Tax revenue in Ghana
Central government tax revenue in Ghana was equal to 12.4% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2012.
Ghana, 2023
12.4%
Change from 2022
+0.1percentage points
World, 2023
13.9%
Tax revenue in Ghana over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 13.9% |
| 2023 | 12.4% | 13.9% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | 14.5% |
| 2021 | 12.2% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 11.3% | 13.7% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | 13.8% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 11.7% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | 14.0% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | 13.8% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | 13.7% |
| 2010 | 13.4% | 13.3% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 13.9% | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 13.9% | 14.8% |
| 2006 | 12.5% | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 21.3% | 14.1% |
| 2004 | 21.8% | 14.5% |
| 2003 | 18.5% | 14.4% |
| 2002 | 17.5% | 14.6% |
| 2001 | 17.2% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 12.3% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 10.7%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 13.9%.