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Ghana Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Ghana › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Ghana indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Cedi
Currency Symbol: GHC

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Ghana , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ghana in year 2010 is -7.245 %

This makes Ghana No. 124 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Ghana is 4.57 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ghana was -3.98 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ghana in 2010 was or will be 81.99% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ghana was or will be -6.76 %, which is 6.68% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ghana, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -2.347
  2015 -1.832
  2014 -2.045
  2013 -3.807
  2012 -5.158
  2011 -6.761
2010 -7.245
  2009 -3.981
  2008 -10.795
  2007 -7.956
  2006 -6.199
  2005 -5.143
  2004 -2.46
  2003 -1.136
  2002 -0.71
  2001 -3.93
  2000 -5.347
  1999 -6.987
  1998 -3.101
  1997 -6.094
  1996 -1.842
  1995 -1.878
  1994 -3.442
  1993 -6.455
  1992 -3.452
  1991 -2.321
  1990 -1.954
  1989 -1.183
  1988 -1.11
  1987 -1.798
  1986 -1.462
  1985 -1.98
  1984 -0.974
  1983 -1.343
  1982 -0.3
  1981 -2.039
  1980 0.116