Ghana - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 4.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 14.01 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.03
1962 0.28
1963 0.20
1964 0.53
1965 0.63
1966 0.63
1967 0.20
1968 0.30
1969 0.41
1970 0.53
1971 0.35
1972 0.13
1973 1.97
1974 0.60
1975 0.90
1976 0.34
1977 0.60
1978 0.48
1979 0.15
1980 0.44
1981 0.41
1982 0.86
1983 0.37
1984 0.44
1985 0.25
1986 0.34
1987 0.35
1988 1.13
1989 1.13
1990 0.94
1991 0.48
1992 0.57
1993 0.59
1994 0.32
1995 0.89
1996 0.78
1997 1.02
1998 1.25
1999 1.02
2000 0.89
2001 0.44
2002 0.57
2003 0.65
2004 0.99
2005 0.99
2006 0.71
2007 1.04
2008 0.96
2009 1.46
2010 7.01
2011 5.63
2012 10.57
2013 14.00
2014 8.78
2015 3.82
2016 14.01
2017 6.02
2018 4.33
2019 5.71
2020 4.83

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Ghana was 14,472,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,668,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 268,000,000 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 325,000,000
1961 322,000,000
1962 322,000,000
1963 305,000,000
1964 321,000,000
1965 318,000,000
1966 268,000,000
1967 303,000,000
1968 332,000,000
1969 327,000,000
1970 458,000,000
1971 492,000,000
1972 441,000,000
1973 657,000,000
1974 738,000,000
1975 816,000,000
1976 832,000,000
1977 1,014,000,000
1978 1,093,000,000
1979 995,000,000
1980 1,258,000,000
1981 1,065,000,000
1982 874,000,000
1983 1,158,000,000
1984 528,000,000
1985 617,000,000
1986 863,000,000
1987 977,000,000
1988 1,009,000,000
1989 1,018,000,000
1990 897,000,000
1991 617,000,000
1992 1,252,000,000
1993 974,000,000
1994 1,425,000,000
1995 1,724,000,000
1996 1,669,000,000
1997 1,635,000,000
1998 1,795,000,000
1999 1,720,000,000
2000 1,671,000,000
2001 1,716,000,000
2002 1,850,000,000
2003 2,324,000,000
2004 2,450,000,000
2005 2,802,000,000
2006 3,727,000,000
2007 4,195,000,000
2008 5,270,000,000
2009 5,840,000,000
2010 7,960,000,000
2011 12,785,000,000
2012 13,552,000,000
2013 13,752,000,000
2014 13,217,000,000
2015 10,321,000,000
2016 11,138,000,000
2017 13,835,000,000
2018 14,943,000,000
2019 15,668,000,000
2020 14,472,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 52.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 92.74 in 1991, while its lowest value was 32.19 in 2010.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 85.85
1961 91.93
1962 87.82
1963 84.01
1964 85.15
1965 76.80
1966 74.90
1967 83.35
1968 88.87
1969 90.49
1970 81.67
1971 89.49
1972 82.35
1973 82.62
1974 85.67
1975 79.60
1976 81.22
1977 82.23
1978 82.77
1979 72.09
1980 76.17
1981 87.83
1982 85.56
1983 69.05
1984 77.73
1985 76.84
1986 76.78
1987 79.97
1988 81.08
1989 81.08
1990 83.94
1991 92.74
1992 76.49
1993 70.92
1994 71.44
1995 76.54
1996 74.79
1997 75.50
1998 78.84
1999 74.06
2000 82.60
2001 84.53
2002 85.94
2003 86.47
2004 82.11
2005 52.48
2006 49.96
2007 43.72
2008 33.90
2009 34.92
2010 32.19
2011 40.69
2012 49.90
2013 57.13
2014 51.67
2015 52.98
2016 49.06
2017 42.54
2018 41.36
2019 47.04
2020 52.59

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 26.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.87 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.83
1961 0.12
1962 1.15
1963 0.82
1964 2.15
1965 3.05
1966 3.62
1967 1.38
1968 1.63
1969 2.00
1970 1.76
1971 2.34
1972 2.43
1973 2.67
1974 1.72
1975 3.89
1976 2.56
1977 2.53
1978 2.81
1979 2.26
1980 3.91
1981 2.48
1982 4.30
1983 2.95
1984 3.76
1985 6.64
1986 5.97
1987 4.31
1988 4.24
1989 4.24
1990 3.89
1991 2.21
1992 1.00
1993 7.70
1994 8.71
1995 7.52
1996 9.90
1997 10.99
1998 7.80
1999 12.01
2000 6.51
2001 4.54
2002 3.73
2003 3.69
2004 8.45
2005 7.38
2006 7.98
2007 8.87
2008 14.72
2009 6.07
2010 4.80
2011 8.11
2012 9.51
2013 10.75
2014 19.60
2015 31.81
2016 34.64
2017 43.49
2018 43.87
2019 35.47
2020 26.51

