Investment share of GDP in Ghana

Investment in Ghana was equal to 9.9% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1986.

Ghana, 2024 9.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 10.1%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 161st of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period GhanaWorld
2024 9.9% 26.3%
2023 10.1% 26.7%
2022 16.4% 27.5%
2021 17.0% 27.2%
2020 18.2% 26.5%
2019 18.6% 26.6%
2018 21.7% 26.7%
2017 19.6% 26.1%
2016 25.5% 25.7%
2015 27.7% 25.9%
2014 27.2% 25.9%
2013 24.8% 25.6%
2012 17.0% 25.5%
2011 12.8% 25.3%
2010 13.1% 24.6%
2009 16.4% 23.4%
2008 16.5% 25.5%
2007 15.4% 25.5%
2006 22.5% 25.0%
2005 29.0% 24.5%
2004 28.4% 24.1%
2003 22.9% 23.4%
2002 19.7% 23.3%
2001 26.6% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 10.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 27.2%, the figure has changed by −17.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 161st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Ghana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices