Summary
- Ghana → United States
- $1.2billion
- United States → Ghana
- $876million
- Ghana’s balance
- $325million
Balance
Ghana’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Ghana and the United States grew 5.7-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Ghana’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.2
- Imports 0.9
- Balance +0.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $201 million | $160 million | $41 million |
| 1996 | $184 million | $369 million | -$184 million |
| 1997 | $167 million | $396 million | -$229 million |
| 1998 | $159 million | $329 million | -$169 million |
| 1999 | $231 million | $321 million | -$90 million |
| 2000 | $211 million | $252 million | -$41 million |
| 2001 | $187 million | $233 million | -$46 million |
| 2002 | $125 million | $249 million | -$124 million |
| 2003 | $105 million | $273 million | -$168 million |
| 2004 | $159 million | $293 million | -$134 million |
| 2005 | $182 million | $395 million | -$214 million |
| 2006 | $198 million | $371 million | -$173 million |
| 2007 | $232 million | $566 million | -$334 million |
| 2008 | $259 million | $668 million | -$409 million |
| 2009 | $158 million | $561 million | -$404 million |
| 2010 | $316 million | $1 billion | -$724 million |
| 2011 | $947 million | $1.3 billion | -$369 million |
| 2012 | $417 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2013 | $409 million | $1.3 billion | -$873 million |
| 2014 | $321 million | $1.3 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2015 | $322 million | $1.2 billion | -$883 million |
| 2016 | $338 million | $956 million | -$618 million |
| 2017 | $784 million | $1.2 billion | -$411 million |
| 2018 | $625 million | $1 billion | -$379 million |
| 2019 | $978 million | $1.1 billion | -$121 million |
| 2020 | $745 million | $787 million | -$43 million |
| 2021 | $1.8 billion | $1.2 billion | $624 million |
| 2022 | $2.8 billion | $1.1 billion | $1.7 billion |
| 2023 | $1.7 billion | $1 billion | $685 million |
| 2024 | $1.2 billion | $876 million | $325 million |
What they sell each other
What Ghana sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States sells to Ghana
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Takoradi and Los Angeles is 7,929 nautical miles (14,684 km) long: ≈ 18.5–23.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United States was Ghana’s 4th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Ghana was the United States’ 85th (0%).
- The United States in Ghana’s trade
- 5.7%
- The United States’ rank among Ghana’s partners
- 4th
- Ghana in the United States’ trade
- 0%
- Ghana’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 85th
Compare with
Other partners of Ghana
Other partners of the United States
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.