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 20.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.48 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1992.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.43
1961 0.06
1962 0.40
1963 0.16
1964 0.87
1965 1.79
1966 2.13
1967 0.49
1968 0.51
1969 0.62
1970 0.79
1971 1.18
1972 0.92
1973 1.69
1974 0.53
1975 1.71
1976 1.38
1977 1.72
1978 1.98
1979 1.99
1980 3.31
1981 2.03
1982 3.36
1983 2.15
1984 3.30
1985 6.35
1986 4.25
1987 3.05
1988 2.62
1989 2.62
1990 0.61
1992 0.05
1993 5.78
1994 6.88
1995 4.78
1996 6.05
1997 5.56
1998 3.64
1999 4.63
2000 2.16
2001 1.79
2002 1.77
2003 1.81
2004 3.64
2005 3.25
2006 4.26
2007 4.93
2008 5.57
2009 2.98
2010 1.90
2011 2.45
2012 6.02
2013 5.10
2014 9.02
2015 11.68
2016 16.25
2017 21.48
2018 19.71
2019 19.64
2020 20.99

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 0.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 5.39 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1962 0.15
1963 0.13
1964 0.65
1965 0.63
1966 0.63
1967 0.46
1968 0.15
1969 0.30
1971 0.00
1972 0.00
1973 0.00
1974 0.28
1975 0.41
1976 0.33
1977 0.06
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.28
1986 0.46
1987 0.63
1988 0.01
1989 0.01
1990 0.00
1991 0.20
1992 0.34
1993 0.03
1994 0.26
1995 0.94
1996 2.07
1997 3.16
1998 2.67
1999 5.39
2000 1.82
2001 1.19
2002 0.99
2003 0.90
2004 3.33
2005 2.31
2006 1.75
2007 1.10
2008 2.83
2009 1.45
2010 1.52
2011 1.29
2012 1.56
2013 1.07
2014 1.68
2015 1.68
2016 1.15
2017 1.15
2018 0.81
2019 1.08
2020 0.67

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 0.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 2.23 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1966 0.15
1967 0.13
1968 0.57
1969 0.57
1970 0.13
1971 0.68
1972 1.30
1973 0.63
1974 0.31
1975 0.87
1976 0.50
1977 0.14
1978 0.34
1979 0.06
1980 0.12
1981 0.04
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1986 0.74
1987 0.47
1988 0.49
1989 0.49
1990 0.49
1991 1.56
1992 0.32
1993 0.64
1994 0.40
1995 0.46
1996 0.63
1997 0.59
1998 0.63
1999 1.01
2000 1.20
2001 0.01
2002 0.07
2003 0.07
2004 0.21
2005 0.05
2006 0.04
2007 0.07
2008 0.24
2009 0.13
2010 0.04
2011 0.16
2012 0.19
2013 0.41
2014 2.23
2015 0.28
2016 1.91
2017 1.37
2018 0.94
2019 0.14
2020 0.10

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 0.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.12 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.22
1961 0.03
1962 0.28
1963 0.20
1964 0.53
1965 0.47
1966 0.63
1967 0.20
1968 0.30
1969 0.41
1970 0.53
1971 0.35
1972 0.13
1973 0.26
1974 0.60
1975 0.89
1976 0.34
1977 0.60
1978 0.48
1979 0.15
1980 0.44
1981 0.41
1982 0.86
1983 0.36
1984 0.44
1985 0.25
1986 0.29
1987 0.15
1988 1.12
1989 1.12
1990 0.86
1991 0.39
1992 0.20
1993 0.28
1994 0.22
1995 0.31
1996 0.54
1997 0.91
1998 0.56
1999 0.45
2000 0.27
2001 0.23
2002 0.27
2003 0.30
2004 0.56
2005 0.38
2006 0.26
2007 0.48
2008 0.71
2009 0.34
2010 0.36
2011 0.17
2012 0.21
2013 0.43
2014 1.02
2015 1.03
2016 0.55
2017 0.70
2018 0.89
2019 0.32
2020 0.24

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 4.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.52 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.18
1961 0.03
1962 0.31
1963 0.33
1964 0.09
1965 0.16
1966 0.07
1967 0.10
1968 0.09
1969 0.10
1970 0.31
1971 0.13
1972 0.08
1973 0.08
1974 0.01
1975 0.01
1976 0.01
1977 0.01
1978 0.01
1979 0.06
1980 0.03
1982 0.09
1983 0.15
1984 0.02
1985 0.04
1986 0.22
1987 0.01
1988 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 1.92
1991 0.06
1992 0.09
1993 0.98
1994 0.96
1995 1.03
1996 0.62
1997 0.77
1998 0.29
1999 0.53
2000 1.07
2001 1.32
2002 0.61
2003 0.61
2004 0.72
2005 1.39
2006 1.67
2007 2.29
2008 5.37
2009 1.17
2010 0.99
2011 4.03
2012 1.52
2013 3.73
2014 5.66
2015 17.15
2016 14.79
2017 18.79
2018 21.52
2019 14.28
2020 4.50

