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Government Expense / Ghana
Public Finance

Ghana Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Ghana, including latest value (22.68), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Ghana
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Ghana · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
63 / 100
Moderate risk · limited data
Fiscal stability 9.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 12 / 20
External stability 13.6 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability n/a
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 62% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2001–2022 2001– 2022
2001 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Ghana · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

2001–2022
22.68 percent of GDP
20.75 percent of GDP
19.09 percent of GDP
50 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2022
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
South Africa 33.42
Egypt 30.23
Morocco 26.61
United States 24.9
Germany 31.17

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

Ghana Snapshot

country profile
Population 34.43 m
GDP 82.31 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 22.85%
Unemployment 2.98%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Lower middle income

Ghana Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for Ghana. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: ghana government expense rate, government expense data ghana, ghana government expense statistics, ghana percent of gdp.