Ghana

Country indicators

GDP per capita - gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. (Source: World Bank)

GDP per capita
(USD):

1,848.25

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions) - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies. Pre-tax consumer subsidies exist when energy consumers pay prices that are below the costs incurred to supply them with this energy. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions):

n/a

Fossil Fuel Subsidies as % of GDP - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies
(% of GDP):

n/a-

Fossil Fuel Subsidies with externalities as % of GDP - All consumer and producer post-tax subsidies. Post-tax consumer subsidies exist if consumer prices for energy are below supply costs plus the efficient levels of taxation. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies with externalities (% of GDP):

2.59--

Revenue from environmentally related taxes as % of GDP - All revenue from environmentally related taxes - defined as any compulsory, unrequited payment to general government levied on tax-bases deemed to be of particular environmental relevance – as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: OECD)

Revenue from environmentally related taxes (% of GDP):

1.152

Carbon pricing gap - Measure of how much countries fall short of pricing carbon emissions in line with a EUR 60 benchmark value (midpoint estimate of the carbon costs in 2020 and a low-end estimate for 2030). The difference is presented as percentage: If the Effective Carbon Rate (ECR) on all emissions is at least as high as the benchmark, the gap is zero, and if the ECR is zero throughout, the gap is 100%. (Source: OECD)

Carbon Pricing Gap
(%):

n/a

News

Estimating the impact on poverty of Ghana’s fuel subsidy reform and a mitigating response (Journal of Development Effectiveness)

2016-02-26

This study simulates the welfare implications of a 2013 fuel subsidy reform in Ghana and the required scaling up of cash transfers to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal on poor households.

Fossil fuel subsidy and pricing policies : recent developing country experience (WBG Working Paper)

2016-02-23

This Policy Research working paper is a product of the Energy and Extractives Global Practice Group at the World Bank Group. The paper provides an overview of experiences with fossil

Fiscal Policy Assessment – Ghana (UN Environment)

2015-12-18

This study identifies a number of green fiscal reforms in the energy and transport sectors which can create additional fiscal space for green investments. In particular, the study proposes a reform of energy

Ghana

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Estimating the impact on poverty of Ghana’s fuel subsidy reform and a mitigating response (Journal of Development Effectiveness)

Fossil fuel subsidy and pricing policies : recent developing country experience (WBG Working Paper)

Fiscal Policy Assessment – Ghana (UN Environment)

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