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Ghana

$1.0bn received in 2022
12 donors recorded

Aid received over time

$0.00m$595m$1.2bn$1.8bn$2.4bn20002004200820122016202020222000: $601m2000: $601m2001: $645m2001: $645m2002: $689m2002: $689m2003: $985m2003: $985m2004: $1.4bn2004: $1.4bn2005: $1.2bn2005: $1.2bn2006: $1.2bn2006: $1.2bn2007: $923m2007: $923m2008: $1.0bn2008: $1.0bn2009: $1.3bn2009: $1.3bn2010: $1.7bn2010: $1.7bn2011: $1.8bn2011: $1.8bn2012: $1.8bn2012: $1.8bn2013: $1.3bn2013: $1.3bn2014: $1.1bn2014: $1.1bn2015: $1.8bn2015: $1.8bn2016: $1.3bn2016: $1.3bn2017: $1.3bn2017: $1.3bn2018: $1.1bn2018: $1.1bn2019: $911m2019: $911m2020: $2.2bn2020: $2.2bn2021: $1.2bn2021: $1.2bn2022: $1.0bn2022: $1.0bn
Ghana — ODA received USD millions

Who funds it

International Development Association [IDA]: $305mInternational Development Assoc…$305mMastercard Foundation: $251mMastercard Foundation$251mUnited States: $161mUnited States$161mGermany: $101mGermany$101mGlobal Fund: $89mGlobal Fund$89mCanada: $69mCanada$69mJapan: $62mJapan$62mKorea: $38mKorea$38mAfrican Development Fund [AfDF]: $33mAfrican Development Fund [AfDF]$33mOPEC Fund for International Development [OPEC Fund]: $28mOPEC Fund for International Dev…$28mEU Institutions: $26mEU Institutions$26mUnited Kingdom: $19mUnited Kingdom$19m
Who funded it, 2022 USD millions

Chinese finance

Not part of the figures above, and not addable to them: China does not report to the OECD, so these are commitments reconstructed by AidData, in constant 2021 dollars. Total $10.4bn.

$0.00m$429m$858m$1.3bn$1.7bn20002004200820122016202020212000: $93m2000: $93m2002: $140m2002: $140m2003: $105m2003: $105m2004: $0.16m2004: $0.16m2005: $3m2005: $3m2006: $226m2006: $226m2007: $636m2007: $636m2008: $1.4bn2008: $1.4bn2009: $121m2009: $121m2010: $546m2010: $546m2011: $296m2011: $296m2012: $1.6bn2012: $1.6bn2013: $316m2013: $316m2014: $193m2014: $193m2015: $24m2015: $24m2016: $834m2016: $834m2017: $591m2017: $591m2018: $1.0bn2018: $1.0bn2019: $1.2bn2019: $1.2bn2020: $989m2020: $989m2021: $108m2021: $108m
Ghana — Chinese commitments USD millions, constant 2021

Largest projects

China Development Bank provides $850 million loan for Western Corridor Gas Infrastructure Development Project (Linked to Project ID#2034, #60039, #85282) $998m
2012 ODA-like Loan Energy Completion
CDB lends $580 million to Phases 1 and 2 of 560 MW Sunon Asogli Power Plant Project (Linked to Project ID#30146 and ID#1866) $884m
2008 Vague (Official Finance) Loan Energy Completion
China Eximbank provides $293.5 million buyer’s credit loan for Bui Dam Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#30709, #30086, #30801, #95483, #95484) $528m
2007 OOF-like Loan Energy Completion
China National Building Materials provides $400 million loan to Association of Ghana Industries for One District, One Factory (1D1F) Project $461m
2017 OOF-like Loan Business And Other Services Implementation
China Eximbank provides RMB 2.1 billion government concessional loan for Bui Dam Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#183, #30709, #30086, #95483, #95484) $461m
2008 ODA-like Loan Energy Completion
China Eximbank provides $260 million preferential buyer’s credit for Phase 1 of Kpong Water Expansion Supply Project (Linked to Project ID#91808) $362m
2010 OOF-like Loan Water Supply And Sanitation Completion
Bank of China contributes $231 million to $667 million syndicated loan for the Tema Port Expansion Project (Linked to Project ID#73212) $273m
2016 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Completion
Dongfang Electric International Corporation provides $243.6 million supplier’s credit for procurement of standard gauge rolling stock (trains) $272m
2020 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Pipeline: Commitment

Source: AidData Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset v3.0 (ODC-BY). Commitments, not disbursements.

What the country raises itself

Aid is only one side of the ledger. Revenue excluding grants is the direct counterpart to ODA: what the state collects without donor support.

1.7% Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 2025
15.0% Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) 2023
12.4% Tax revenue (% of GDP) 2023

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Source: OECD DAC2A, as reported by donors. A reported disbursement is not evidence of funds received or spent.