Liquid liabilities to GDP in Ghana
Ghana: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 29.6% in 2021. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Ghana, 1960β2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, liquid liabilities to gdp in Ghana stood at 29.6%.
That represents a change of down 11.3% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Ghana peaked at 33.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 1962.
That places Ghana 152nd out of 185 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.0% | 5.2% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 9.5% | 7.7% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.8% | 11.3% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.6% | 14.1% | 24.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.3% | 21.4% | 32.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.0% | 24.9% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.5% | 29.6% | 33.4% | 2 |
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- 153 Kazakhstan 29.6% compare
- 154 Eswatini 29.1% compare
- 155 Dominican Republic 28.9% compare
More financial sector data for Ghana
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 8.2% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.64 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 269.34 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets 60.01 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 8.9% (2024)
- Broad money 29.9% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 12.8% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 8.9% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 12.56 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -17,079 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Ghana?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Ghana was 29.6% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 33.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 1962.
- How does Ghana rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Ghana ranks 152nd out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.