Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Ghana
Ghana: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 49.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Ghana, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 49.1% for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Ghana peaked at 49.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 33.7%, in 1998.
That places Ghana 84th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 39.2% | — |
| 1998 | 33.7% | -14.0% |
| 2000 | 38.1% | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 37.1% | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 35.0% | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 37.4% | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 40.1% | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 46.8% | +16.9% |
| 2007 | 46.4% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 48.4% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 48.7% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 48.0% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 47.9% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 47.7% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 46.2% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 46.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 46.6% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 48.8% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 48.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 47.9% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 47.2% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 47.1% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 46.5% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 45.8% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 46.5% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 48.1% | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 49.1% | +2.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 49.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.3%, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 49.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 29.6%, 1.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.4% | 33.7% | 39.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.0% | 35.0% | 48.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 47.6% | 46.2% | 48.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.2% | 45.8% | 49.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1989 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.69 (2050)
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9478 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Ghana?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Ghana was 49.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 49.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.7% in 1998.
- How does Ghana rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Ghana ranks 84th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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