Debt burden, financial obligation or loan payment, heavy load of money failure, mortgage or borrowing money problem concept, tried businessman carrying big debt money bag losing money banknotes.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s public debt stock increased to GH\u00a2674.1 billion as of February 2026.<\/p>\n
This is equivalent to 42.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).<\/p>\n
In dollar term, the public debt stock stood at US$63.1 billion in February 2026.<\/p>\n
According to the Bank of Ghana\u2019s May 2026 Summary of Economic and Financial Data, the country\u2019s debt stood at US$61.3 billion (GH\u00a2641.1 billion) in December 2025 and US$60.6 billion (GH\u00a2663.4 billion) in January 2026.<\/p>\n
In December 2025, the debt to GDP ratio was however 44.7%.<\/p>\n
The data showed that the external debt stood at US$29.3 billion in February 2026, slightly lower than the US$29.4 billion in January 2026 and US$29.4 billion in February 2026 respectively. \u00a0<\/p>\n
This represents 19.6% of GDP.<\/p>\n
However, the domestic debt increased to GH\u00a2360.4 billion in February 2026, from GH\u00a2341.0 billion in January 2026, about 22.6% of GDP.<\/p>\n
In December 2026, the domestic debt stood at GH\u00a2333.8 billion.<\/p>\n
For the government\u2019s fiscal operations, the fiscal deficit-to-GDP stood at 0.3 % in March 2026.<\/p>\n
The primary balance, however, stood at a surplus of 1.2% of GDP in March 2026.<\/p>\n
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