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World Bank projects Ghana’s economic growth for 2020 at 6.8% in 2020, emerging the 3rd-fastest in Africa

The World Bank report is projecting economic growth of 6.8% for Ghana in 2020.

World Bank Country Director for Ghana Pierre Laporte

This is against the 7.5% forecast by the International Monetary Fund for the year.

World Bank captured this in its January 2020 Global Economic prospects Report.

The projected growth rate, according to the World Bank, would make Ghana the joint 3rd-fastest growing economy among 42 sub-Saharan Africa countries.

However, the bank said growth will fall to 5.2% and 4.6% in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

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Rwanda, according to the report, will become the fastest-growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa with a Gross Domestic Product of 8.1% this year, followed by Ivory Coast with a 7.0% growth rate and Senegal, which is joint 3rd with Ghana, with a growth rate of 6.8%.

The report further indicated that regional growth is expected to pick up to 2.9% in 2020, assuming investor confidence improves in some large economies, energy bottlenecks ease, a pickup in oil production contributes to recovery in oil exporters and robust growth continues among agricultural commodity exporters.

“The forecast is weaker than previously expected, reflecting softer demand from key trading partners, lower commodity prices, and adverse domestic developments in several countries," the report said.

In South Africa, growth is expected to pick up to 0.9%, assuming the new administration’s reform agenda gathers pace, policy uncertainty wanes, and investment gradually recovers.

Growth in Nigeria is also expected to edge up to 2.1% as the macroeconomic framework is not conducive to confidence.

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Growth in Angola is anticipated to accelerate to 1.5%, assuming that ongoing reforms provide greater macroeconomic stability, improve the business environment, and bolster private investment.

In the West African Economic and Monetary Union, growth is expected to hold steady at 6.4%.

In Kenya, growth is seen edging up to 6%.

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