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Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Ghana

Imports (% of GDP) in Ghana in 2024 — 33.91%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 172. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 1.53 pp.

2024 33.91% +1.29 pp vs 2023
World rank 106of 172
Period maximum 67.25%2000
Period minimum 2.98%1982

Trend over time

1960–2024 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Ghana, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 35.44%1962: 28.47%1964: 23.87%1966: 19.63%1968: 20.82%1970: 22.71%1972: 15.2%1974: 21.8%1976: 16.04%1978: 9.69%1980: 9.15%1982: 2.98%1984: 10.77%1986: 20.14%1988: 24.06%1990: 25.85%1992: 28.77%1994: 36.76%1996: 40.09%1998: 46.73%2000: 67.25%2002: 54.87%2004: 60.37%2006: 39.86%2008: 44.48%2010: 45.9%2012: 52.81%2014: 35.6%2016: 36.68%2018: 34.5%2020: 35.05%2022: 35.45%2024: 33.91%
Change over the period: −1.53 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 33.91%
World 28.11%
Sub-Saharan Africa 28.63%
Western Africa computed 32.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 30.92%
Imports (% of GDP) — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 33.91 +1.29 pp
2023 32.62 −2.83 pp
2022 35.45 +2.8 pp
2021 32.65 −2.4 pp
2020 35.05 −4.33 pp
2019 39.38 +4.87 pp
2018 34.5 −2.17 pp
2017 36.67 −0.01 pp
2016 36.68 −6.01 pp
2015 42.69 +7.08 pp
2014 35.6 +0.29 pp
2013 35.32 −17.49 pp
2012 52.81 +3.45 pp
2011 49.36 +3.46 pp
2010 45.9 +3.6 pp
2009 42.3 −2.18 pp
2008 44.48 +3.66 pp
2007 40.83 +0.97 pp
2006 39.86 −21.86 pp
2005 61.72 +1.36 pp
2004 60.37 +3.76 pp
2003 56.61 +1.74 pp
2002 54.87 −9.94 pp
2001 64.81 −2.43 pp
2000 67.25 +17.62 pp
1999 49.63 +2.9 pp
1998 46.73 −6.26 pp
1997 52.99 +12.9 pp
1996 40.09 +7.17 pp
1995 32.93 −3.84 pp
1994 36.76 +0.35 pp
1993 36.42 +7.65 pp
1992 28.77 +3.24 pp
1991 25.52 −0.33 pp
1990 25.85 +1.51 pp
1989 24.34 +0.28 pp
1988 24.06 −2.12 pp
1987 26.19 +6.05 pp
1986 20.14 +6.55 pp
1985 13.59 +2.82 pp
1984 10.77 +4.78 pp
1983 5.99 +3.01 pp
1982 2.98 −2.34 pp
1981 5.32 −3.83 pp
1980 9.15 −2.01 pp
1979 11.16 +1.47 pp
1978 9.69 −1.86 pp
1977 11.55 −4.5 pp
1976 16.04 −2.39 pp
1975 18.44 −3.37 pp
1974 21.8 +5.41 pp
1973 16.4 +1.19 pp
1972 15.2 −5.04 pp
1971 20.24 −2.47 pp
1970 22.71 +2.37 pp
1969 20.34 −0.48 pp
1968 20.82 +0.88 pp
1967 19.95 +0.32 pp
1966 19.63 −7.11 pp
1965 26.74 +2.87 pp
1964 23.87 −3.59 pp
1963 27.45 −1.02 pp
1962 28.47 −7.98 pp
1961 36.45 +1.01 pp
1960 35.44 —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GN Guinea 56.38 CV Cabo Verde 54.22 MR Mauritania 52.19 SN Senegal 42.75 GH Ghana 33.91 GM Gambia 33.42 BF Burkina Faso 31.93 GW Guinea-Bissau 27.67 ML Mali 27.44 CI Côte d'Ivoire 25.24 SL Sierra Leone 23.28 BJ Benin 21.8 NE Niger 15.39
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About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

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

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