Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Ghana

Government consumption in US dollars in Ghana in 2024 — 3,999,669,268 US$. Ranked 107 in the world out of 168. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3,182.1%.

2024 4B US$ −9.71% vs 2023
World rank 107of 168
Period maximum 6.37B US$2021
Period minimum 122M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Ghana, 1960–202402B4B6B8B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 121,863,082 US$1962: 142,873,958 US$1964: 203,105,137 US$1966: 277,343,566 US$1968: 279,452,478 US$1970: 284,355,153 US$1972: 266,381,568 US$1974: 353,416,149 US$1976: 338,559,322 US$1978: 413,787,086 US$1980: 496,265,560 US$1982: 261,577,965 US$1984: 320,303,327 US$1986: 634,768,955 US$1988: 504,598,497 US$1990: 548,365,833 US$1992: 776,834,154 US$1994: 747,425,917 US$1996: 834,989,330 US$1998: 772,460,916 US$2000: 506,836,429 US$2002: 608,774,547 US$2004: 1,081,118,294 US$2006: 1,813,240,965 US$2008: 2,504,186,168 US$2010: 2,276,213,074 US$2012: 4,855,345,842 US$2014: 4,520,708,198 US$2016: 4,428,052,761 US$2018: 4,778,629,396 US$2020: 5,484,032,885 US$2022: 4,917,487,063 US$2024: 3,999,669,268 US$
Change over the period: +3.88B (+3,182.1%) Average annual rate: 5.61 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 4B US$
World 18.65T US$
Western Africa computed 36.22B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 918B US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 4B −430M −9.71%
2023 4.43B −488M −9.92%
2022 4.92B −1.45B −22.75%
2021 6.37B +882M +16.08%
2020 5.48B +670M +13.91%
2019 4.81B +35.59M +0.74%
2018 4.78B +578M +13.75%
2017 4.2B −227M −5.13%
2016 4.43B +631M +16.62%
2015 3.8B −724M −16.01%
2014 4.52B −999M −18.1%
2013 5.52B +665M +13.69%
2012 4.86B −569M −10.48%
2011 5.42B +3.15B +138.29%
2010 2.28B +303M +15.37%
2009 1.97B −531M −21.21%
2008 2.5B +388M +18.32%
2007 2.12B +303M +16.73%
2006 1.81B +168M +10.24%
2005 1.64B +564M +52.14%
2004 1.08B +201M +22.81%
2003 880M +272M +44.6%
2002 609M +92.04M +17.81%
2001 517M +9.89M +1.95%
2000 507M −330M −39.44%
1999 837M +64.44M +8.34%
1998 772M −79.02M −9.28%
1997 851M +16.49M +1.98%
1996 835M +54.51M +6.98%
1995 780M +33.05M +4.42%
1994 747M −115M −13.34%
1993 862M +85.64M +11.02%
1992 777M +151M +24.06%
1991 626M +77.82M +14.19%
1990 548M +31.33M +6.06%
1989 517M +12.44M +2.46%
1988 505M −35.07M −6.5%
1987 540M −95.1M −14.98%
1986 635M +211M +49.95%
1985 423M +103M +32.17%
1984 320M +82.49M +34.69%
1983 238M −23.77M −9.09%
1982 262M −110M −29.52%
1981 371M −125M −25.21%
1980 496M +82.73M +20.01%
1979 414M −254,322 −0.06%
1978 414M +11.22M +2.79%
1977 403M +64.01M +18.91%
1976 339M −27.4M −7.49%
1975 366M +12.54M +3.55%
1974 353M +25.34M +7.72%
1973 328M +61.69M +23.16%
1972 266M −46.88M −14.96%
1971 313M +28.9M +10.16%
1970 284M +4.9M +1.75%
1969 279M +0 +0%
1968 279M +18.07M +6.91%
1967 261M −15.96M −5.76%
1966 277M −19.61M −6.6%
1965 297M +93.85M +46.21%
1964 203M +28.01M +16%
1963 175M +32.22M +22.55%
1962 143M +1.4M +0.99%
1961 141M +19.61M +16.09%
1960 122M

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.