{"id":97270,"date":"2025-03-11T10:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetmelodiesfm.com\/?p=97270"},"modified":"2025-03-11T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:53:38","slug":"ghanas-economy-grew-by-5-7-per-cent-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetmelodiesfm.com\/ghanas-economy-grew-by-5-7-per-cent-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s economy grew by 5.7 per cent in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Ghana\u2019s economy grew by 5.7 per cent in 2024, but Q4 growth slowed to 3.6 per cent, down from 7.2 per cent in the third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The slowdown in Q4 was largely driven by weaker growth in the Industry sector, which increased by just 0.2 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A significant factor was the sharp contraction in mining and quarrying, which accounted for about 43 per cent of the Industry sector\u2019s total value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Services sector remained the largest contributor to GDP, representing 49.2 per cent of total output, followed by Industry (31.9 per cent) and Agriculture (19.0 per cent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">At constant 2013 prices, Ghana\u2019s oil GDP for Q4 2024 stood at GH\u20b553,137.0 million, while non-oil GDP was GH\u20b550,262.5 million. 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