nd | Myanmar | 6.14% | -9.2% |
| 33rd | Ecuador | 5.97% | 967.8% |
| 34th | Malaysia | 5.81% | 30.6% |
| 35th | Cyprus | 5.75% | -12.5% |
| 36th | Panama | 5.74% | 16.1% |
| 37th | Benin | 5.67% | 69.8% |
| 38th | Mongolia | 5.64% | 278.3% |
| 39th | Estonia | 5.63% | 82.2% |
| 40th | Djibouti | 5.46% | -23.4% |
| 41st | Mali | 5.38% | -8.1% |
| 42nd | Fiji | 5.35% | 118.9% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 5.17% | 70.5% |
| 44th | Czechia | 5.17% | 100.4% |
| 45th | Georgia | 5.16% | 49.6% |
| 46th | Poland | 5.15% | 70.0% |
| 47th | Indonesia | 5.07% | 0.7% |
| 48th | Morocco | 5.06% | 870.8% |
| 49th | Niger | 5.01% | -12.8% |
| 50th | Bahrain | 4.95% | 29.9% |
| 51st | Honduras | 4.84% | 24.4% |
| 52nd | Kosovo | 4.83% | -13.4% |
| 53rd | Gambia, The | 4.82% | 148.2% |
| 54th | Paraguay | 4.81% | 12.7% |
| 55th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.74% | 9.3% |
| 56th | Zimbabwe | 4.73% | 527.9% |
| 57th | Guinea-Bissau | 4.66% | -12.1% |
| 58th | Nicaragua | 4.63% | 1.5% |
| 59th | Lithuania | 4.61% | 76.4% |
| 60th | Cabo Verde | 4.55% | 6.3% |
| 61st | Central African Republic | 4.53% | -4.7% |
| 62nd | Singapore | 4.48% | 19.4% |
| 63rd | Grenada | 4.44% | 18.7% |
| 64th | Pakistan | 4.43% | 8.9% |
| 65th | Vanuatu | 4.41% | 27.1% |
| 66th | Uzbekistan | 4.40% | -25.9% |
| 67th | Israel | 4.35% | -4.2% |
| 68th | French Polynesia | 4.29% | 86.5% |
| 69th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.24% | 976.4% |
| 70th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.20% | -1.6% |
| 71st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.18% | -3.7% |
| 72nd | Thailand | 4.18% | 21.6% |
| 73rd | Moldova | 4.18% | -9.2% |
| 74th | Costa Rica | 4.16% | -1.1% |
| 75th | Hungary | 4.12% | 69.1% |
| 76th | Botswana | 4.11% | -42.9% |
| 77th | São Tomé and Principe | 4.11% | -20.6% |
| 78th | Kazakhstan | 4.10% | 355.6% |
| 79th | Togo | 4.01% | -30.1% |
| 80th | Malawi | 4.00% | 76.2% |
| 81st | Mauritius | 3.94% | 2.0% |
| 82nd | Dominican Republic | 3.93% | -41.5% |
| 83rd | Madagascar | 3.93% | -1.5% |
| 84th | Rwanda | 3.92% | -34.4% |
| 85th | Kenya | 3.84% | -8.9% |
| 86th | Burundi | 3.83% | 738.6% |
| 87th | Comoros | 3.82% | 14.9% |
| 88th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.80% | 74.5% |
| 89th | Kiribati | 3.75% | -47.1% |
| 90th | Guyana | 3.73% | -1.9% |
| 91st | Bermuda | 3.61% | 649.5% |
| 92nd | Marshall Islands | 3.56% | 41.0% |
| 93rd | Cameroon | 3.54% | -20.9% |
| 94th | Papua New Guinea | 3.53% | -35.6% |
| 95th | Zambia | 3.53% | -6.6% |
| 96th | Eswatini | 3.52% | -24.7% |
| 97th | Faroe Islands | 3.51% | 153.3% |
| 98th | Aruba | 3.49% | 184.2% |
| 99th | Iceland | 3.49% | -44.0% |
| 100th | Korea | 3.43% | 8.2% |
| 101st | Latvia | 3.40% | 33.2% |
| 102nd | St. Lucia | 3.38% | -11.2% |
| 103rd | New Zealand | 3.38% | -14.9% |
| 104th | Bahamas, The | 3.37% | 391.6% |
| 105th | Portugal | 3.31% | 65.4% |
| 106th | Finland | 3.30% | 28.4% |
| 107th | Croatia | 3.28% | -5.1% |
| 108th | Albania | 3.28% | -16.0% |
| 109th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.24% | 0.1% |
| 110th | Montenegro | 3.22% | -6.5% |
| 111th | Sierra Leone | 3.21% | -31.4% |
| 112th | Tonga | 3.20% | -51.5% |
| 113th | Cayman Islands | 3.18% | -1.7% |
| 114th | Uganda | 3.13% | 1,775.1% |
| 115th | Guatemala | 3.08% | 15.0% |
| 116th | Solomon Islands | 3.08% | -44.6% |
| 117th | Denmark | 3.06% | -0.6% |
| 118th | Canada | 3.03% | 192.0% |
| 119th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.03% | -53.7% |
| 120th | United Kingdom | 3.02% | 57.3% |
| 121st | Spain | 2.90% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Slovak Republic | 2.87% | 47.6% |
| 123rd | Isle of Man | 2.84% | -59.2% |
| 124th | Argentina | 2.82% | 235.5% |
| 125th | European Union | 2.82% | 46.8% |
| 126th | Germany | 2.80% | 26.2% |
| 127th | Netherlands | 2.78% | 14.7% |
| 128th | Bulgaria | 2.75% | -9.3% |
| 129th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.71% | -34.2% |
| 130th | Afghanistan | 2.65% | 22.3% |
| 131st | Mozambique | 2.64% | -43.8% |
| 132nd | Belarus | 2.53% | 200.2% |
