Export unit values, US dollar in Ghana
Ghana: Export unit values, US dollar was 0.7137 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Export unit values, US dollar in Ghana, 1963–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, export unit values, us dollar in Ghana stood at 0.7137.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Ghana peaked at 1.13 in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.6435, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 86th of 166 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9034 | 0.8183 | 0.9842 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.9793 | 0.86 | 1.06 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.02 | 0.8737 | 1.13 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7703 | 0.6919 | 0.8552 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7875 | 0.6435 | 0.9438 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8455 | 0.7137 | 0.9514 | 5 |
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- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 190.34 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 98.96 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 73.11 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.4631 (2023)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 16.60 million (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar 373.03 million (2023)
- Trade balance in low carbon technology products, US dollar -356.42 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Ghana?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Ghana was 0.7137 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 in 1984.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6435 in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Ghana ranks 86th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.