Ghana

Parliament

Political system
Presidential system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Parliament may only decrease existing expenditures/revenues (i.e. Parliament cannot increase existing items or create new ones)
Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
No
Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
No information available
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
24 Nov 2022
(2022)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
22 Dec 2022
(2022)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
28
(2022)
National currency
Ghanaian Cedis (GHS)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
3.300
(2023)
State budget, per year
137,759,000,000 GHS
(2022)
State budget, per year in PPP
62,903,652,968
(2022)

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No