According to international rating agency Moody’s, Ghana’s debt will rise primarily due to an annual assumption of 2% of GDP in the form of contingent liabilities.
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Moody's projects Ghana's debt-to-GDP to hit 65 percent by 2023, here's why
Moody’s, an international rating agency has projected Ghana’s debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio to hit 65% by the year 2023.
Ghana's finance minister Ken Ofori Atta
Moody's’ forecast also includes disbursements under the $2 billion financing deal with Sinohydro – an infrastructure financing deal that is collateralised by the country's yet-to-be-mined and refined bauxite resources.
This is at an assumed annual execution rate of about $100 – $200 million in the funding requirements and in the debt ratio.
The government is contemplating issuing additional ‘collateralised' debt to support investment in bauxite refining in part to absorb surplus energy, Moody’s said.
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“As a result, the debt burden has risen by nearly 10 percentage points of GDP since 2017, in part as a consequence of the financial sector bailout in 2018-19 and the measures taken to clear legacy power utility debts (estimated at 4.5% and 2% of GDP, respectively).”
Estimated at around 64% of GDP at the end of 2019, Moody’s said it is expected to rise further over the next term.
Adding that “How far and for how long it rises will depend in part on the government's success in preserving exchange rate stability and in dealing with additional contingent liabilities arising in the energy sector.”
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