World Bank data on Ghana's external debt stocks and flows, part of the Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases. The dataset provides a detailed picture of debt for developing countries, with data gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and multilateral institutions. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Analyze quarterly trends in Ghana's external debt stocks based on the time-series nature of the data.
- Model public sector debt composition based on data covering central, state, and local government tiers.
- Assess global financial flows involving high-income countries and emerging markets using the comparative framework.
- Study debt instrument valuation methods for the public sector as described in the source database.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like the World Bank, national statistical organizations, and central banks.
- Covers multiple tiers of public sector debt, including central, state, and local government, as described.
- Provides quarterly time-series data for tracking debt trends over time.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.
- Time Range
- Quarterly time-series data, but specific date range is not provided.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 02:24:20.251310; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Ghana