Region
Africa
Global Rank
67/126
Regional Rank
5/30
Score
4.823
Ghana’s IPRI score decreased by -0.122 to 4.823 placing it 5th in the Africa region and 67th in the world. Ghana is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Ghana’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.083 to 5.277 with scores of 6.329 in Judicial Independence, 4.801 in Rule of Law, 5.178 in Political Stability, and 4.802 in Control of Corruption.
Ghana’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.454 to 4.561 with scores of 6.667 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.117 in Registering Property, and 1.9 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Ghana’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.002 to 4.63 with scores of 4.908 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.017 in Patent Protection, 4.267 in Copyright Protection, and 4.328 in Trademark Protection.
Ghana is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- ECOWAS
Ghana - IPRI Overall Score
Ghana - IPRI Overall Score
- 1: IPRI
- 2: Legal and Political Subindex
- 3. Judicial Independence
- 4. Rule of Law
- 5. Control of Corruption
- 6. Political Stability
- 7. Physical Property Rights Subindex
- 8. Property Rights Protection
- 9. Registering Property
- 10. Ease of Access to Loans
- 11. Intellectual Property Rights Subindex
- 12. Intellectual Property Rights
- 13. Patent Protection
- 14. Copyright Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
Ghana - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.190 | 61 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 54 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 59 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 58 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 43 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.612 | 49 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.457 | 53 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.646 | 53 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.635 | 60 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.748 | 58 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.612 | 61 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.438 | 61 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.002 | 61 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.946 | 65 | 4 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.945 | 64 | 4 | 2024 |
| Overall | 4.823 | 67 | 5 | 2025 |
| Legal and Political | 4.853 | 58 | 5 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 5.200 | 58 | 4 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 5.200 | 57 | 5 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 5.300 | 53 | 5 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 5.300 | 42 | 4 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 5.179 | 50 | 5 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 4.955 | 58 | 5 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.264 | 53 | 5 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 5.165 | 59 | 5 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 5.314 | 53 | 4 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 5.138 | 58 | 5 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 5.126 | 57 | 5 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 5.058 | 59 | 5 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 5.235 | 51 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 5.194 | 50 | 3 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 5.277 | 51 | 4 | 2025 |
| Physical | 5.484 | 77 | 6 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 67 | 6 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.800 | 79 | 8 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 87 | 10 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.733 | 69 | 9 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.737 | 61 | 5 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.676 | 73 | 7 | 2016 |
| Physical | 5.878 | 75 | 10 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.839 | 90 | 10 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.898 | 95 | 12 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.893 | 95 | 13 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.250 | 77 | 8 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.012 | 62 | 6 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.976 | 59 | 4 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.015 | 57 | 4 | 2024 |
| Physical | 4.561 | 70 | 3 | 2025 |
| Intellectual | 5.233 | 51 | 2 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.700 | 47 | 2 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 5.600 | 50 | 2 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 5.600 | 53 | 3 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 6.150 | 34 | 2 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 5.921 | 38 | 2 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 5.740 | 45 | 3 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 5.794 | 48 | 3 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 5.901 | 49 | 3 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.032 | 48 | 2 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 5.804 | 57 | 3 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.937 | 68 | 4 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 4.937 | 68 | 4 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 4.628 | 87 | 10 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 4.628 | 87 | 10 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 4.630 | 88 | 10 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Ghana - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.853 | 58 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 58 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 57 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 53 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 42 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.179 | 50 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.955 | 58 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.264 | 53 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.165 | 59 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.314 | 53 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.138 | 58 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.126 | 57 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.058 | 59 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.235 | 51 | 3 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.194 | 50 | 3 | 2024 |
| Overall | 5.277 | 51 | 4 | 2025 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.617 | 64 | 7 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.400 | 62 | 6 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.800 | 52 | 6 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.800 | 52 | 7 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.300 | 35 | 4 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.608 | 44 | 5 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.471 | 45 | 5 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.987 | 43 | 5 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.030 | 41 | 4 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.867 | 43 | 3 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.129 | 52 | 5 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.129 | 52 | 5 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.129 | 52 | 5 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.097 | 37 | 4 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.151 | 36 | 4 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.329 | 36 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rule of Law | 4.803 | 63 | 4 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 4.800 | 63 | 4 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 4.900 | 60 | 4 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 4.900 | 59 | 4 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 4.900 | 46 | 4 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 5.217 | 54 | 4 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 5.040 | 59 | 5 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 5.236 | 55 | 3 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 4.992 | 62 | 5 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.260 | 53 | 3 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 5.144 | 58 | 4 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 5.094 | 60 | 4 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.923 | 61 | 4 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 4.838 | 62 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 4.847 | 60 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 4.801 | 63 | 5 | 2025 |
