Finance

Every decision of the Bank of Ghana's Monetary Policy Committee, one row per meeting, from the 1st meeting (2002-11-20) to the 132nd (2026-09-24): the meeting dates, the effective date BoG gives, the policy rate in percent and the change from the previous decision in basis points. The rate was called the Prime Rate until about 2012 and the Monetary Policy Rate since; the emergency meeting of 17 August 2022 shares number 107 with the regular meeting before it. BoG's table gives no announcement date, so announcement_date is filled only where it was read from a press release; decisions after March 2026 come from the MPC press releases and have no effective date yet, and the March 2008 rate is 14.25 from its press release where BoG's table rounds it to 14.3. Sourced from the Bank of Ghana, published by the Bank of Ghana. 133 records.

The Bank of Ghana's daily interbank buying, selling and mid rates for the 19 currencies it quotes, one row per currency per date, from 1996 (old cedis before July 2007; see rate_basis and unit). Placeholder zeros and plain keying errors are NULL, with the published figure in quality_note. Source: Bank of Ghana.

Every bank branch sort code in Ghana's clearing house, as GhIPSS publishes them: the six-digit code, split into the bank (the first two digits), the clearing zone and the branch number, with the bank and branch names. Covers the licensed banks, the Bank of Ghana, and the rural and community banks through ARB Apex. Source: GhIPSS. 1669 records.

Every Ghana treasury bill auction the Bank of Ghana lists: the issue date, tender number, security (91, 182 and 364-day bills, and bonds sold at the same auction), the discount rate and the interest rate. Source: Bank of Ghana.

What a payer in Ghana must withhold from a payment and pay to the Ghana Revenue Authority, by type of payment, for resident and non-resident payees, with which are final taxes and the GH¢2,000 a year threshold for goods, works and services. As GRA's table gives them; GRA does not date each rate, so each row is marked from the start of the 2026 year of assessment. 18 records.

The VAT and the levies charged with it on goods and services in Ghana, with how each is charged and the date it took effect. Since 1 January 2026 (Value Added Tax Act, 2025, Act 1151) VAT, NHIL and the GETFund levy are all charged on the value of the supply, 20% in all; the 1% COVID-19 levy and the flat rate schemes were abolished. 3 records.

The social security contributions on a Ghanaian worker's basic salary: the employee's and the employer's shares, how they split between SSNIT (Tier 1) and the occupational scheme (Tier 2), the monthly minimum and maximum insurable earnings, and the Tier 3 contribution that is relieved from income tax. One row per rule, each with its source. 7 records.

How SSNIT works out an old-age pension: the months of contributions that qualify, the pension right they earn, how it grows with each further year up to its maximum, the retirement ages and the minimum pension for new pensioners. The pension is the pension right times the average of the member's three best years' salaries. One row per rule, each with its source. 8 records.

Ghana's graduated income tax bands for individuals' monthly chargeable income, and the flat rate for non-residents, with the date each took effect and the Ghana Revenue Authority notice it comes from. Chargeable income is pay after the employee's SSNIT contribution and other reliefs. Kept by hand from GRA's published tables. 8 records.

The Global Findex survey for Ghana: who has an account, who saves, borrows, pays digitally and uses mobile money, broken down by sex, age, education, income and whether people live in a rural area. 1951 series covering 2011-2024. Sourced from World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. 3197 records.

The depth, access, efficiency and stability of Ghana's financial system: bank assets and credit, branches and ATMs per person, interest margins and overheads, non-performing loans, capital ratios and stock market measures. 95 series covering 1960-2021. Sourced from World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. 1718 records.

Account ownership, borrowing, saving, mobile money use and debit card ownership among adults in Ghana. 10 indicators covering 2004-2024. 107 records.