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Ghana — GDP per capita (PPP)

Also known as GDP per person at PPP, PPP income per person, GDP per head adjusted for purchasing power.

GDP per Capita (PPP) for Ghana, 1990–2025.

Latest value · 2025
8,610
GDP per Capita (PPP) · current international $ · +444.7% since 1990
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GDP per capita (PPP) for Ghana was 8,610 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1,581 in 1990 (about 5.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.96% per year.

Ghana ranks 148 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4,379, so Ghana sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 66%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 12 of 47 economies; Cote d'Ivoire (8,209) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 14% in 2011. That is 33% above this series' own ten-year average.

Data highlights

From its 1990 level: doubled by 2007. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.

World ranking. Climbed: 143rd of 186 in 1990 → 149th of 194 in 2000 → 146th of 200 in 2010 → 147th of 198 in 2020 → 135th of 185 in 2025.

Adjacent in the latest world ranking (148 of 201): Tonga (#147) · Cambodia (#149).

Key figures

Latest (2025)
8,610
First (1990)
1,581
Change
+444.7%
Highest
8,610
in 2025
Lowest
1,581
in 1990
Average
3,971
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.96%
Years of data
36

Recent published years. 2025 — 8,610.28 · 2024 — 8,051.19 · 2023 — 7,562.64 · 2022 — 7,207.02 · 2021 — 6,607.5.

Full history — 1990 to 2025

All 36 published years for this series, most recent first. Years the source does not publish are omitted rather than interpolated.

Ghana — GDP per capita (PPP)
Yearcurrent international $Change
20258,610.28+6.9%
20248,051.19+6.5%
20237,562.64+4.9%
20227,207.02+9.1%
20216,607.5+9.3%
20206,047.3+0.7%
20196,002.55+8.4%
20185,536.5+7.1%
20175,170.96+3.2%
20165,011.08-3.5%
20155,191.37-5.9%
20145,517.13+5.8%
20135,214.57+5.7%
20124,933.65+12.6%
20114,381.13+13.6%
20103,855.47+6.6%
20093,617.24+2.9%
20083,515.59+8.5%
20073,241.22+4.4%
20063,103.23+6.9%
20052,903.83+6.4%
20042,729.34+5.6%
20032,584.48+4.4%
20022,475.1+3.2%
20012,397.3+3.5%
20002,315.18+3.4%
19992,238.67+3.3%
19982,166.65+3.3%
19972,096.77+3.5%
19962,025.83+4.1%
19951,946.82+3.8%
19941,875.26+3.0%
19931,820.65+4.7%
19921,738.64+3.6%
19911,677.61+6.1%
19901,580.65—
Reading this correctly. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity. More meaningful than the nominal figure when comparing actual living standards across countries with very different price levels. Figures are in current international $. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.

Frequently asked questions

What was Ghana’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?

1,677.61 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.

Are Ghana’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?

They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.

Is Ghana’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?

Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +444.7% in total — about 5.0% a year compounded.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.

What are the most recent published figures?

The last five published years: 2025: 8,610.28; 2024: 8,051.19; 2023: 7,562.64; 2022: 7,207.02; 2021: 6,607.5. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.

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