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Rule of law index in Ghana

Ghana: Rule of law index was 0.568 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.568
Change on year
up 5.6%
World rank
88th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.695
in 1956
All-time low
0.271
in 1973
Years of data
124
1902–2025

Rule of law index in Ghana, 1902–2025

00.20.40.6190219632025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law index in Ghana is 0.568, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law index in Ghana peaked at 0.695 in 1956 and was at its lowest, 0.271, in 1973.

Ghana ranks 88th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Rule of law index in Ghana, year by year

Year Value Change
1902 0.645 —
1903 0.645 +0.0%
1904 0.645 +0.0%
1905 0.645 +0.0%
1906 0.645 +0.0%
1907 0.645 +0.0%
1908 0.645 +0.0%
1909 0.645 +0.0%
1910 0.643 -0.3%
1911 0.643 +0.0%
1912 0.643 +0.0%
1913 0.643 +0.0%
1914 0.643 +0.0%
1915 0.643 +0.0%
1916 0.643 +0.0%
1917 0.643 +0.0%
1918 0.643 +0.0%
1919 0.643 +0.0%
1920 0.655 +1.9%
1921 0.655 +0.0%
1922 0.655 +0.0%
1923 0.655 +0.0%
1924 0.655 +0.0%
1925 0.655 +0.0%
1926 0.655 +0.0%
1927 0.655 +0.0%
1928 0.655 +0.0%
1929 0.655 +0.0%
1930 0.655 +0.0%
1931 0.655 +0.0%
1932 0.655 +0.0%
1933 0.655 +0.0%
1934 0.665 +1.5%
1935 0.665 +0.0%
1936 0.665 +0.0%
1937 0.665 +0.0%
1938 0.664 -0.2%
1939 0.652 -1.8%
1940 0.652 +0.0%
1941 0.652 +0.0%
1942 0.652 +0.0%
1943 0.652 +0.0%
1944 0.652 +0.0%
1945 0.652 +0.0%
1946 0.661 +1.4%
1947 0.666 +0.8%
1948 0.666 +0.0%
1949 0.666 +0.0%
1950 0.653 -2.0%
1951 0.665 +1.8%
1952 0.665 +0.0%
1953 0.665 +0.0%
1954 0.686 +3.2%
1955 0.686 +0.0%
1956 0.695 +1.3%
1957 0.659 -5.2%
1958 0.66 +0.2%
1959 0.66 +0.0%
1960 0.65 -1.5%
1961 0.544 -16.3%
1962 0.496 -8.8%
1963 0.492 -0.8%
1964 0.479 -2.6%
1965 0.479 +0.0%
1966 0.399 -16.7%
1967 0.36 -9.8%
1968 0.36 +0.0%
1969 0.493 +36.9%
1970 0.499 +1.2%
1971 0.507 +1.6%
1972 0.339 -33.1%
1973 0.271 -20.1%
1974 0.271 +0.0%
1975 0.271 +0.0%
1976 0.271 +0.0%
1977 0.271 +0.0%
1978 0.271 +0.0%
1979 0.453 +67.2%
1980 0.513 +13.2%
1981 0.487 -5.1%
1982 0.282 -42.1%
1983 0.282 +0.0%
1984 0.282 +0.0%
1985 0.288 +2.1%
1986 0.281 -2.4%
1987 0.281 +0.0%
1988 0.3 +6.8%
1989 0.297 -1.0%
1990 0.301 +1.3%
1991 0.301 +0.0%
1992 0.298 -1.0%
1993 0.462 +55.0%
1994 0.501 +8.4%
1995 0.501 +0.0%
1996 0.531 +6.0%
1997 0.537 +1.1%
1998 0.535 -0.4%
1999 0.535 +0.0%
2000 0.593 +10.8%
2001 0.593 +0.0%
2002 0.584 -1.5%
2003 0.597 +2.2%
2004 0.597 +0.0%
2005 0.601 +0.7%
2006 0.601 +0.0%
2007 0.591 -1.7%
2008 0.591 +0.0%
2009 0.591 +0.0%
2010 0.607 +2.7%
2011 0.607 +0.0%
2012 0.604 -0.5%
2013 0.586 -3.0%
2014 0.586 +0.0%
2015 0.569 -2.9%
2016 0.571 +0.4%
2017 0.586 +2.6%
2018 0.574 -2.0%
2019 0.558 -2.8%
2020 0.557 -0.2%
2021 0.544 -2.3%
2022 0.545 +0.2%
2023 0.539 -1.1%
2024 0.538 -0.2%
2025 0.568 +5.6%

Ghana compared with similar countries

  • Ghana's 0.568 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3495, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Ghana's 0.568 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3685, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1900s 0.645 0.645 0.645 8
1910s 0.643 0.643 0.643 10
1920s 0.655 0.655 0.655 10
1930s 0.6596 0.652 0.665 10
1940s 0.6571 0.652 0.666 10
1950s 0.6694 0.653 0.695 10
1960s 0.4752 0.36 0.65 10
1970s 0.3424 0.271 0.507 10
1980s 0.3293 0.281 0.513 10
1990s 0.4502 0.298 0.537 10
2000s 0.5939 0.584 0.601 10
2010s 0.5848 0.558 0.607 10
2020s 0.5485 0.538 0.568 6

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 85 Niger 0.578 compare
  2. 86 Argentina 0.577 compare
  3. 87 Qatar 0.573 compare
  4. 89 Malawi 0.567 compare
  5. 90 Dominican Republic 0.564 compare
  6. 91 Bulgaria 0.56 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law index in Ghana?
Rule of law index in Ghana was 0.568 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest rule of law index recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 0.695 in 1956.
What is the lowest rule of law index recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.271 in 1973.
How does Ghana rank for rule of law index?
Ghana ranks 88th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is rule of law index rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ghana data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Rule of law index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rule of law index
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,303 data points, 1789–2025
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