Barbados vs Ghana: Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money)
Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money) over time
- Barbados
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.2% against 0.0% in Barbados, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Ghana's figure about 5.3 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Ghana ahead.
Barbados ranks 111th and Ghana ranks 108th of 167 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1% | 10.0% | 10.2% | Ghana |
| 1970s | 3.5% | 25.1% | 21.6% | Ghana |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 47.8% | 46.4% | Ghana |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 21.7% | 20.2% | Ghana |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 13.2% | 12.1% | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 9.4% | 8.9% | Ghana |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 21.7% | 20.1% | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, Barbados or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.2% against 0.0% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on central government between Barbados and Ghana?
- 0.2%, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Ghana?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Ghana rank globally for claims on central government?
- Barbados ranks 111th and Ghana ranks 108th of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money.