Ghana - Taxes on goods and services

Taxes on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) in Ghana was 17,151,660,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,151,660,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 7,171,900 in 1990.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 7,171,900
1991 13,785,700
1992 12,879,700
1993 22,286,800
2001 140,928,800
2002 215,883,900
2003 549,683,100
2004 871,089,700
2005 1,053,167,000
2006 1,195,599,000
2007 1,548,573,000
2008 1,863,799,000
2009 1,996,425,000
2010 2,436,751,000
2011 3,548,885,000
2012 4,212,038,000
2013 4,832,952,000
2016 12,231,320,000
2017 13,344,840,000
2018 15,030,380,000
2019 17,151,660,000

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Ghana was 32.13 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 37.95 in 2016, while its lowest value was 14.80 in 2001.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 26.83
1991 35.29
1992 35.17
1993 30.77
2001 14.80
2002 20.91
2003 33.51
2004 34.92
2005 35.90
2006 36.56
2007 33.84
2008 33.08
2009 29.35
2010 27.51
2011 27.44
2012 26.78
2013 26.20
2016 37.95
2017 33.62
2018 31.55
2019 32.13

Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)

Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Ghana was 6.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 20.42 in 2004, while its lowest value was 5.20 in 2013.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD value added estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 6.83
1991 10.44
1992 8.38
1993 11.00
2001 6.81
2002 8.11
2003 15.31
2004 20.42
2005 20.04
2006 9.65
2007 10.03
2008 9.42
2009 8.21
2010 8.00
2011 8.51
2012 7.48
2013 5.20
2016 7.78
2017 6.91
2018 6.51
2019 6.31

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance