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Current account to GDP in Ghana

Latest: 8.2%
Previous: 1.9%
Change: +6.30 (+328.5%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Current account to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Current account to GDP in Ghana
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	0.6%
Dec 31, 1976	-2.7%
Dec 31, 1977	-2.5%
Dec 31, 1978	-1.3%
Dec 31, 1979	3.1%
Dec 31, 1980	0.7%
Dec 31, 1981	-9.9%
Dec 31, 1982	-2.7%
Dec 31, 1983	-4.2%
Dec 31, 1984	-0.9%
Dec 31, 1985	-3.0%
Dec 31, 1986	-1.5%
Dec 31, 1987	-1.9%
Dec 31, 1988	-1.3%
Dec 31, 1989	-1.8%
Dec 31, 1990	-3.8%
Dec 31, 1991	-3.8%
Dec 31, 1992	-5.9%
Dec 31, 1993	-9.4%
Dec 31, 1994	-4.7%
Dec 31, 1995	-2.2%
Dec 31, 1996	-4.4%
Dec 31, 1997	-5.9%
Dec 31, 1998	-7.0%
Dec 31, 1999	-12.5%
Dec 31, 2000	-7.8%
Dec 31, 2001	-8.0%
Dec 31, 2002	-1.7%
Dec 31, 2003	1.3%
Dec 31, 2004	-6.6%
Dec 31, 2005	-10.3%
Dec 31, 2006	-5.1%
Dec 31, 2007	-9.6%
Dec 31, 2008	-11.6%
Dec 31, 2009	-7.3%
Dec 31, 2010	-8.5%
Dec 31, 2011	-9.0%
Dec 31, 2012	-11.9%
Dec 31, 2013	-9.1%
Dec 31, 2014	-6.8%
Dec 31, 2015	-5.7%
Dec 31, 2016	-5.0%
Dec 31, 2017	-3.3%
Dec 31, 2018	-3.0%
Dec 31, 2019	-2.7%
Dec 31, 2020	-3.0%
Dec 31, 2021	-2.8%
Dec 31, 2022	-2.3%
Dec 31, 2023	-0.9%
Dec 31, 2024	1.9%
Dec 31, 2025	8.2%

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