Ghana Interest Payments

Current and historical interest payments data for Ghana, including latest value (21.58), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Ghana
UNIT: percent of revenue
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:14:49+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: 1990–2023 19902023
1990 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

Ghana · interest payments as a percentage of government revenue.

1990–2023
21.58 percent of revenue
47.27 percent of revenue
36.27 percent of revenue
6 selected year
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1990 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2023
interest payments rate reference line

Countries by interest payments

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 33.98 high
Egypt 33.25 high
Bahrain 31.94 high
Brazil 30.09 high
Kenya 24.28 high
Ghana 21.58 medium
Bangladesh 20.83 medium
United States 20.29 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 17.29
Egypt 33.25
Morocco 8.01
China 3.44

Related indicators

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

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:14:49+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 Interest Payments: 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 Interest Payments 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 interest payments rate, interest payments data ghana, ghana interest payments statistics, ghana percent of revenue.