Ghana — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2030 · 80 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

For Ghana, the combined government deficit reading stood at −2.73% of GDP in 2025. Against −7.31% of GDP in 2024, the period change was +4.59 percentage points. It was above the selected 10-year average of −7.97% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2015–2030

PeriodValue
2030-2.51 % of GDP
2029-2.1 % of GDP
2028-1.92 % of GDP
2027-1.7 % of GDP
2026-1.91 % of GDP
11 earlier values, back to 2015
2025-2.73 % of GDP
2024-7.31 % of GDP
2023-3.37 % of GDP
2022-11.8 % of GDP
2021-12 % of GDP
2020-17.4 % of GDP
2019-7.52 % of GDP
2018-6.79 % of GDP
2017-3.97 % of GDP
2016-6.75 % of GDP
2015-4.01 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.