Ghana Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
Ghana GH: BOP: Capital Account: Net
GH: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at 241.200 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 274.306 USD mn for 2016. GH: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 278.853 USD mn from Dec 2001 (Median) to 2017, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 563.890 USD mn in 2009 and a record low of 73.300 USD mn in 2002. GH: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 274.31 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -3.239 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -3.471 USD bn for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -106.500 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.261 USD mn in 1976 and a record low of -3.471 USD bn in 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -3,470.67 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 3.255 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.485 USD bn for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 106.500 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.485 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of -18.261 USD mn in 1976. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 3,485.33 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 6.877 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.143 % for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 1.647 % from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.517 % in 2008 and a record low of -0.660 % in 1976. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 8.16 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 15.910 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.665 USD mn for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 1.195 USD mn from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 221.427 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of -233.000 USD mn in 1994. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 14.66 2016 | yearly | 1990 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.034 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.034 % for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.009 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.115 % in 1999 and a record low of -4.280 % in 1994. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.; Weighted average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.03 2016 | yearly | 1990 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 1.919 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 458.640 USD mn for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 16.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.961 USD bn in 2012 and a record low of -80.348 USD mn in 2008. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 2016 | yearly | 1970 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Net
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -1.682 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -2.036 USD bn for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -340.650 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 150.605 USD mn in 2003 and a record low of -5.703 USD bn in 2013. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -2,036.13 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 18.140 USD mn in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 534.537 USD mn for 2009. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2010, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 534.537 USD mn in 2009 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1999. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 18.14 2010 | yearly | 1975 - 2010 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at -2.536 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -553.702 USD mn for 2016. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -606.316 USD mn from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2017, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 127.350 USD mn in 2008 and a record low of -2.536 USD bn in 2017. GH: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -553.70 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
GH: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 635.030 USD mn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 772.750 USD mn for 2015. GH: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 163.600 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.341 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 2.530 USD mn in 1960. GH: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 635.03 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
GH: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 141.100 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 137.310 USD mn for 2015. GH: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 57.770 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 163.740 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of 0.510 USD mn in 1960. GH: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 141.10 2016 | yearly | 1960 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
GH: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 79.380 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 521.612 USD mn for 2016. GH: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging -14.280 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 806.163 USD mn in 2012 and a record low of -1.342 USD bn in 2009. GH: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 521.61 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |
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Ghana GH: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
GH: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 996.019 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 261.112 USD mn for 2016. GH: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 27.626 USD mn from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.029 USD bn in 2009 and a record low of -940.848 USD mn in 2008. GH: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 261.11 2016 | yearly | 1975 - 2016 |