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Ghana - Government Debt to GDP 2015

Name: Ghana Government Debt to GDP 2015
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General government gross debt as % of GDP · IMF WEO

53.90% +3.79% from 2014 Global rank: 120th

Ghana's government debt to gdp was 53.90% in 2015, increased +3.79% from 50.11% in 2014. This was the 120th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Government Debt to GDP by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.06%	-4.6%
2nd	Liechtenstein	0.49%	-3.8%
3rd	Timor-Leste	2.95%	93.6%
4th	Brunei Darussalam	2.95%	-8.6%
5th	Kuwait	4.60%	34.3%
6th	Saudi Arabia	5.47%	264.6%
7th	Uzbekistan	6.72%	10.4%
8th	Algeria	7.73%	12.8%
9th	Solomon Islands	7.88%	-22.4%
10th	Afghanistan	9.15%	5.2%
11th	Estonia	10.79%	-6.7%
12th	Oman	13.86%	243.1%
13th	Comoros	14.27%	20.7%
14th	Tuvalu	14.37%	-12.3%
15th	Nigeria	14.93%	15.8%
16th	Russian Federation	15.29%	1.0%
17th	United Arab Emirates	15.61%	15.9%
18th	Eswatini	15.98%	13.7%
19th	Chile	17.38%	15.7%
20th	Azerbaijan	17.98%	110.7%
21st	Paraguay	18.61%	19.4%
22nd	Kiribati	18.80%	109.4%
23rd	Turkmenistan	18.95%	18.7%
24th	San Marino	19.31%	-8.1%
25th	Luxembourg	21.13%	-3.3%
26th	Palau	21.69%	-21.2%
27th	Kazakhstan	21.88%	51.0%
28th	Cambodia	23.26%	-3.8%
29th	Peru	23.69%	15.8%
30th	Haiti	23.89%	11.9%
31st	Botswana	24.45%	2.2%
32nd	Guatemala	24.77%	0.3%
33rd	Liberia	24.77%	1.8%
34th	Bulgaria	25.36%	-3.5%
35th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	25.48%	11.9%
36th	Nepal	25.73%	-6.6%
37th	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.97%	-8.5%
38th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.40%	11.7%
39th	Indonesia	27.01%	9.6%
40th	Türkiye	27.13%	-3.7%
41st	Uganda	28.02%	13.1%
42nd	Bangladesh	28.21%	-1.7%
43rd	Sierra Leone	28.36%	5.6%
44th	Nicaragua	28.91%	0.8%
45th	Côte d'Ivoire	29.17%	9.2%
46th	Niger	29.87%	35.2%
47th	Papua New Guinea	29.93%	11.3%
48th	Mali	30.66%	14.0%
49th	Benin	30.90%	38.7%
50th	Burkina Faso	31.25%	19.8%
51st	Chad	31.30%	6.3%
52nd	Cameroon	31.62%	52.7%
53rd	Equatorial Guinea	31.66%	152.0%
54th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	32.07%	194.1%
55th	Rwanda	33.08%	13.5%
56th	Marshall Islands	33.88%	-3.1%
57th	Zimbabwe	34.09%	16.8%
58th	New Zealand	34.17%	0.0%
59th	Panama	34.24%	-1.4%
60th	Norway	34.27%	15.7%
61st	Tajikistan	35.02%	25.6%
62nd	Malawi	35.46%	5.8%
63rd	Qatar	35.55%	42.7%
64th	Georgia	36.02%	18.7%
65th	Vanuatu	36.28%	79.4%
66th	Ecuador	36.44%	29.4%
67th	Myanmar	36.60%	6.1%
68th	West Bank and Gaza	37.07%	9.2%
69th	Australia	37.73%	10.8%
70th	North Macedonia	38.00%	-0.1%
71st	Latvia	38.28%	-11.1%
72nd	Korea	38.84%	2.6%
73rd	Romania	39.35%	-2.8%
74th	Czechia	39.47%	-5.0%
75th	Tanzania	39.52%	8.6%
76th	Philippines	39.69%	-1.5%
77th	Costa Rica	39.79%	6.3%
78th	Burundi	39.93%	5.1%
79th	Djibouti	40.26%	49.9%
80th	China	40.78%	3.7%
81st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	40.91%	8.8%
82nd	Andorra	40.96%	-2.5%
83rd	Suriname	41.18%	63.3%
84th	Guinea	41.53%	29.5%
85th	Namibia	42.09%	52.7%
86th	Moldova	42.10%	19.0%
87th	Switzerland	42.16%	0.2%
88th	Guyana	42.20%	9.1%
89th	Honduras	42.25%	-1.8%
90th	Thailand	42.56%	-1.8%
91st	Lithuania	42.57%	4.6%
92nd	Madagascar	44.06%	16.4%
93rd	Fiji	44.28%	-4.2%
94th	Sweden	44.47%	-2.7%
95th	Senegal	44.51%	5.1%
96th	Denmark	44.55%	-8.5%
97th	Gabon	44.70%	31.2%
98th	Dominican Republic	44.81%	-0.5%
99th	South Africa	45.20%	4.5%
100th	Lesotho	45.81%	10.4%
101st	Kenya	45.83%	11.0%
102nd	Viet Nam	46.12%	5.7%
103rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.38%	-1.6%
104th	Armenia	48.28%	10.6%
105th	Iraq	48.34%	75.3%
106th	Bahamas, The	49.94%	4.6%
107th	Colombia	50.38%	16.3%
108th	Angola	50.39%	42.8%
109th	Mongolia	50.55%	15.0%
110th	Mexico	50.97%	8.2%
111th	Poland	51.06%	-0.1%
112th	Tonga	51.12%	7.9%
113th	Slovak Republic	51.60%	-3.4%
114th	Togo	52.38%	16.6%
115th	Tunisia	52.40%	3.3%
116th	Argentina	52.56%	17.6%
117th	Puerto Rico (US)	52.74%	-3.3%
118th	Belarus	53.01%	36.6%
119th	Lao PDR	53.05%	-0.9%
120th	Ghana	53.90%	7.6%
121st	Central African Republic	54.36%	-5.5%
122nd	Maldives	54.84%	-0.4%
123rd	Malta	55.05%	-9.4%
124th	Guinea-Bissau	56.35%	-6.3%
125th	Samoa	56.37%	2.7%
126th	Malaysia	56.97%	2.9%
127th	Yemen, Republic of	57.74%	18.0%
128th	Uruguay	57.76%	13.0%
129th	Morocco	58.39%	-0.3%
130th	South Sudan	58.65%	55.6%
131st	Pakistan	59.06%	0.5%
132nd	Mauritania	59.89%	20.9%
133rd	St. Lucia	60.55%	-2.1%
134th	Zambia	61.87%	82.7%
135th	St. Kitts and Nevis	62.19%	-10.3%
136th	Israel	62.85%	-3.1%
137th	Mauritius	63.02%	6.6%
138th	Bahrain	63.18%	48.2%
139th	Netherlands	63.80%	-5.0%
140th	Seychelles	64.67%	-8.1%
141st	Belize	65.08%	5.7%
142nd	Serbia	67.08%	5.7%
143rd	Kyrgyz Republic	67.09%	25.2%
144th	Finland	68.76%	6.1%
145th	Dominica	68.87%	-4.5%
146th	India	69.03%	2.9%
147th	Gambia, The	69.37%	-2.4%
148th	Montenegro	69.51%	9.4%
149th	Germany	71.18%	-4.5%
150th	Brazil	71.73%	16.4%
151st	El Salvador	73.46%	2.3%
152nd	Albania	73.72%	2.4%
153rd	Ireland	74.03%	-27.0%
154th	Aruba	74.18%	-4.5%
155th	Congo, Republic of	74.18%	75.3%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	75.10%	0.1%
157th	Hungary	75.72%	-1.0%
158th	Sri Lanka	76.33%	9.7%
159th	Ukraine	79.33%	12.8%
160th	Croatia	82.77%	-0.5%
161st	Jordan	83.40%	6.1%
162nd	Slovenia	83.42%	2.8%
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	83.75%	3.6%
164th	Austria	85.62%	0.5%
165th	Mozambique	86.03%	35.7%
166th	United Kingdom	87.87%	0.9%
167th	Grenada	90.10%	-9.3%
168th	Bhutan	90.16%	0.4%
169th	Canada	92.03%	7.6%
170th	Antigua and Barbuda	92.13%	0.3%
171st	Sudan	93.20%	10.4%
172nd	Iceland	96.32%	-15.6%
173rd	France	96.94%	0.8%
174th	São Tomé and Principe	101.13%	9.3%
175th	Singapore	102.17%	4.5%
176th	Spain	102.44%	-1.9%
177th	United States	105.42%	0.5%
178th	Belgium	105.57%	-0.9%
179th	Cyprus	111.55%	-1.3%
180th	Nauru	112.97%	-23.5%
181st	Cabo Verde	115.75%	9.5%
182nd	Jamaica	115.93%	-13.7%
183rd	Portugal	131.02%	-1.1%
184th	Barbados	131.62%	7.5%
185th	Italy	134.79%	0.0%
186th	Lebanon	140.84%	1.8%
187th	Greece	180.00%	-1.5%
188th	Japan	228.28%	-2.1%
189th	Eritrea	271.41%	32.7%

FAQ

What was Ghana's government debt to gdp in 2015?▾

Ghana's government debt to gdp in 2015 was 53.90%. This ranked 120th globally.

How did Ghana's government debt to gdp change in 2015?▾

Ghana's government debt to gdp increased by 7.6% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2015?▾

Eritrea had the highest government debt to gdp in 2015 at 271.41%.

What is the government debt to gdp of Ghana in 2015?▾

The government debt to gdp of Ghana in 2015 was 53.90%. This ranked 120th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Ghana's government debt to gdp?▾

Ghana's government debt to gdp went from 50.11% in 2014 to 53.90% in 2015, a 7.6% increase.

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