| 133rd | Peru | 2.52% | -36.3% |
| 134th | Haiti | 2.51% | 38.5% |
| 135th | Jordan | 2.47% | 24.1% |
| 136th | Norway | 2.46% | 111.5% |
| 137th | United States | 2.46% | 35.0% |
| 138th | Liberia | 2.46% | 250.6% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | 2.45% | -48.7% |
| 140th | Serbia | 2.36% | -20.6% |
| 141st | Ukraine | 2.36% | -3.3% |
| 142nd | Australia | 2.29% | -14.9% |
| 143rd | Jamaica | 2.29% | -16.9% |
| 144th | Austria | 2.27% | 7.3% |
| 145th | Tunisia | 2.25% | 101.7% |
| 146th | El Salvador | 2.25% | -11.7% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.18% | 120.9% |
| 148th | Bhutan | 2.09% | -72.2% |
| 149th | France | 2.08% | 183.5% |
| 150th | Sweden | 1.88% | -11.6% |
| 151st | Mexico | 1.87% | 5.6% |
| 152nd | Russian Federation | 1.83% | 841.1% |
| 153rd | Cuba | 1.81% | 252.9% |
| 154th | Channel Islands | 1.81% | 48.9% |
| 155th | Uruguay | 1.74% | 3.0% |
| 156th | Japan | 1.68% | 122.2% |
| 157th | Italy | 1.60% | 29.7% |
| 158th | Suriname | 1.57% | 131.9% |
| 159th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.55% | -61.6% |
| 160th | Algeria | 1.50% | -61.5% |
| 161st | Belgium | 1.47% | 23.6% |
| 162nd | Greece | 1.47% | 4,703.5% |
| 163rd | West Bank and Gaza | 1.42% | -84.0% |
| 164th | Samoa | 1.41% | -82.4% |
| 165th | Switzerland | 1.36% | -35.0% |
| 166th | Colombia | 1.36% | -34.9% |
| 167th | Chile | 1.36% | -22.6% |
| 168th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.33% | 153.6% |
| 169th | Brazil | 1.32% | 140.4% |
| 170th | Luxembourg | 1.32% | -73.5% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 1.18% | -30.6% |
| 172nd | South Africa | 1.16% | 74.1% |
| 173rd | North Macedonia | 1.08% | -62.0% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 0.90% | -42.2% |
| 175th | Guam | 0.89% | 389.1% |
| 176th | Nigeria | 0.81% | 149.8% |
| 177th | Sudan | 0.71% | -84.9% |
| 178th | Barbados | 0.71% | -60.5% |
| 179th | Gabon | 0.47% | -77.4% |
| 180th | Andorra | 0.35% | -90.7% |
| 181st | Oman | 0.30% | -94.0% |
| 182nd | San Marino | 0.26% | -88.8% |
| 183rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.22% | -94.4% |
| 184th | Azerbaijan | 0.15% | 105.0% |
| 185th | Greenland | 0.05% | -98.9% |
| 186th | Angola | -0.15% | 91.2% |
| 187th | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.72% | 88.7% |
| 188th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.74% | -145.9% |
| 189th | Namibia | -1.03% | -3,121.3% |
| 190th | United Arab Emirates | -1.06% | -118.8% |
| 191st | Curaçao | -1.28% | -19.5% |
| 192nd | Qatar | -1.50% | -148.9% |
| 193rd | Chad | -1.62% | 55.7% |
| 194th | Iraq | -1.82% | -111.3% |
| 195th | Belize | -1.83% | -9,548.6% |
| 196th | Puerto Rico (US) | -2.89% | -128.3% |
| 197th | Palau | -2.99% | -279.3% |
| 198th | Lesotho | -3.14% | -267.2% |
| 199th | Timor-Leste | -3.18% | -205.7% |
| 200th | Monaco | -3.21% | -206.6% |
| 201st | Kuwait | -4.71% | -261.0% |
| 202nd | Trinidad and Tobago | -4.87% | 35.3% |
| 203rd | Yemen, Republic of | -5.07% | 45.9% |
| 204th | Congo, Republic of | -5.59% | -12.0% |
| 205th | Equatorial Guinea | -5.67% | 35.7% |
| 206th | South Sudan | -5.79% | 56.4% |
| 207th | Nauru | -6.35% | -245.5% |
| 208th | American Samoa | -6.99% | -316.1% |
| 209th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -7.54% | -878.6% |
| 210th | Dominica | -7.54% | -373.0% |
| 211th | St. Martin (French part) | -8.00% | -260.0% |
| 212th | Eritrea | -10.02% | -235.5% |
FAQ
What was Ghana's gdp growth in 2017?▾
Ghana's gdp growth in 2017 was 8.13%. This ranked 11th globally.
How did Ghana's gdp growth change in 2017?▾
Ghana's gdp growth increased by 141.0% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest gdp growth in 2017?▾
Turks and Caicos Islands had the highest gdp growth in 2017 at 74.59%.
What is the gdp growth of Ghana in 2017?▾
The gdp growth of Ghana in 2017 was 8.13%. This ranked 11th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Ghana's gdp growth?▾
Ghana's gdp growth went from 3.37% in 2016 to 8.13% in 2017, a 141.0% increase.
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