Goal
Goal 17 aims to “strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.”
For Ghana, this means mobilizing financial resources, enhancing technology adoption, and building capacity to achieve all other SDGs. Key priorities include increasing domestic revenue mobilization, attracting responsible foreign investment, leveraging digital technology, and fostering multi-stakeholder collaborations between government, private sector, and civil society.
Community Success
Key Statistics for Goal 17 in Ghana
| SDG Indicator | Statistic (latest year) | Source & Implication |
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| 17.1.1 – Total government revenue as proportion of GDP | 15.3% (2023) | Ministry of Finance, GSS. Indicates the government’s revenue mobilization capacity, a key factor for self-sufficient financing of the SDGs. |
| 17.1.2 – Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes | 71.2% (2023) | Ministry of Finance. Reflects a strong and improving reliance on domestic resource mobilization, reducing dependency on external financing. |
| 17.3.2 – Volume of remittances as proportion of GDP | 4.9% (2023) | Bank of Ghana, World Bank. Highlights the significant and stable contribution of diaspora remittances to the economy and household resilience. |
| 17.5.1 – Investment promotion regimes | Ghana Investment Promotion Act (Act 865) in force (2013-2025) | Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). Provides a stable legal framework to attract foreign direct investment for sustainable development. |
| 17.6.1 – Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.66 per 100 (2023) | National Communications Authority (NCA). Shows growing, though still limited, access to high-speed internet, which is crucial for innovation and digital inclusion. |
| 17.18.1/3 – Statistical capacity & national statistical plan | Ghana Statistical Service as central coordinator; NSDS implemented (2024) | Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). Demonstrates a strong national system for data production, essential for evidence-based SDG monitoring and policymaking. |
| 17.19.2 – Population & housing census and vital statistics | 2021 PHC conducted; Death registration at 37.8% (2023) | GSS, Births and Deaths Registry. Confirms commitment to major data exercises while highlighting gaps in vital statistics that need strengthening. |
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17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection |
17.1.1
Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
17.1.2
Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes |
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17.2 Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries |
17.2.1
Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI) |
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17.3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources |
17.3.1
Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.2
Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP |
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17.4 Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress |
17.4.1
Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and primary income |
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17.5 Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries |
17.5.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries |
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17.6 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism |
17.6.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed |
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17.7 Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed |
17.7.1
Total amount of funding for developing and developed countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies |
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17.8 Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology |
17.8.1
Proportion of individuals using the Internet |
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17.9 Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation |
17.9.1
Dollar value of official development assistance committed to developing countries |
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17.10 Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda |
17.10.1
Worldwide weighted tariff-average |
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17.11 Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020 |
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports |
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17.12 Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access |
17.12.1
Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States |
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17.13 Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence |
17.13.1
Macroeconomic Dashboard |
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17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development |
17.14.1
Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development |
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17.15 Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development |
17.15.1
Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation |
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17.16 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries |
17.16.1
Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals |
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17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships |
17.17.1
Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure |
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17.18 By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts |
17.18.1
Statistical capacity indicators
17.18.2
Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding |
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17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries |
17.19.1
Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration |
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Digital Financial Inclusion:
Over 70% of the adult population has a mobile money account (2023, Bank of Ghana). This demonstrates a powerful partnership between telecom companies and the financial sector to build inclusive digital infrastructure, enabling efficient resource mobilization and disbursement.
Summary:
The data reveals that Ghana faces a significant financing gap for achieving the SDGs, constrained by a low domestic revenue base and a high debt burden. While remittances and FDI provide substantial inflows, and digital innovation is a bright spot, achieving the goals requires stronger, more aligned partnerships and increased investment in SDG-critical sectors like renewable energy, education, and sustainable agriculture.