Current account balance in Ghana
The current account balance of Ghana was 8.2% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1975.
Ghana, 2025
8.2%
Change from 2024
+6.3percentage points
Current account balance in Ghana over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ghana |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.2% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | -2.8% |
| 2020 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | -3.0% |
| 2017 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | -5.0% |
| 2015 | -5.7% |
| 2014 | -6.8% |
| 2013 | -9.1% |
| 2012 | -11.9% |
| 2011 | -9.0% |
| 2010 | -8.5% |
| 2009 | -7.3% |
| 2008 | -11.6% |
| 2007 | -9.6% |
| 2006 | -5.1% |
| 2005 | -10.3% |
| 2004 | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 1.3% |
| 2002 | -1.7% |
| 2001 | -8.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +6.3 percentage points from 1.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -5.7%, the figure has changed by +13.9 percentage points.