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Ghana GDP Annual Growth Rate
Last Release
Mar 31, 2024
Actual
4.7
Units In
%
Previous
3.8
Frequency
Quarterly
Next Release
Dec 18, 2024
Time to Release
2 Months 28 Days 7 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
25 Mar 2012 | -5.7 Jun 2020 | 6.01 % | 2000-2024 | Ghana Statistical Service |
Services is the largest sector of the Ghanaian economy, accounting for 52 percent of the GDP. Within services, the most important sub-sectors are: transport and storage (10 percent); information and communication (9.8 percent); trade, repair of vehicles and household goods (7 percent) and financial and insurance activities; education and public administration & defense and social security (4 percent each). Also, industry accounts for 26 percent of the GDP with mining and quarrying (10 percent); construction (8 percent) and manufacturing (7 percent). Agriculture accounts for 22 percent, mainly crops (17 percent). On the expenditure side, household consumption is the main component of the GDP and accounts for 81 percent of its total use, followed by gross fixed capital formation (11 percent); government expenditure (10 percent) and changes in stocks (2 percent). Exports of goods and services account for 48 percent of GDP while imports for 52 percent, subtracting 4 percent of total GDP.
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Ghana recorded a 6.9% annual economic growth in Q2 2024, the highest in five years, following an upwardly revised 4.8% rise in the previous three-month period. All three key sectors saw increased output, with the services sector growing by 5.8% and continuing to be the largest contributor to the economy. The industrial sector expanded by 9.3%, driven by mining and quarrying, with the gold sector growing by 23.6% for the third consecutive quarter. Agriculture grew by 5.4%, despite the cocoa subsector contracting for the fourth straight quarter by 26.2%. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, GDP rose by 1.6% in Q2, up from 1.2% in the previous quarter. The gold-, oil-, and cocoa-rich country is emerging from a lengthy debt restructuring and is currently in the second year of an International Monetary Fund program that has involved tough austerity measures.
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