🇬🇭 Ghana Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇬🇭 Ghana GH / GHA #80

Nomad Score 52.0

Cities 14

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency GHS

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 43/100

Press Freedom (2025) 67.1/100 #52

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.711

HDI 0.628

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Ghana	John Mahama
Vice-President of Ghana	Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 43 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 67.1 / 100

Global Rank #52 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #36 64.4

Economic #73 44.9

Legal #41 75.4

Social #52 72.0

Safety #86 78.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.711

Liberal 0.606

Participatory 0.361

Deliberative 0.583

Egalitarian 0.493

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	67.1	52	64.4	44.9	75.4	72.0	78.9
2024	67.7	50	59.5	47.9	74.8	73.4	82.9
2023	65.9	62	61.9	47.9	79.6	79.0	61.3
2022	67.4	60	66.6	47.2	81.4	79.6	62.3
2021	78.7	30	-	-	-	-	82.1
2020	77.7	30	-	-	-	-	53.0
2019	79.2	27	-	-	-	-	72.3
2018	81.6	23	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	82.1	26	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	82.1	26	-	-	-	-	69.6
2015	84.5	22	-	-	-	-	82.1
2014	83.7	27	-	-	-	-	-
2013	82.7	30	-	-	-	-	-
2012	11.0	41	-	-	-	-	-
2010	8.0	27	-	-	-	-	-
2009	6.0	27	-	-	-	-	-
2008	7.5	31	-	-	-	-	-
2007	9.0	29	-	-	-	-	-
2006	8.5	34	-	-	-	-	-
2005	15.0	66	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index