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Ghana
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#141out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

2.72.11.50.90.3196019922024Ghana · 2024: 0.38%Ghana

Analytical takeaways

  • Ghana records 0.38% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #141 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 1.71% in 1960 to 0.38% in 2024, a decrease of 1.32%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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