Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Ghana

Ghana: Regulatory Quality - Governance score was 53.45 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
53.45 0-100
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
101st
of 205 countries
All-time high
54.95 0-100
in 2009
All-time low
43.19 0-100
in 2002
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Ghana, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 44.7 0-1001998: 50.1 0-1002000: 52.9 0-1002002: 43.2 0-1002003: 43.9 0-1002004: 47.1 0-1002005: 50.1 0-1002006: 53.5 0-1002007: 53.8 0-1002008: 54.4 0-1002009: 55 0-1002010: 54.7 0-1002011: 54.5 0-1002012: 54.6 0-1002013: 54.3 0-1002014: 52.7 0-1002015: 52.9 0-1002016: 51.1 0-1002017: 52.3 0-1002018: 52.2 0-1002019: 51.8 0-1002020: 52.3 0-1002021: 51.9 0-1002022: 52.3 0-1002023: 52.3 0-1002024: 53.4 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Ghana recorded 53.45 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Ghana peaked at 54.95 0-100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 43.19 0-100, in 2002.

That places Ghana 101st out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Ghana, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Ghana, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 44.74 0-100
1998 50.1 0-100 +12.0%
2000 52.93 0-100 +5.7%
2002 43.19 0-100 -18.4%
2003 43.88 0-100 +1.6%
2004 47.08 0-100 +7.3%
2005 50.14 0-100 +6.5%
2006 53.51 0-100 +6.7%
2007 53.84 0-100 +0.6%
2008 54.41 0-100 +1.1%
2009 54.95 0-100 +1.0%
2010 54.75 0-100 -0.4%
2011 54.45 0-100 -0.5%
2012 54.6 0-100 +0.3%
2013 54.31 0-100 -0.5%
2014 52.68 0-100 -3.0%
2015 52.87 0-100 +0.4%
2016 51.06 0-100 -3.4%
2017 52.28 0-100 +2.4%
2018 52.2 0-100 -0.2%
2019 51.81 0-100 -0.7%
2020 52.34 0-100 +1.0%
2021 51.9 0-100 -0.8%
2022 52.31 0-100 +0.8%
2023 52.35 0-100 +0.1%
2024 53.45 0-100 +2.1%

Ghana compared with similar countries

  • Ghana's 53.45 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.91 0-100, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Ghana's 53.45 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 43.21 0-100, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 47.42 0-100 44.74 0-100 50.1 0-100 2
2000s 50.44 0-100 43.19 0-100 54.95 0-100 9
2010s 53.1 0-100 51.06 0-100 54.75 0-100 10
2020s 52.47 0-100 51.9 0-100 53.45 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 98 Mongolia 53.75 0-100 compare
  2. 99 China 53.74 0-100 compare
  3. 100 Panama 53.7 0-100 compare
  4. 102 Bhutan 53.42 0-100 compare
  5. 103 India 53.35 0-100 compare
  6. 104 Samoa 53.26 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Ghana?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Ghana was 53.45 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 54.95 0-100 in 2009.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 43.19 0-100 in 2002.
How does Ghana rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Ghana ranks 101st out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,160 data points, 1996–2024
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Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).