Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Ghana
Ghana: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 52.32 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Ghana, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 52.32 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Ghana peaked at 55.39 0-100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 42.58 0-100, in 2002.
That places Ghana 112th 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.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 44.58 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 49.54 0-100 | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 52.21 0-100 | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 42.58 0-100 | -18.5% |
| 2003 | 43.55 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 46.91 0-100 | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 50.16 0-100 | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 53.69 0-100 | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 53.99 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 54.8 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 55.39 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 55.17 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 54.94 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 55.22 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 54.91 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 53.08 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 53.19 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 51.14 0-100 | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 52.83 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 52.68 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 52.3 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 52.92 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 52.3 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 52.71 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 52.85 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 53.72 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 52.32 0-100 | -2.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 52.32 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 44.38 0-100, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 52.32 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.93 0-100, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.06 0-100 | 44.58 0-100 | 49.54 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 50.36 0-100 | 42.58 0-100 | 55.39 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 53.55 0-100 | 51.14 0-100 | 55.22 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.8 0-100 | 52.3 0-100 | 53.72 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More reference data data for Ghana
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.89 (2050)
- 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)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9405 (2050)
- 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 regulatory quality - governance score in Ghana?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Ghana was 52.32 0-100 in 2025, 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 55.39 0-100 in 2009.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.58 0-100 in 2002.
- How does Ghana rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Ghana ranks 112th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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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About this data
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).