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About

United Arab Emirates-Ghana Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $605M to Ghana. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Ghana were Cars ($82.2M), Refined Petroleum ($59.5M), and Broadcasting Equipment ($43.4M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Ghana have increased at an annualized rate of 9.36%, from $387M in 2017 to $605M in 2022.

In 2022, United Arab Emirates did not export any services to Ghana.

Ghana-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Ghana exported $4.72B to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Ghana exported to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($4.68B), Cocoa Paste ($11.6M), and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($11.3M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Ghana to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 40.7%,  from $856M in 2017 to $4.72B in 2022.

In 2022, Ghana did not export any services to United Arab Emirates.

Comparison: In 2022,  United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B). That same year, Ghana ranked 122 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.32), and 79 in total exports ($20B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $605M to Ghana. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Ghana were Cars ($82.2M), Refined Petroleum ($59.5M), and Broadcasting Equipment ($43.4M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Ghana have increased at an annualized rate of 9.36%, from $387M in 2017 to $605M in 2022.

In 2017, Ghana exported $4.72B to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Ghana to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($4.68B), Cocoa Paste ($11.6M), and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($11.3M). During the last 5 years the exports of Ghana to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 40.7%, from $856M in 2022 to $4.72B in 2017.

Exports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) to Ghana (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Ghana (Flag) to United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Ghana (Flag)

United Arab Emirates Exports

Ghana Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B
Ghana
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$4.72B

This map shows whether countries import more from United Arab Emirates or Ghana. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from United Arab Emirates and Ghana or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Ghana included India ($51B), Japan ($40.9B), and China ($32.5B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Ghana than United Arab Emirates included Burkina Faso ($285M) and Estonia ($20.7M).

Difference in imports from Ghana (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Ghana

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between United Arab Emirates and Ghana by product, considering products traded by both, United Arab Emirates and Ghana.

During 2022, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Ghana in the exports of Machines ($175M), Transportation ($131M), and Mineral Products ($64.9M).

During 2017, Ghana had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Precious Metals ($4.68B), Foodstuffs ($14M), and Animal Products ($11.4M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Ghana+$34.5MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Ghana United Arab Emirates+$1.45MDiamonds

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of United Arab Emirates and Ghana. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Ghana. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Ghana indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates.

Product Space of United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Ghana (Flag) (2022)

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