Ghana vs Nigeria: Fiscal balance, cash surplus/deficit
Fiscal balance, cash surplus/deficit over time
- Ghana
- Nigeria
How they compare
Ghana currently reports -1.55 billion current US$ against -3.43 billion current US$ in Nigeria, a difference of 1.88 billion current US$.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Nigeria ahead.
Ghana ranks 24th and Nigeria ranks 26th of 29 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fiscal balance, cash surplus/deficit, Ghana or Nigeria?
- Ghana, at -1.55 billion current US$ against -3.43 billion current US$ in Nigeria as of 2011.
- What is the difference in fiscal balance, cash surplus/deficit between Ghana and Nigeria?
- 1.88 billion current US$, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Nigeria?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2008.
- How do Ghana and Nigeria rank globally for fiscal balance, cash surplus/deficit?
- Ghana ranks 24th and Nigeria ranks 26th of 29 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, published as Fiscal balance, cash surplus/deficit (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cash surplus or deficit is revenue (including grants) minus expense, minus net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. In the 1986 GFS manual nonfinancial assets were included under revenue and expenditure in gross terms. This cash surplus or deficit is closest to the earlier overall budget balance (still missing is lending minus repayments, which are now a financing item under net acquisition of financial assets).