Ghana vs Rwanda: Debt on Concessional terms to GDP
Debt on Concessional terms to GDP over time
- Ghana
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 15.2% against 12.7% in Ghana, a difference of 2.5%.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Rwanda ahead.
Ghana ranks 33rd and Rwanda ranks 30th of 50 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.7% | 4.8% | 9.9% | Ghana |
| 1980s | 23.1% | 17.6% | 5.5% | Ghana |
| 1990s | 48.3% | 58.4% | 10.2% | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 47.2% | 47.3% | 0.1% | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 12.7% | 14.3% | 1.6% | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher debt on concessional terms to gdp, Ghana or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 15.2% against 12.7% in Ghana as of 2011.
- What is the difference in debt on concessional terms to gdp between Ghana and Rwanda?
- 2.5%, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Rwanda?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2011.
- How do Ghana and Rwanda rank globally for debt on concessional terms to gdp?
- Ghana ranks 33rd and Rwanda ranks 30th of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as Debt on Concessional terms to GDP (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Concessional Long-term Debt Outstanding and Disbursed (LDOD) conveys information about the borrower's receipt of aid from official lenders at concessional terms as defined by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD. Concessional debt is defined as loans with an original grant element of 25 percent or more. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. Loans from major regional development banks--African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank--and from the World Bank are classified as concessional according to each institution's classification and not according to the DAC definition, as was the practice in earlier reports. LDOD is the total outstanding long-term debt at year end. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents and repayable in currency, goods, or services.