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 20.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 63.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 0.37 in 1980.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.44
1961 2.79
1962 3.25
1963 2.17
1964 1.56
1965 1.38
1966 1.38
1967 0.69
1968 0.57
1969 0.56
1970 0.43
1971 1.36
1972 1.24
1973 2.49
1974 0.75
1975 2.01
1976 1.87
1977 1.56
1978 0.97
1979 0.72
1980 0.37
1981 0.98
1982 1.57
1983 14.79
1984 4.07
1985 5.87
1986 3.31
1987 2.42
1988 1.92
1989 1.92
1990 2.51
1991 4.15
1992 16.67
1993 14.37
1994 12.59
1995 7.25
1996 7.24
1997 7.76
1998 7.59
1999 7.81
2000 10.59
2001 10.84
2002 10.32
2003 9.82
2004 9.40
2005 40.10
2006 41.97
2007 47.40
2008 51.37
2009 59.00
2010 63.00
2011 51.19
2012 40.60
2013 32.12
2014 28.72
2015 15.21
2016 16.30
2017 13.97
2018 14.76
2019 17.42
2020 20.81

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 0.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.94 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2011.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9.87
1961 5.15
1962 7.78
1963 13.00
1964 11.15
1965 18.76
1966 20.10
1967 14.59
1968 8.93
1969 6.95
1970 16.14
1971 6.80
1972 13.98
1973 12.22
1974 11.86
1975 14.50
1976 14.36
1977 13.68
1978 13.45
1979 24.94
1980 19.55
1981 8.72
1982 8.56
1983 13.21
1984 14.45
1985 10.65
1986 13.95
1987 13.29
1988 12.76
1989 12.76
1990 9.66
1991 0.91
1992 5.84
1993 7.01
1994 7.26
1995 8.68
1996 8.07
1997 5.75
1998 5.78
1999 6.11
2000 0.30
2001 0.09
2002 0.02
2003 0.02
2004 0.03
2005 0.04
2006 0.09
2007 0.01
2008 0.01
2009 0.01
2010 0.01
2011 0.00
2012 0.00
2013 0.00
2014 0.00
2015 0.01
2016 0.00
2017 0.00
2018 0.00
2019 0.07
2020 0.09

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Ghana was 18,585,070,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 18,585,070,000 in 2020 and 268,100,000 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 325,200,000
1961 322,300,000
1962 322,600,000
1963 304,600,000
1964 321,200,000
1965 317,700,000
1966 268,100,000
1967 305,100,000
1968 331,500,000
1969 326,812,000
1970 458,070,000
1971 337,658,000
1972 429,518,000
1973 626,858,000
1974 729,438,000
1975 807,209,000
1976 828,617,000
1977 1,010,478,000
1978 890,553,000
1979 1,041,236,000
1980 1,205,865,000
1981 1,046,364,000
1982 804,245,000
1983 713,830,000
1984 415,939,000
1985 454,955,000
1986 876,415,900
1987 951,430,500
1988 859,652,300
1989 1,017,714,000
1990 1,235,127,000
1991 617,368,000
1992 1,237,009,000
1993 1,147,849,000
1994 1,518,097,000
1995 1,488,424,000
1996 1,553,705,000
1997 1,547,494,000
1998 1,756,059,000
1999 1,754,209,000
2000 1,565,698,000
2001 1,652,606,000
2002 2,084,817,000
2003 2,311,759,000
2004 1,657,112,000
2005 3,056,767,000
2006 3,569,081,000
2007 3,532,433,000
2008 3,807,471,000
2009 5,068,798,000
2010 5,231,256,000
2011 18,143,330,000
2012 15,760,610,000
2013 12,543,740,000
2014 14,421,450,000
2015 13,743,300,000
2016 10,537,200,000
2017 14,357,520,000
2018 17,098,580,000
2019 16,776,960,000
2020 18,585,070,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Ghana was 20.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 63.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 0.37 in 1980.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.44
1961 2.79
1962 3.25
1963 2.17
1964 1.56
1965 1.38
1966 1.38
1967 0.69
1968 0.57
1969 0.56
1970 0.43
1971 1.36
1972 1.24
1973 2.49
1974 0.75
1975 2.01
1976 1.87
1977 1.56
1978 0.97
1979 0.72
1980 0.37
1981 0.98
1982 1.57
1983 14.79
1984 4.07
1985 5.87
1986 3.31
1987 2.42
1988 1.92
1989 1.92
1990 2.51
1991 4.15
1992 16.67
1993 14.37
1994 12.59
1995 7.25
1996 7.24
1997 7.76
1998 7.59
1999 7.81
2000 10.59
2001 10.84
2002 10.32
2003 9.82
2004 9.40
2005 40.10
2006 41.97
2007 47.40
2008 51.37
2009 59.00
2010 63.00
2011 51.19
2012 40.60
2013 32.12
2014 28.72
2015 15.21
2016 16.30
2017 13.97
2018 14.76
2019 17.42
2020 20.81

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports