2022
| International Property Rights Index

Ghana

Region

Africa

Global Rank

61/129

Regional Rank

5/30

Score

5.002

Ghana’s IPRI score decreased by -0.436 to 5.002 placing it 5st in the Africa region and 61th in the world. Ghana is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

Ghana’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.068 to 5.058 with scores of 5.129 in Judicial Independence, 4.923 in Rule of Law, 5.41 in Political Stability, and 4.769 in Control of Corruption.

 

Ghana’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.238 to 5.012 with scores of 5.189 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.232 in Registering Process, and 4.614 in Access to Financing.

 

Ghana’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.937 with scores of 4.908 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.583 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 4.32 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

Ghana - Legal and Political Environment

Ghana - Physical Property Rights

Ghana - Intellectual Property Rights