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Republic of Ghana
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EconomyGhana
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Economy - overview:
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Well endowed with natural resources, Ghana has roughly twice the per capita output of the poorest countries in West Africa. Even so, Ghana remains heavily dependent on international financial and technical assistance. Gold and cocoa production, and individual remittances, are major sources of foreign exchange. Oil roduction is expected to expand in late 2010 or early 2011. The domestic economy continues to revolve around agriculture, which accounts for about 35% of GDP and employs about 55% of the work force, mainly small landholders. Ghana signed a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in 2006, which aims to assist in transforming Ghana's agricultural sector. Ghana opted for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) program in 2002, and is also benefiting from the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative that took effect in 2006. Thematic priorities under its current Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy, which also provides the framework for development partner assistance, are: macroeconomic stability; private sector competitiveness; human resource development; and good governance and civic responsibility. Sound macro-economic management along with high prices for gold and cocoa helped sustain GDP growth in 2008 and 2009.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$36.58 billion (2009 est.)
$34.94 billion (2008 est.)
$32.56 billion (2007 est.)
note: data are in 2009 US dollars

GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$1,500 (2009 est.)
$1,500 (2008 est.)
$1,400 (2007 est.)
note: data are in 2009 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):
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$14.76 billion (2009 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
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4.7% (2009 est.)
7.3% (2008 est.)
6.3% (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 37.3%
industry: 25.3%
services: 37.5% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
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35% of GDP (2009 est.)

Population below poverty line:
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28.5% (2007 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 32.8% (2006)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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39.4 (2005-06)
40.7 (1999)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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19.6% (2009 est.)
16.5% (2008 est.)

Central bank discount rate:
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17% (31 December 2008)
13.5% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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NA% (31 December 2008) NA% (31 December 2008)

Stock of money:
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$NA (31 December 2008)
$2.179 billion (31 December 2006)

Stock of money - per capita:
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1 USD per capita

Stock of quasi money:
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$NA (31 December 2008)
$2.174 billion (31 December 2006)

Stock of quasi money - per capita:
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void

Stock of domestic credit:
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$4.179 billion (31 December 2006) $NA (31 December 2008)
$4.173 billion (31 December 2006)

Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
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175 USD per capita

Labor force:
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10.33 million (2009 est.)

Labor force participation rate:
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43.24 % of population

Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 56%
industry: 15%
services: 29% (2005 est.)

Unemployment rate:
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11% (2000 est.)

Budget:
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revenues: $4.547 billion
expenditures: $6.124 billion (2009 est.)

Budget revenues per capita:
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191 USD per capita

Public debt:
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67.5% of GDP (2009 est.)
53.8% of GDP (2008 est.)

Industries:
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mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing, cement, small commercial ship building

Industrial production growth rate:
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4.5% (2009 est.)

Electricity - production:
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6.746 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production per capita:
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283 kWh per capita

Electricity - consumption:
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5.702 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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239 kWh per capita

Electricity - exports:
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249 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:
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435 million kWh (2007 est.)

Oil - production:
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7,399 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil - production per capita:
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310 bbl/day per capita

Oil - consumption:
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56,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil - consumption - per capita:
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0.86 bbl/year per capita

Oil - exports:
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4,843 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - imports:
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45,380 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - proved reserves:
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15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - production per capita:
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void

Natural gas - consumption:
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0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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void

Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
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22.65 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

Agriculture - products:
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cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber

Current account balance:
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$-2.666 billion (2009 est.)
$-3.471 billion (2008 est.)

Current account balance - per capita:
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-111 USD per capita

Exports:
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$5.737 billion (2009 est.)
$5.275 billion (2008 est.)

Exports per capita:
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241 USD per capita

Exports - commodities:
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gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticulture

Exports - partners:
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Netherlands 13.5%, Ukraine 11.8%, UK 8%, France 5.7%, US 5.2% (2008)

Imports:
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$9.807 billion (2009 est.)
$10.26 billion (2008 est.)

Imports per capita:
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411 USD per capita

Imports - commodities:
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capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
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China 15.6%, Nigeria 14.7%, India 7.4%, US 5.5%, France 4.4%, UK 4.4% (2008)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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$1.854 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
$2.028 billion (31 December 2008 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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78 USD per capita

Debt - external:
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$5.84 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
$5.055 billion (31 December 2008 est.)

Debt - external - per capita:
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245 USD per capita

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
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void

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
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void

Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$3.394 billion (31 December 2008)
$2.38 billion (31 December 2007)
$3.233 billion (31 December 2006)

Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
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143 USD per capita

Economic aid - donor:
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void

Economic aid - recipient:
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$1.316 billion

Economic aid - recipient per capita:
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56 USD per capita

Currency (code):
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Ghana cedi (GHC)

Exchange rates:
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cedis (GHC) per US dollar - 1.4 (2009), 1.1 (2008), 0.95 (2007), 9,174.8 (2006), 9,072.5 (2005)
note: in 2007 Ghana revalued its currency with 10,000 old cedis equal to 1 new cedis

Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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