Ghana - Household final consumption expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Household final consumption expenditure (current LCU) in Ghana was 291,847,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 291,847,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 63,300 in 1960.

Definition: Household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption) is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings. It also includes payments and fees to governments to obtain permits and licenses. Here, household consumption expenditure includes the expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households, even when reported separately by the country. Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 63,300
1961 73,800
1962 75,800
1963 83,800
1964 89,900
1965 113,300
1966 120,100
1967 116,200
1968 123,400
1969 149,200
1970 168,000
1971 193,500
1972 210,600
1973 262,600
1974 364,500
1975 387,300
1976 517,000
1977 863,700
1978 1,776,600
1979 2,345,400
1980 3,595,300
1981 6,333,300
1982 7,762,000
1983 16,714,700
1984 23,969,100
1985 28,804,600
1986 42,512,400
1987 63,749,200
1988 89,219,900
1989 119,820,900
1990 163,683,700
1991 201,968,300
1992 242,824,600
1993 307,838,700
1994 384,247,700
1995 591,728,500
1996 847,419,000
1997 1,177,331,000
1998 1,373,705,000
1999 1,763,782,000
2000 2,288,242,000
2001 3,169,692,000
2002 4,040,104,000
2003 5,389,135,000
2004 6,432,045,000
2005 7,874,510,000
2006 15,658,780,000
2007 21,393,470,000
2008 28,437,810,000
2009 32,573,660,000
2010 43,101,710,000
2011 51,336,550,000
2012 63,052,170,000
2013 95,004,750,000
2014 114,105,000,000
2015 134,600,000,000
2016 157,869,000,000
2017 197,739,000,000
2018 220,006,000,000
2019 268,185,000,000
2020 291,847,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts