AfricaGhana Ranks 2nd on Bloomberg's Debt Default Risk

Ghana Ranks 2nd on Bloomberg’s Debt Default Risk

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Bloomberg’s intelligent study has ranked Ghana 2nd among countries with the highest debt default risk in 2022, closely following El Salvador (ranked number one) in the Sovereign Debt Vulnerability Ranking.

Ghana Ranks 2nd on Bloomberg's Debt Default Risk

Ghana’s debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to Bloomberg, is estimated at 84.6% by the end of this year, showing that the nation’s debt will have surpass ¢400 billion by far before the end of 2022.

As of the first quarter of 2021, Ghana’s public debt had hit ¢391 billion (US$50.3 billion), the Bank of Ghana reported. As much as ¢40.1 billion was added to the debt stock, largely as a result of exchange rate fluctuation.

Together with Brazil, Ghana’s interest expense to GDP is projected to hit 7.2% in 2022, the highest among the 25 countries, captured by Bloomberg.

This means the two countries will spend more money to service their debt in 2022.

Already, the International Monetary Fund has cautioned that more than 30% of emerging and developing countries are at or near debt distress, with 60% from developing economies.

According to Bloomberg, Tunisia with a debt-to-GDP ratio of 87.3% is ranked 3rd among countries that are in the risk of debt default.

It is followed by Pakistan (4th), Egypt (5th), Kenya (6th), Argentina (7th), Ukraine (8th), Bahrain (9th) and Namibia (10th).

Ghana’s situation prior to announcement by the government to seek IMF bailout was precarious as investors had perceived the Ghanaian economy as risky, therefore escalating the yield on Ghana’s Eurobonds.

 

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