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Liberal Political Institutions Index in Ghana

Ghana: Liberal Political Institutions Index was 0.855 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.855
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
38th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.879
in 2010
All-time low
0.258
in 1982
Years of data
124
1902–2025

Liberal Political Institutions Index in Ghana, 1902–2025

0.20.40.60.8190219632025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for liberal political institutions index in Ghana is 0.855, measured in 2025.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, liberal political institutions index in Ghana peaked at 0.879 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.258, in 1982.

That places Ghana 38th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 124 years of available data.

Liberal Political Institutions Index in Ghana, year by year

Year Value Change
1902 0.376 —
1903 0.376 +0.0%
1904 0.376 +0.0%
1905 0.376 +0.0%
1906 0.376 +0.0%
1907 0.376 +0.0%
1908 0.376 +0.0%
1909 0.376 +0.0%
1910 0.374 -0.5%
1911 0.374 +0.0%
1912 0.374 +0.0%
1913 0.374 +0.0%
1914 0.374 +0.0%
1915 0.374 +0.0%
1916 0.374 +0.0%
1917 0.374 +0.0%
1918 0.374 +0.0%
1919 0.374 +0.0%
1920 0.375 +0.3%
1921 0.375 +0.0%
1922 0.38 +1.3%
1923 0.38 +0.0%
1924 0.38 +0.0%
1925 0.38 +0.0%
1926 0.38 +0.0%
1927 0.38 +0.0%
1928 0.38 +0.0%
1929 0.38 +0.0%
1930 0.376 -1.1%
1931 0.377 +0.3%
1932 0.377 +0.0%
1933 0.377 +0.0%
1934 0.377 +0.0%
1935 0.377 +0.0%
1936 0.377 +0.0%
1937 0.38 +0.8%
1938 0.38 +0.0%
1939 0.375 -1.3%
1940 0.377 +0.5%
1941 0.377 +0.0%
1942 0.377 +0.0%
1943 0.377 +0.0%
1944 0.377 +0.0%
1945 0.377 +0.0%
1946 0.378 +0.3%
1947 0.378 +0.0%
1948 0.378 +0.0%
1949 0.378 +0.0%
1950 0.402 +6.3%
1951 0.535 +33.1%
1952 0.536 +0.2%
1953 0.536 +0.0%
1954 0.557 +3.9%
1955 0.558 +0.2%
1956 0.559 +0.2%
1957 0.632 +13.1%
1958 0.639 +1.1%
1959 0.64 +0.2%
1960 0.644 +0.6%
1961 0.634 -1.6%
1962 0.592 -6.6%
1963 0.591 -0.2%
1964 0.57 -3.6%
1965 0.569 -0.2%
1966 0.35 -38.5%
1967 0.328 -6.3%
1968 0.328 +0.0%
1969 0.516 +57.3%
1970 0.743 +44.0%
1971 0.748 +0.7%
1972 0.36 -51.9%
1973 0.301 -16.4%
1974 0.301 +0.0%
1975 0.301 +0.0%
1976 0.301 +0.0%
1977 0.301 +0.0%
1978 0.301 +0.0%
1979 0.54 +79.4%
1980 0.716 +32.6%
1981 0.628 -12.3%
1982 0.258 -58.9%
1983 0.266 +3.1%
1984 0.268 +0.8%
1985 0.272 +1.5%
1986 0.273 +0.4%
1987 0.285 +4.4%
1988 0.307 +7.7%
1989 0.307 +0.0%
1990 0.339 +10.4%
1991 0.34 +0.3%
1992 0.349 +2.6%
1993 0.681 +95.1%
1994 0.771 +13.2%
1995 0.771 +0.0%
1996 0.804 +4.3%
1997 0.843 +4.9%
1998 0.843 +0.0%
1999 0.843 +0.0%
2000 0.865 +2.6%
2001 0.866 +0.1%
2002 0.866 +0.0%
2003 0.87 +0.5%
2004 0.87 +0.0%
2005 0.877 +0.8%
2006 0.877 +0.0%
2007 0.869 -0.9%
2008 0.869 +0.0%
2009 0.87 +0.1%
2010 0.879 +1.0%
2011 0.879 +0.0%
2012 0.86 -2.2%
2013 0.846 -1.6%
2014 0.849 +0.4%
2015 0.854 +0.6%
2016 0.841 -1.5%
2017 0.853 +1.4%
2018 0.847 -0.7%
2019 0.849 +0.2%
2020 0.84 -1.1%
2021 0.842 +0.2%
2022 0.848 +0.7%
2023 0.846 -0.2%
2024 0.847 +0.1%
2025 0.855 +0.9%

Ghana compared with similar countries

  • Ghana's 0.855 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.446, 1.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Ghana's 0.855 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4325, 2.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Liberal Political Institutions Index in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1993 +95.1% 0.349 0.681
1979 +79.4% 0.301 0.54
1982 -58.9% 0.628 0.258
1969 +57.3% 0.328 0.516
1972 -51.9% 0.748 0.36
1970 +44.0% 0.516 0.743

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1900s 0.376 0.376 0.376 8
1910s 0.374 0.374 0.374 10
1920s 0.379 0.375 0.38 10
1930s 0.3773 0.375 0.38 10
1940s 0.3774 0.377 0.378 10
1950s 0.5594 0.402 0.64 10
1960s 0.5122 0.328 0.644 10
1970s 0.4197 0.301 0.748 10
1980s 0.358 0.258 0.716 10
1990s 0.6584 0.339 0.843 10
2000s 0.8699 0.865 0.877 10
2010s 0.8557 0.841 0.879 10
2020s 0.8463 0.84 0.855 6

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 35 Cyprus 0.861 compare
  2. 36 South Africa 0.858 compare
  3. 37 Vanuatu 0.857 compare
  4. 39 Slovenia 0.849 compare
  5. 40 Israel 0.847 compare
  6. 41 Barbados 0.846 compare
  7. 41 Trinidad and Tobago 0.846 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is liberal political institutions index in Ghana?
Liberal political institutions index in Ghana was 0.855 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest liberal political institutions index recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 0.879 in 2010.
What is the lowest liberal political institutions index recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.258 in 1982.
How does Ghana rank for liberal political institutions index?
Ghana ranks 38th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is liberal political institutions index rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Liberal Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Liberal Political Institutions Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,207 data points, 1789–2025
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