Ghana - Imports of goods and services (current LCU)

The value for Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in Ghana was 137,376,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 140,390,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 28,100 in 1962.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current local currency.

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

Year Value
1960 30,800
1961 33,900
1962 28,100
1963 30,200
1964 29,500
1965 39,200
1966 29,800
1967 30,000
1968 35,400
1969 40,700
1970 51,300
1971 50,600
1972 42,800
1973 57,400
1974 101,600
1975 97,400
1976 104,700
1977 128,900
1978 203,300
1979 315,000
1980 392,300
1981 386,600
1982 257,800
1983 1,102,200
1984 2,914,100
1985 4,661,800
1986 10,297,200
1987 19,534,400
1988 25,294,000
1989 34,499,600
1990 49,653,000
1991 61,962,200
1992 80,632,100
1993 141,003,300
1994 191,348,900
1995 255,237,500
1996 454,599,800
1997 747,890,900
1998 808,210,800
1999 1,021,309,000
2000 1,825,902,000
2001 2,467,470,000
2002 2,681,204,000
2003 3,745,062,000
2004 4,822,594,000
2005 6,003,160,000
2006 7,618,608,000
2007 9,453,783,000
2008 13,424,880,000
2009 15,481,830,000
2010 21,133,830,000
2011 29,524,650,000
2012 39,773,160,000
2013 43,963,660,000
2014 56,498,900,000
2015 78,346,300,000
2016 80,555,560,000
2017 96,371,930,000
2018 106,474,000,000
2019 140,390,000,000
2020 137,376,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts