Ghana’s Anti-Corruption Fight Stagnates as Country Scores 43 in 2025 CPI – Transparency International

Ghana’s Anti-Corruption Fight Stagnates as Country Scores 43 in 2025 CPI – Transparency International

Ghana’s fight against corruption appears to have stalled, with the country maintaining a score of 43 out of 100 in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), according to Transparency International Ghana.

In a press release issued on February 10, 2026, the anti-corruption organisation disclosed that Ghana ranked 76th out of 182 countries assessed globally.

The score suggests that efforts by successive governments to tackle corruption have yet to produce significant improvements in public sector accountability and governance.

The CPI, compiled annually by Transparency International, measures perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert assessments and business surveys.

Scores range from zero, indicating highly corrupt systems, to 100, which represents very clean governance systems.

Transparency International Ghana noted that although the country’s score rose slightly from 42 in 2024 to 43 in 2025, the improvement does not reflect a meaningful shift in corruption control.

The organisation further observed that Ghana has largely stagnated around the same score since 2020, highlighting persistent weaknesses in compliance with legal and policy frameworks, as well as challenges with enforcement and institutional effectiveness.

Historically, Ghana recorded its highest CPI score in 2014 when it achieved 48 points.

However, the country experienced a decline in subsequent years, reaching a low of 40 in 2017. While there was marginal recovery between 2018 and 2019, when Ghana scored 41, progress has since plateaued.

Transparency International attributes Ghana’s performance to systemic governance challenges, including weakened democratic checks and balances, political influence over justice systems, and limited protection of civic space.

The organisation emphasised that countries that achieve sustained improvements in corruption control often implement long-term legal and institutional reforms driven by strong political will and regulatory oversight.

The report also highlighted that countries with robust democratic governance structures generally perform better on the index, while those with weaker democratic systems tend to record poorer scores.

Transparency International Ghana urged authorities to intensify reforms aimed at strengthening accountability institutions, enhancing transparency in public procurement and governance, and safeguarding the independence of oversight bodies to restore public confidence in anti-corruption measures.

The CPI remains one of the most widely referenced global benchmarks for measuring corruption trends and assessing the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies across countries.