Ghana — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

About this series

Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. 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 expenditure reading stood at 18.9% of GDP in 2025. Against 23.2% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −4.31 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 22.8% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2015–2030

PeriodValue
203019.6 % of GDP
202919.2 % of GDP
202819 % of GDP
202718.9 % of GDP
202619 % of GDP
11 earlier values, back to 2015
202518.9 % of GDP
202423.2 % of GDP
202318.5 % of GDP
202227.5 % of GDP
202127.2 % of GDP
202031.5 % of GDP
201922.5 % of GDP
201820.9 % of GDP
201717.6 % of GDP
201619.9 % of GDP
201518.6 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.