Ghana Tax Revenue

Ghana tax revenue data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 12.39 percent of GDP.
COUNTRY: Ghana
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
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UPDATED: 2026-06-08 04:13:02
Economy Data Rating
Ghana · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
61 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 13.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 12 / 20
External stability 13.6 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.9 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 83% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2023 19902023
1990 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

Ghana · tax revenue as a percentage of gdp.

1990–2023
12.39 percent of GDP
12.3 percent of GDP
11.81 percent of GDP
51 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2023
tax revenue rate reference line

Countries by tax revenue

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Denmark 33.36
New Zealand 29.67
Luxembourg 28.64
Greece 27.38
Sweden 27.28
United Kingdom 26.96
Austria 25.78
Italy 25.63

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 12.52
Kenya 14.06
China 7.01

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-08 04:13:02

Ghana Snapshot

country profile
Population 34.43 m
GDP 82.31 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 14.2%
Unemployment 2.98%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Lower middle income

Ghana Tax Revenue: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Tax Revenue for Ghana. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: ghana tax revenue rate, tax revenue data ghana, ghana tax revenue statistics, ghana percent of gdp, tax revenue as a percentage of gdp..