Investor Presentaiton
Improving External Sector Performance and Outlook
2015 Trade Deficit due to Fall in
Commodity Prices
Imports f.o.b --Trade Balance/GDP (%)
Exports f.o.b
12.8
13.6
13.8
13.2
10.4
8.0
5.8
Current Account Deficit (% GDP)
Stabilizes
2010
â– Current Account Deficit (% GDP)
2011 2012 2013 2014
2015
-5.6
-7.7
-7.9
-9.2
-10.2
-3.6
-10.9
(8.0)
(7.8)
(10.9)
(8.6)
(14.6)
(14.3)
(9.0)
(9.5)
(15.8)
(17.8) (17.6)
2009
2010 2011
2012 2013 2014
2015
(11.8) (11.7)
Improving Gross Foreign Assets
Position
Gross Foreign Assets (US$ millions)
5,452
5,632
5,442
5,885
5,461
4,645
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
FDI Resilient to Macroeconomic Challenges Indicating Investors Long-Term View on Ghana
FDI
--FDI (% of GDP)
Economy
Economic
Freedom Rank
Sub Saharan
Africa Rank
3,508
3,222
3,293
3,357
Mauritius
10
1
3,226
3,102
Botswana
36
2
2,856
8.7%
Cape Verde
60
3
8.4%
8.5%
8.6%
8.2%
7.9%
Rwanda
65
4
Ghana
71
South Africa
72
56
6.6%
Madagascar
79
7
Swaziland
91
8
Uganda
92
9
Namibia
93
10
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015p
2016p 2017p
Sources: Bank of Ghana, Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom 2015
Ghana's scores on third
party rankings for economic
freedom have been
improving over the past 5
years. Notably, Ghana's
scores have improved for
control of government
spending, freedom from
corruption and monetary
freedom
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