Exports (As % of GDP) rose 11.0% to 0.353% in Ghana in 2024

Exports (As % of GDP) (%), 2024
Economy | Ghana | September 1, 2025
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Exports as a share of GDP rose 11.0% to 0.353% in Ghana in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, exports as a share of GDP in Ghana reached an all time high of 0.488% in 2000 and an all time low of 0.033% in 1982. When compared to Ghana's main peers, exports as a share of GDP in Benin amounted to 0.188%, 0.276% in Ivory Coast and 0.244% in Togo in 2024.

Ghana has been ranked 68th within the group of 130 countries we follow in terms of exports as a share of GDP, 43 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Exports (As % of GDP) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Benin % 0.273% 0.296% 0.199% 0.209% 0.208%
Burkina Faso % 0.281% 0.293% 0.318% 0.328% 0.317%
Ghana % 0.335% 0.374% 0.315% 0.301% 0.347%
Guinea % 0.402% 0.350% 0.470% 0.562% 0.454%
Ivory Coast % 0.227% 0.227% 0.210% 0.223% 0.243%
Liberia % 0.260% 0.287% 0.286% ... ... ... ...
Mali % 0.206% 0.217% 0.251% 0.234% 0.262%
Niger % 0.113% 0.108% 0.097% 0.100% 0.264%
Nigeria % 0.155% 0.142% 0.081% 0.107% ... ... ...
Togo % 0.242% 0.238% 0.233% 0.236% 0.256%

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