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Political Civil Liberties Index in Ghana

Ghana: Political Civil Liberties Index was 0.922 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.922
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
23rd
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.938
in 2010
All-time low
0.161
in 1983
Years of data
124
1902–2025

Political Civil Liberties Index in Ghana, 1902–2025

0.20.40.60.81190219632025

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

Analysis

Ghana recorded 0.922 for political civil liberties index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political civil liberties index in Ghana peaked at 0.938 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.161, in 1983.

Ghana ranks 23rd of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Political Civil Liberties Index in Ghana, year by year

Year Value Change
1902 0.424 —
1903 0.424 +0.0%
1904 0.424 +0.0%
1905 0.424 +0.0%
1906 0.424 +0.0%
1907 0.424 +0.0%
1908 0.424 +0.0%
1909 0.424 +0.0%
1910 0.424 +0.0%
1911 0.424 +0.0%
1912 0.424 +0.0%
1913 0.424 +0.0%
1914 0.424 +0.0%
1915 0.424 +0.0%
1916 0.424 +0.0%
1917 0.424 +0.0%
1918 0.424 +0.0%
1919 0.424 +0.0%
1920 0.424 +0.0%
1921 0.424 +0.0%
1922 0.424 +0.0%
1923 0.424 +0.0%
1924 0.424 +0.0%
1925 0.424 +0.0%
1926 0.424 +0.0%
1927 0.424 +0.0%
1928 0.424 +0.0%
1929 0.424 +0.0%
1930 0.424 +0.0%
1931 0.424 +0.0%
1932 0.424 +0.0%
1933 0.424 +0.0%
1934 0.424 +0.0%
1935 0.424 +0.0%
1936 0.424 +0.0%
1937 0.424 +0.0%
1938 0.424 +0.0%
1939 0.424 +0.0%
1940 0.424 +0.0%
1941 0.424 +0.0%
1942 0.424 +0.0%
1943 0.424 +0.0%
1944 0.422 -0.5%
1945 0.44 +4.3%
1946 0.44 +0.0%
1947 0.482 +9.5%
1948 0.482 +0.0%
1949 0.5 +3.7%
1950 0.501 +0.2%
1951 0.619 +23.6%
1952 0.619 +0.0%
1953 0.619 +0.0%
1954 0.634 +2.4%
1955 0.634 +0.0%
1956 0.634 +0.0%
1957 0.581 -8.4%
1958 0.514 -11.5%
1959 0.511 -0.6%
1960 0.481 -5.9%
1961 0.406 -15.6%
1962 0.357 -12.1%
1963 0.351 -1.7%
1964 0.344 -2.0%
1965 0.285 -17.2%
1966 0.292 +2.5%
1967 0.396 +35.6%
1968 0.406 +2.5%
1969 0.62 +52.7%
1970 0.644 +3.9%
1971 0.63 -2.2%
1972 0.354 -43.8%
1973 0.243 -31.4%
1974 0.243 +0.0%
1975 0.243 +0.0%
1976 0.243 +0.0%
1977 0.243 +0.0%
1978 0.273 +12.3%
1979 0.548 +100.7%
1980 0.663 +21.0%
1981 0.54 -18.6%
1982 0.194 -64.1%
1983 0.161 -17.0%
1984 0.161 +0.0%
1985 0.162 +0.6%
1986 0.162 +0.0%
1987 0.164 +1.2%
1988 0.172 +4.9%
1989 0.17 -1.2%
1990 0.206 +21.2%
1991 0.216 +4.9%
1992 0.45 +108.3%
1993 0.739 +64.2%
1994 0.786 +6.4%
1995 0.822 +4.6%
1996 0.833 +1.3%
1997 0.844 +1.3%
1998 0.844 +0.0%
1999 0.85 +0.7%
2000 0.921 +8.4%
2001 0.921 +0.0%
2002 0.922 +0.1%
2003 0.922 +0.0%
2004 0.922 +0.0%
2005 0.922 +0.0%
2006 0.922 +0.0%
2007 0.925 +0.3%
2008 0.925 +0.0%
2009 0.926 +0.1%
2010 0.938 +1.3%
2011 0.938 +0.0%
2012 0.938 +0.0%
2013 0.938 +0.0%
2014 0.924 -1.5%
2015 0.928 +0.4%
2016 0.935 +0.8%
2017 0.937 +0.2%
2018 0.931 -0.6%
2019 0.904 -2.9%
2020 0.917 +1.4%
2021 0.898 -2.1%
2022 0.915 +1.9%
2023 0.895 -2.2%
2024 0.887 -0.9%
2025 0.922 +3.9%

Ghana compared with similar countries

  • Ghana's 0.922 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5695, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Ghana's 0.922 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5665, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1900s 0.424 0.424 0.424 8
1910s 0.424 0.424 0.424 10
1920s 0.424 0.424 0.424 10
1930s 0.424 0.424 0.424 10
1940s 0.4462 0.422 0.5 10
1950s 0.5866 0.501 0.634 10
1960s 0.3938 0.285 0.62 10
1970s 0.3664 0.243 0.644 10
1980s 0.2549 0.161 0.663 10
1990s 0.659 0.206 0.85 10
2000s 0.9228 0.921 0.926 10
2010s 0.9311 0.904 0.938 10
2020s 0.9057 0.887 0.922 6

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 20 New Zealand 0.929 compare
  2. 21 Austria 0.926 compare
  3. 22 Spain 0.925 compare
  4. 23 Barbados 0.922 compare
  5. 23 Canada 0.922 compare
  6. 23 Dominican Republic 0.922 compare
  7. 23 Mauritius 0.922 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is political civil liberties index in Ghana?
Political civil liberties index in Ghana was 0.922 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest political civil liberties index recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 0.938 in 2010.
What is the lowest political civil liberties index recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.161 in 1983.
How does Ghana rank for political civil liberties index?
Ghana ranks 23rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political civil liberties index rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 Political Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Political Civil Liberties Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,211 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which people enjoy the freedoms of expression and association.