Ghana’s global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ranking has improved marginally, rising from 42 to 43 in the 2025 rankings released by Transparency International on February 10, 2026.
According to the organisation’s statement, Ghana’s score of 43 out of 100 places it 76th among 182 countries assessed.
The report highlights Ghana’s ongoing struggles with corruption, inadequate compliance with and enforcement of legal frameworks, and weak institutions tasked with combating corruption. Notably, the CPI methodology indicates that Ghana has not achieved significant change.
Ghana’s highest CPI score was 48 out of 100 in 2014, but the country has since experienced a downward trend until 2018.
A new government brought temporary optimism, with scores improving from 40 in 2017 to 41 in 2018 and 2019 before stabilising around 43 out of 100.
Transparency International’s data suggests that policy interventions and institutional reforms have not yielded substantial progress in tackling corruption.
It has therefore recommended several key reforms, including legislative, judicial, and executive measures to enhance governance structures and combat corruption effectively.
It said Ghana must “strengthen justice systems, protect their independence and welcome the Chief Justice’s decision to fast-track the creation of the anti-corruption courts, which will aid the expeditious adjudication of corruption-related cases.”
Additionally, GII proposed what it described as a “cultural reorientation to pay attention to issues of ethics, such as the campaign by the IGP to promote personnel who demonstrated integrity in the line of duty.”
Ghana’s global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ranking has improved marginally, rising from 42 to 43 in the 2025 rankings released by Transparency International on February 10, 2026.
According to the organisation’s statement, Ghana’s score of 43 out of 100 places it 76th among 182 countries assessed.
The report highlights Ghana’s ongoing struggles with corruption, inadequate compliance with and enforcement of legal frameworks, and weak institutions tasked with combating corruption. Notably, the CPI methodology indicates that Ghana has not achieved significant change.