| Political Stability | 5.119 | 62 | 6 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.300 | 57 | 6 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.000 | 63 | 7 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.300 | 54 | 7 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.200 | 44 | 6 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.041 | 59 | 5 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 4.740 | 74 | 10 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.185 | 58 | 5 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 4.971 | 73 | 9 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.580 | 59 | 4 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.511 | 62 | 5 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.441 | 56 | 4 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.410 | 51 | 3 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.217 | 54 | 3 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 4.868 | 62 | 5 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 5.178 | 60 | 5 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.875 | 59 | 4 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.100 | 55 | 5 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.200 | 50 | 4 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.300 | 48 | 4 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.800 | 44 | 3 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.852 | 55 | 4 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.570 | 62 | 6 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.650 | 62 | 6 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.667 | 63 | 6 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.549 | 65 | 7 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.770 | 60 | 7 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.842 | 61 | 6 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.769 | 67 | 8 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.788 | 61 | 6 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.908 | 57 | 4 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.802 | 59 | 6 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Ghana - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.484 | 77 | 6 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 67 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 79 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 87 | 10 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.733 | 69 | 9 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.737 | 61 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.676 | 73 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.878 | 75 | 10 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.839 | 90 | 10 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.898 | 95 | 12 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.893 | 95 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.250 | 77 | 8 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.012 | 62 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.976 | 59 | 4 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.015 | 57 | 4 | 2024 |
| Overall | 4.561 | 70 | 3 | 2025 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.700 | 68 | 5 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.000 | 69 | 7 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.700 | 74 | 10 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.500 | 83 | 13 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 46 | 5 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.472 | 55 | 6 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.297 | 67 | 10 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.445 | 64 | 7 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.514 | 64 | 7 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.691 | 63 | 5 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.189 | 80 | 11 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.189 | 80 | 11 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.189 | 80 | 11 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.189 | 76 | 10 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.189 | 76 | 10 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.667 | 54 | 3 | 2025 |
| Registering Process | 8.503 | 42 | 4 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 47 | 6 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 49 | 5 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 49 | 5 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 38 | 6 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.506 | 87 | 14 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.501 | 88 | 13 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.438 | 74 | 14 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.460 | 93 | 15 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.460 | 100 | 17 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.947 | 79 | 10 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.947 | 79 | 10 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 5.232 | 35 | 2 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.126 | 36 | 4 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 5.241 | 35 | 1 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 5.117 | 36 | 2 | 2025 |
| Access to Financing | 2.250 | 104 | 13 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.300 | 90 | 8 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 2.900 | 111 | 17 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 2.900 | 109 | 20 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 72 | 13 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.232 | 55 | 7 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.232 | 56 | 7 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 3.750 | 98 | 14 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 3.543 | 104 | 13 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 3.543 | 104 | 13 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 3.544 | 104 | 13 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.614 | 78 | 6 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.614 | 78 | 6 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.614 | 74 | 5 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 4.614 | 74 | 5 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 1.900 | 93 | 5 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Ghana - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.233 | 51 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 47 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 50 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 53 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.150 | 34 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.921 | 38 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.740 | 45 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.794 | 48 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.901 | 49 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.032 | 48 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.804 | 57 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.937 | 68 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.937 | 68 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.628 | 87 | 10 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.628 | 87 | 10 | 2024 |
| Overall | 4.630 | 88 | 10 | 2025 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.767 | 75 | 7 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.700 | 71 | 9 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.500 | 78 | 11 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.500 | 82 | 11 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.600 | 37 | 4 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.142 | 42 | 5 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.779 | 69 | 10 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.889 | 73 | 9 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.102 | 66 | 8 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.364 | 62 | 7 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.908 | 76 | 11 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.908 | 76 | 11 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.908 | 76 | 11 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.908 | 73 | 10 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.908 | 73 | 10 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.908 | 73 | 11 | 2025 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 62 | 3 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 60 | 3 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 60 | 3 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 59 | 3 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 55 | 3 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 58 | 3 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 59 | 3 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 59 | 3 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 61 | 3 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 62 | 3 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 62 | 3 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.583 | 60 | 3 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.583 | 60 | 3 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 5.017 | 74 | 6 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 5.017 | 74 | 6 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 5.017 | 73 | 6 | 2025 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
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| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
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| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2022 | |
| Copyright Protection | 4.267 | 28 | 2 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.267 | 30 | 3 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.267 | 30 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2012 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2013 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2014 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2015 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2016 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2018 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Trademark Protection | 4.320 | 102 | 12 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.320 | 102 | 12 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.320 | 101 | 12 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.320 | 101 | 12 | 2024 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.328 | 102 | 11 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |