Ghana

Ghana Exports 2023

Complete list of Ghana's 170 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$27.32B
Total exports (2023)
#71
Global export rank
170
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Ghana exported $27.32 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #71 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 170 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 80.4% of total export value. The leading export was gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder), valued at $7.83 billion 28.7% of the country's export portfolio.

The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.

All export destinations

170 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.

#Destination2023 export value% of total
1Switzerland$6.49B23.78%
2United Arab Emirates$4.93B18.04%
3India$2.29B8.39%
4South Africa$1.85B6.79%
5USA$1.75B6.42%
6China$1.70B6.22%
7Canada$885.38M3.24%
8Italy$755.89M2.77%
9Netherlands$675.08M2.47%
10Türkiye$613.22M2.24%
11Burkina Faso$531.43M1.95%
12Brazil$413.81M1.51%
13United Kingdom$346.47M1.27%
14France$340.27M1.25%
15Togo$293.90M1.08%
16Malaysia$292.42M1.07%
17Côte d'Ivoire$267.91M0.98%
18Portugal$245.59M0.90%
19Uganda$236.97M0.87%
20Spain$224.10M0.82%
21Belgium$218.88M0.80%
22Germany$204.40M0.75%
23Mali$165.36M0.61%
24Japan$138.72M0.51%
25Nigeria$110.24M0.40%
26Benin$89.08M0.33%
27Viet Nam$89.07M0.33%
28Thailand$84.73M0.31%
29Gibraltar$82.30M0.30%
30Other Asia, nes$78.59M0.29%
31Niger$63.27M0.23%
32Sweden$58.73M0.21%
33China, Hong Kong SAR$56.82M0.21%
34Senegal$53.92M0.20%
35Poland$49.63M0.18%
36Singapore$41.52M0.15%
37Estonia$37.92M0.14%
38Liberia$33.89M0.12%
39Guinea$33.22M0.12%
40Kazakhstan$32.40M0.12%
41Rep. of Korea$32.28M0.12%
42Angola$27.35M0.10%
43Indonesia$25.80M0.09%
44Sierra Leone$23.07M0.08%
45Cameroon$22.96M0.08%
46Austria$21.54M0.08%
47Ukraine$21.17M0.08%
48Egypt$17.72M0.06%
49Greece$17.32M0.06%
50Australia$14.24M0.05%
51Bulgaria$13.59M0.05%
52Tunisia$11.13M0.04%
53New Zealand$11.04M0.04%
54Russian Federation$10.98M0.04%
55Denmark$9.44M0.03%
56Pakistan$9.21M0.03%
57Saudi Arabia$8.30M0.03%
58Ireland$7.78M0.03%
59Morocco$6.91M0.03%
60Serbia$6.79M0.02%
61Peru$6.65M0.02%
62Lebanon$6.20M0.02%
63Croatia$5.84M0.02%
64Gambia$5.43M0.02%
65Algeria$5.04M0.02%
66Slovenia$4.96M0.02%
67Latvia$4.95M0.02%
68Czechia$4.68M0.02%
69Mexico$4.63M0.02%
70Hungary$4.47M0.02%
71Kenya$4.28M0.02%
72Israel$4.19M0.02%
73Norway$3.60M0.01%
74Dominican Rep.$3.38M0.01%
75Gabon$3.20M0.01%
76Mauritania$2.86M0.01%
77Congo$2.77M0.01%
78Guyana$2.63M0.01%
79Sudan$2.52M0.01%
80Uzbekistan$2.43M0.01%
81United Rep. of Tanzania$2.30M0.01%
82Malawi$2.21M0.01%
83Romania$2.15M0.01%
84Philippines$2.09M0.01%
85Lithuania$2.07M0.01%
86Dem. Rep. of the Congo$1.88M0.01%
87Jordan$1.85M0.01%
88Madagascar$1.83M0.01%
89Finland$1.67M0.01%
90Lesotho$1.64M0.01%
91Slovakia$1.59M0.01%
92Equatorial Guinea$1.48M0.01%
93Bosnia Herzegovina$1.45M0.01%
94Sao Tome and Principe$1.38M0.01%
95Guatemala$1.32M0.00%
96Uruguay$1.27M0.00%
97Qatar$1.18M0.00%
98Central African Rep.$1.13M0.00%
99Mozambique$1.11M0.00%
100Ethiopia$912,4880.00%
101Colombia$878,3660.00%
102Argentina$763,3700.00%
103Seychelles$732,1100.00%
104Zimbabwe$711,6720.00%
105Oman$688,6590.00%
106Cyprus$674,5460.00%
107Cabo Verde$657,4850.00%
108Armenia$606,6980.00%
109Iceland$541,1910.00%
110Kuwait$472,8130.00%
111Georgia$471,2880.00%
112Cambodia$374,6310.00%
113North Macedonia$373,2470.00%
114Iraq$357,4160.00%
115Djibouti$306,2790.00%
116Zambia$304,6100.00%
117Ecuador$271,3710.00%
118Panama$265,7370.00%
119Libya$241,6240.00%
120Azerbaijan$226,5420.00%
121Mauritius$218,5570.00%
122Chile$218,4220.00%
123Chad$202,9870.00%
124Sri Lanka$186,7110.00%
125Guinea-Bissau$162,9480.00%
126Cuba$147,8480.00%
127Namibia$134,9150.00%
128Barbados$128,0310.00%
129Rwanda$123,7670.00%
130Luxembourg$121,8980.00%
131Bahrain$106,9900.00%
132Kyrgyzstan$95,1270.00%
133Honduras$92,7440.00%
134Nicaragua$85,3860.00%
135Nepal$79,3200.00%
136Greenland$78,4350.00%
137Curaçao$77,0140.00%
138Trinidad and Tobago$75,0970.00%
139Albania$73,1640.00%
140Jamaica$65,3920.00%
141Maldives$59,6980.00%
142Botswana$54,1120.00%
143El Salvador$48,7870.00%
144Malta$44,8880.00%
145Montenegro$40,3650.00%
146Bangladesh$38,0700.00%
147Bahamas$33,5420.00%
148Yemen$28,8960.00%
149Eritrea$24,0460.00%
150Costa Rica$18,1970.00%
151Rep. of Moldova$17,8560.00%
152Saint Lucia$14,4910.00%
153Eswatini$14,1820.00%
154Brunei Darussalam$13,2220.00%
155French Polynesia$10,7380.00%
156Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$2,7720.00%
157Bermuda$2,0050.00%
158Burundi$1,6980.00%
159Myanmar$1,0590.00%
160Antigua and Barbuda$1,0400.00%
161Christmas Isds$8610.00%
162New Caledonia$8120.00%
163Somalia$6820.00%
164China, Macao SAR$4590.00%
165Dominica$3330.00%
166Andorra$2290.00%
167Lao People's Dem. Rep.$1000.00%
168Haiti$820.00%
169Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$560.00%
170Iran$200.00%

Top export products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1710812Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)$7.83B28.66%
2710813Metals: gold, semi-manufactured$7.80B28.55%
3270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude$5.10B18.67%
4180100Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted$1.29B4.71%
5260200Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight$436.91M1.60%
6180310Cocoa: paste, not defatted$351.83M1.29%
7080131Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, fresh or dried, in shell$327.44M1.20%
8180400Cocoa: butter, fat and oil$253.40M0.93%
9151590Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.c. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified$158.59M0.58%
10271600Electrical energy$157.08M0.58%
11160414Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced)$146.70M0.54%
12180500Cocoa: powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter$136.44M0.50%
13271000Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils$123.32M0.45%
14400122Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets)$109.87M0.40%
15180320Cocoa: paste, wholly or partly defatted$91.82M0.34%
16760110Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed)$87.11M0.32%
17721420Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling$84.15M0.31%
18260600Aluminium ores and concentrates$78.72M0.29%
19080390Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried$74.02M0.27%
20740400Copper: waste and scrap$70.09M0.26%
21961900Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material$64.76M0.24%
22120190Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken$60.53M0.22%
23690722Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10%$59.44M0.22%
24080450Fruit, edible: guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried$58.25M0.21%
25400129Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip$54.59M0.20%
26440349Wood, tropical: other than dark red meranti, light red meranti and meranti bakau, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated$52.94M0.19%
27690723Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 10%$51.37M0.19%
28071430Vegetable roots and tubers: yams (Dioscorea spp.) with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets$49.73M0.18%
29780110Lead: unwrought, refined$49.55M0.18%
30440729Wood, tropical, n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm$43.36M0.16%
31310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution$42.02M0.15%
32120799Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits: n.e.c. in heading no. 1207, whether or not broken$38.65M0.14%
33711299Waste and scrap of precious metals: waste and scrap of precious metals including metal clad with precious metals, other than that of gold and platinum and excluding ash which contains precious metal or precious metal compounds$38.53M0.14%
34151110Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified$37.34M0.14%
35080132Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, fresh or dried, shelled$35.23M0.13%
36730661Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73$32.58M0.12%
37271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes$32.42M0.12%
38440721Wood, tropical: as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, mahogany (Swietenia spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm$28.83M0.11%
39190110Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale$27.50M0.10%
40210390Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings$26.54M0.10%
41180610Cocoa: powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter$26.32M0.10%
42340220Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale$26.07M0.10%
43760200Aluminium: waste and scrap$25.71M0.09%
44392330Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods$24.98M0.09%
45283711Cyanides and cyanide oxides: of sodium$23.95M0.09%
46392490Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles$23.76M0.09%
47190190Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901$22.28M0.08%
48760120Aluminium: unwrought, alloys$21.44M0.08%
49720851Iron or non-alloy steel: (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm$21.36M0.08%
50320820Paints and varnishes: based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium$21.07M0.08%
51391721Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of ethylene$20.92M0.08%
52030349Fish: frozen, tuna, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.4, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$20.51M0.08%
53120110Soya beans: seed, whether or not broken$20.44M0.07%
54030342Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$19.23M0.07%
55690721Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight not over 0.5%$19.17M0.07%
56151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified$18.80M0.07%
57392321Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods$18.67M0.07%
58721049Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically)$18.62M0.07%
59380210Carbon: activated$17.59M0.06%
60081090Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh$17.48M0.06%
61611030Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted$16.68M0.06%
62252210Quicklime: excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825$16.59M0.06%
63400121Rubber: natural (excluding latex), in smoked sheets$15.83M0.06%
64220299Non-alcoholic beverages: other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009$14.86M0.05%
65030743Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen$14.34M0.05%
66210410Soups and broths and preparations therefor$14.28M0.05%
67610520Shirts: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted$13.96M0.05%
68721650Iron or non-alloy steel: angles, shapes and sections, n.e.c. in heading no. 7216, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded$13.59M0.05%
69870410Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods$13.57M0.05%
70721061Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys$13.34M0.05%
71710231Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set$12.99M0.05%
72080430Fruit, edible: pineapples, fresh or dried$12.69M0.05%
73720890Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, hot-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7208$12.41M0.05%
74740321Copper: copper-zinc base alloys (brass) unwrought$12.17M0.04%
75392410Plastics: tableware and kitchenware$12.00M0.04%
76441299Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood (other than blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, other than of bamboo, and other than plywood consisting only of sheets of wood each ply 6mm or thinner)$11.74M0.04%
77340119Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use$11.12M0.04%
78320910Paints and varnishes: based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium$10.99M0.04%
79440399Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403$10.55M0.04%
80151710Margarine: excluding liquid margarine$10.54M0.04%
81300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$10.50M0.04%
82440839Wood, of tropical wood: as in Subheading note 2 to this Chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 4408.31, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn length wise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not thicker than 6mm$10.37M0.04%
83481910Paper and paperboard: cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard$10.22M0.04%
84030487Fish fillets: frozen, tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis)$9.62M0.04%
85190531Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa$9.43M0.03%
86382520Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included: sewage sludge$9.12M0.03%
87681182Cellulose fibre-cement: articles or the like, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles (other than corrugated sheets), not containing asbestos$8.86M0.03%
88252220Slaked lime: excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825$8.84M0.03%
89780199Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element$8.63M0.03%
90721391Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter$8.17M0.03%
91220860Vodka$8.08M0.03%
92730690Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73$8.03M0.03%
93200899Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.c. in heading no. 2008$7.98M0.03%
94441300Wood: densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes$7.97M0.03%
95440890Wood: n.e.c. in heading no. 4408, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not exceeding 6mm in thickness$7.96M0.03%
96842952Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure$7.91M0.03%
97262110Slag and ash: ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste$7.82M0.03%
98220210Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured$7.65M0.03%
99440799Wood: sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, n.e.c. in heading no. 4407$7.50M0.03%
100970110Paintings, drawings and pastels: executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading no. 4906$7.18M0.03%