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Ghana Treasury Bill Rates Today

Current Ghana Treasury bill rates from Bank of Ghana, plus how 91-day, 182-day and 364-day bills work and how investors can access them.

Published July 21, 2026Rates updated July 17, 20268 min readMansa Markets

Current Ghana Treasury Bill Rates

As of July 17, 2026, the latest official Ghana Treasury bill curve is shown below. Rates are dated auction observations in GHS; the page never substitutes a manually typed rate, bond coupon or price.

91-day
5.7845%
Auction date: July 17, 2026
182-day
7.6763%
Auction date: July 17, 2026
364-day
12.9954%
Auction date: July 17, 2026

Source: Bank of Ghana Government of Ghana tender results. Full dated dataset: Ghana bond market.

What Are Treasury Bills in Ghana?

Ghana Treasury bills are short-term government securities issued or administered through Bank of Ghana. The standard market includes 91-day, 182-day and 364-day, with investors receiving the maturity value after buying the bill at the auction or secondary-market price.

Ghana's short-term government curve is centred on three bill maturities. The Bank of Ghana publishes the tender date, bids received, accepted amounts and weighted interest rates, allowing the current curve to be separated from older high-rate observations.

Local terminology: Government of Ghana Treasury bills, weighted interest rate and Primary Dealer. The official yield convention matters: discount rate, effective yield and weighted average yield are related but not interchangeable.

How to Buy Treasury Bills in Ghana

Retail investors normally place instructions through a licensed Primary Dealer bank or another authorised depository participant. The dealer confirms the amount, discount price, settlement date and maturity proceeds before submitting or filling the order.

    STEP 1

    Choose a regulated channel

    Use an authorised bank, dealer, broker or official depository route that can identify the security and explain its fees.

    STEP 2

    Select the maturity

    Compare the available 91-day, 182-day and 364-day bills using the same yield convention and a maturity that fits your cash needs.

    STEP 3

    Confirm price and settlement

    Ask for the amount paid today, the maturity value, settlement date, charges and treatment if you need to sell before maturity.

    STEP 4

    Keep the allotment record

    Retain the security reference, settlement confirmation and maturity instructions; verify that proceeds reach the nominated account.

How Treasury Bill Returns Work

Treasury bills are commonly issued at a discount: the investor pays less than the maturity value and receives the full face value when the bill matures. The cash gain is the maturity value minus the purchase amount, before fees and taxes.

An annualised auction rate is not the same as the percentage cash gain over a three- or six-month holding period. Investors should compare effective yields calculated on the same basis and confirm whether the published field is a discount rate, accepted yield or weighted average yield.

Recent Ghana Treasury Bill Auctions

Dated primary-market results. Amounts are shown in millions of GHS where the official release supplies them.

Auction dateTenorYieldOfferedAllotted
July 17, 202691-day5.7845%3,041.9m GHS
July 17, 2026182-day7.6763%585m GHS
July 17, 2026364-day12.9954%
July 10, 2026182-day7.7884%1,058m GHS
July 10, 2026364-day12.9916%
July 10, 202691-day5.8617%1,796.3m GHS
July 2, 202691-day5.8730%1,631.7m GHS
July 2, 2026182-day7.7883%435.8m GHS
July 2, 2026364-day12.9295%
June 26, 202691-day5.7329%1,342.1m GHS
June 26, 2026182-day7.6933%378.8m GHS
June 26, 2026364-day12.8218%
May 22, 202691-day4.9143%2,511.3m GHS
May 22, 2026182-day7.0406%723.5m GHS
May 22, 2026364-day10.3716%

Treasury Bills vs Savings, Fixed Deposits and Bonds

InstrumentTypical termReturnMain considerations
Treasury billOne year or lessDiscount or auction yieldSovereign, inflation, currency and early-sale risk
Savings accountOn demandBank deposit interestLiquidity, bank terms and deposit-protection limits
Fixed depositAgreed bank termFixed deposit rateEarly-withdrawal penalty and bank credit exposure
Government bondMore than one yearCoupon plus price movementDuration, market-price, inflation and liquidity risk

Ghana Treasury Bills FAQ

What are Ghana Treasury bill rates today?

The latest validated Ghana Treasury bill observations as of July 17, 2026 are 91-day: 5.7845%, 182-day: 7.6763%, 364-day: 12.9954%. Mansa Markets pulls these dated rates from Bank of Ghana Government of Ghana tender results; they are not manually entered estimates.

How can I buy Treasury bills in Ghana?

Retail investors normally place instructions through a licensed Primary Dealer bank or another authorised depository participant. The dealer confirms the amount, discount price, settlement date and maturity proceeds before submitting or filling the order. Access rules and minimum order sizes can change, so confirm the current requirements with a regulated institution before transferring money.

Are Ghana Treasury bills risk free?

Ghana Treasury bills are short-term obligations of the sovereign issuer and are generally treated as lower-credit-risk local-currency instruments. They are not free of inflation, currency, liquidity, reinvestment or sovereign risk, and selling before maturity can change the realised return.

What is the difference between a Treasury bill rate and return?

A quoted bill rate is an annualised auction measure, while the investor's cash return depends on the purchase price, maturity value, holding period, fees and tax treatment. Compare instruments using the same yield convention and maturity rather than comparing headline percentages alone.

How often do Ghana Treasury bill rates change?

Ghana rates can change at each weekly Government of Ghana securities tenders. Mansa Markets checks the official release pipeline and displays the underlying auction date, while this article is server-rendered on a six-hour cache window.

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This article is educational and does not constitute investment, tax or legal advice. Auction rules, taxes, minimum order sizes and intermediary requirements can change. Verify current terms with a regulated institution before investing.