Ghana has recorded a marginal improvement on the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving up by one point in the 2025 rankings released by Transparency International.
According to a press statement issued on February 10, Ghana’s CPI score rose from 42 in 2024 to 43 out of a possible 100 in 2025. This places the country 76th out of 182 countries assessed worldwide.
Despite the slight improvement, Transparency International notes that the score does not represent a statistically significant change under the CPI’s methodology. The organisation stressed that Ghana continues to grapple with persistent corruption challenges, including weak enforcement of anti-corruption laws, poor compliance with existing legal frameworks, and fragile state institutions tasked with fighting corruption.
The report further shows that Ghana has largely stagnated on the index in recent years. The country maintained a score of 43 from 2020 before slipping to 42 in 2024. Although the latest score marks a recovery from last year’s dip, it underscores a broader pattern of limited progress.
Historically, Ghana’s strongest CPI performance was recorded in 2014, when the country scored 48. This was followed by a steady decline until 2017, when the score fell to 40. A modest rebound occurred in 2018 and 2019, with scores improving to 41, driven in part by public optimism following a change in government. Since then, Ghana’s CPI score has hovered around 43, reflecting persistent structural challenges.
Transparency International Ghana (GII) observed that the trend suggests policy interventions and institutional reforms have yet to translate into sustained gains in the fight against corruption. The organisation argues that deeper, more decisive action is required.
In response to Ghana’s performance, the GII has proposed a set of recommendations aimed at strengthening governance and accountability. These include critical legislative, judicial, and executive reforms to enhance transparency, improve enforcement, and restore public confidence in anti-corruption institutions.
