Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit in Ghana
Ghana: Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit was 14.80 billion DOD, current US$ in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit in Ghana, 1970–2011
Source: World Bank, Global Development Finance. Measured in DOD, current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Ghana is 14.80 billion DOD, current US$, measured in 2011. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.0% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Ghana peaked at 14.80 billion DOD, current US$ in 2011 and was at its lowest, 858,000 DOD, current US$, in 1970.
Ghana ranks 11th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit in Ghana, year by year
| Year | DOD, current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 858,000 DOD, current US$ | — |
| 1971 | 1.04 billion DOD, current US$ | +121292.8% |
| 1972 | 1.17 billion DOD, current US$ | +12.7% |
| 1973 | 1.46 billion DOD, current US$ | +24.5% |
| 1974 | 1.50 billion DOD, current US$ | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 1.37 billion DOD, current US$ | -8.7% |
| 1976 | 1.33 billion DOD, current US$ | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 1.59 billion DOD, current US$ | +19.7% |
| 1978 | 1.73 billion DOD, current US$ | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 1.94 billion DOD, current US$ | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 2.33 billion DOD, current US$ | +20.2% |
| 1981 | 2.33 billion DOD, current US$ | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 2.40 billion DOD, current US$ | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 2.48 billion DOD, current US$ | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 2.40 billion DOD, current US$ | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 2.70 billion DOD, current US$ | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 3.54 billion DOD, current US$ | +31.1% |
| 1987 | 4.59 billion DOD, current US$ | +29.6% |
| 1988 | 4.43 billion DOD, current US$ | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 4.70 billion DOD, current US$ | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 5.34 billion DOD, current US$ | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 5.86 billion DOD, current US$ | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 6.17 billion DOD, current US$ | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 6.74 billion DOD, current US$ | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 7.65 billion DOD, current US$ | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 8.45 billion DOD, current US$ | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 9.20 billion DOD, current US$ | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 9.39 billion DOD, current US$ | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 10.53 billion DOD, current US$ | +12.2% |
| 1999 | 10.81 billion DOD, current US$ | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 10.63 billion DOD, current US$ | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 11.30 billion DOD, current US$ | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 12.35 billion DOD, current US$ | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 13.23 billion DOD, current US$ | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 12.27 billion DOD, current US$ | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 12.12 billion DOD, current US$ | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 4.54 billion DOD, current US$ | -62.5% |
| 2007 | 7.13 billion DOD, current US$ | +57.1% |
| 2008 | 8.17 billion DOD, current US$ | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 10.07 billion DOD, current US$ | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 12.23 billion DOD, current US$ | +21.5% |
| 2011 | 14.80 billion DOD, current US$ | +21.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.31 billion DOD, current US$ | 858,000 DOD, current US$ | 1.94 billion DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.19 billion DOD, current US$ | 2.33 billion DOD, current US$ | 4.70 billion DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.01 billion DOD, current US$ | 5.34 billion DOD, current US$ | 10.81 billion DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.18 billion DOD, current US$ | 4.54 billion DOD, current US$ | 13.23 billion DOD, current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.52 billion DOD, current US$ | 12.23 billion DOD, current US$ | 14.80 billion DOD, current US$ | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 8 Ethiopia 15.88 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 9 Tanzania, United Republic of 15.37 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 10 Kenya 15.13 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 12 Nigeria 12.79 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 13 Zimbabwe 9.11 billion DOD, current US$ compare
- 14 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.88 billion DOD, current US$ compare
More external debt data for Ghana
- IFC, private nonguaranteed -35.10 million NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita -1.02 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP -0.0004 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre -281.78 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 1.1% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA 843.42 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 24.5 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0101 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net financial flows, IBRD -2.25 million NFL, current US$ (2005)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Ghana?
- Debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit in Ghana was 14.80 billion DOD, current US$ in 2011, according to World Bank, Global Development Finance.
- What is the highest debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 14.80 billion DOD, current US$ in 2011.
- What is the lowest debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 858,000 DOD, current US$ in 1970.
- How does Ghana rank for debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit?
- Ghana ranks 11th out of 50 countries with data for 2011.
- Is debt outstanding and disbursed, long-term debt including imf credit rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as part of Debt outstanding and disbursed, Long-term debt including IMF credit (DOD, current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Use of IMF credit denotes repurchase obligations to the IMF for all uses of IMF resources (excluding those resulting from drawings on the reserve tranche). These obligations, shown for the end of the year specified, comprise purchases outstanding under the credit tranches, including enlarged access resources, and all special facilities (the buffer stock, compensatory financing, extended fund, and oil facilities), trust fund loans, and operations under the structural adjustment and enhanced structural adjustment facilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.