Global Statistics and Country Indicators
Ghana Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1980–2026)
Government Revenue
Data table
| 1980 | 2.8% | 1992 | 4.7% | 2004 | 11.7% | 2016 | 13.1% |
| 1981 | 1.9% | 1993 | 6.7% | 2005 | 11% | 2017 | 13.6% |
| 1982 | 2.7% | 1994 | 7.7% | 2006 | 11.3% | 2018 | 14.1% |
| 1983 | 2.4% | 1995 | 8.4% | 2007 | 11.9% | 2019 | 15% |
| 1984 | 3.7% | 1996 | 6.8% | 2008 | 11.1% | 2020 | 14.1% |
| 1985 | 4.9% | 1997 | 5.8% | 2009 | 11.5% | 2021 | 15.2% |
| 1986 | 6% | 1998 | 6.5% | 2010 | 11.8% | 2022 | 15.7% |
| 1987 | 6.4% | 1999 | 5.5% | 2011 | 14% | 2023 | 15.2% |
| 1988 | 6.2% | 2000 | 8% | 2012 | 13.7% | 2024 | 15.8% |
| 1989 | 6.4% | 2001 | 10.1% | 2013 | 12.4% | 2025 | 15.7% |
| 1990 | 4.7% | 2002 | 7.9% | 2014 | 13.2% | 2026 | 16.8% |
| 1991 | 5.6% | 2003 | 10.1% | 2015 | 14.6% |
Government Revenue
Data table
| 1980 | 0M | 1992 | 36M | 2004 | 2.29B | 2016 | 28.87B |
| 1981 | 0M | 1993 | 63M | 2005 | 2.63B | 2017 | 35.78B |
| 1982 | 1M | 1994 | 99M | 2006 | 3.19B | 2018 | 43.52B |
| 1983 | 1M | 1995 | 159M | 2007 | 4.05B | 2019 | 53.38B |
| 1984 | 2M | 1996 | 186M | 2008 | 4.81B | 2020 | 55.14B |
| 1985 | 4M | 1997 | 203M | 2009 | 6.02B | 2021 | 70.1B |
| 1986 | 8M | 1998 | 279M | 2010 | 7.69B | 2022 | 96.65B |
| 1987 | 12M | 1999 | 279M | 2011 | 11.44B | 2023 | 134.7B |
| 1988 | 17M | 2000 | 539M | 2012 | 13.94B | 2024 | 186.6B |
| 1989 | 24M | 2001 | 953M | 2013 | 15.49B | 2025 | 224.9B |
| 1990 | 24M | 2002 | 957M | 2014 | 20.87B | 2026 | 268B |
| 1991 | 37M | 2003 | 1.65B | 2015 | 26.82B |
Government Spending
Data table
| 1980 | 7.5% | 1992 | 9.2% | 2004 | 13.7% | 2016 | 19.9% |
| 1981 | 5.7% | 1993 | 12.1% | 2005 | 12.9% | 2017 | 17.6% |
| 1982 | 4.7% | 1994 | 12.7% | 2006 | 14.4% | 2018 | 20.9% |
| 1983 | 3.5% | 1995 | 13% | 2007 | 16.8% | 2019 | 22.5% |
| 1984 | 4.6% | 1996 | 12.4% | 2008 | 16.6% | 2020 | 31.5% |
| 1985 | 6.1% | 1997 | 12% | 2009 | 16.6% | 2021 | 27.2% |
| 1986 | 7.3% | 1998 | 11.8% | 2010 | 19% | 2022 | 27.5% |
| 1987 | 7.3% | 1999 | 11.1% | 2011 | 19.5% | 2023 | 18.5% |
| 1988 | 7.2% | 2000 | 12% | 2012 | 22.1% | 2024 | 22% |
| 1989 | 7.2% | 2001 | 13.8% | 2013 | 21.6% | 2025 | 17% |
| 1990 | 6.6% | 2002 | 10.7% | 2014 | 21% | 2026 | 19% |
| 1991 | 7.1% | 2003 | 12.1% | 2015 | 18.6% |
Government Spending
Data table
| 1980 | 1M | 1992 | 71M | 2004 | 2.69B | 2016 | 43.68B |
| 1981 | 1M | 1993 | 114M | 2005 | 3.08B | 2017 | 46.21B |
| 1982 | 1M | 1994 | 163M | 2006 | 4.07B | 2018 | 64.48B |
| 1983 | 2M | 1995 | 244M | 2007 | 5.73B | 2019 | 80.19B |
| 1984 | 3M | 1996 | 338M | 2008 | 7.23B | 2020 | 123.5B |
| 1985 | 5M | 1997 | 417M | 2009 | 8.65B | 2021 | 125.6B |
| 1986 | 10M | 1998 | 505M | 2010 | 12.33B | 2022 | 168.9B |
| 1987 | 14M | 1999 | 568M | 2011 | 15.9B | 2023 | 164.6B |
| 1988 | 20M | 2000 | 806M | 2012 | 22.44B | 2024 | 260.2B |
| 1989 | 27M | 2001 | 1.3B | 2013 | 26.84B | 2025 | 244.2B |
| 1990 | 34M | 2002 | 1.29B | 2014 | 33.27B | 2026 | 304B |
| 1991 | 46M | 2003 | 1.98B | 2015 | 34.18B |