60.9%
turnout
- Seats
- 276
- Registered
- 18,774,159
- Voters
- 11,430,581
- Parties with seats
- 2
- Women elected
- 14.5%
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Ghana
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Macro signals
Sovereign risk
Currency and markets
Political context
Sovereign Ratings
Exchange Rates
Markets
Latest News
Office holders
John Mahama
in office
Nana Akufo-Addo
John Mahama
John Evans Atta Mills
John Kufuor
Jerry Rawlings
Hilla Limann
Jerry Rawlings
How a head of state came to power is not recorded in this dataset, and is not inferred here.
Parliamentary elections
- Seats
- 275
- Registered
- 17,027,641
- Parties with seats
- 2
- Women elected
- 14.5%
68.6%
turnout
- Seats
- 275
- Registered
- 15,712,499
- Voters
- 10,781,917
- Parties with seats
- 2
- Women elected
- 12.7%
Constitutions
1992
in force
Ghana's Constitution of 1992 with Amendments through 1996
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year 1992
National constitutions (Constitute Project)
retrieved 2026-07-28
CC-BY-NC-SA (Comparative Constitutions Project) — check before republishing
Governance indicators
Control of corruption
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
43.9score 0-100
Government effectiveness
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
52.5score 0-100
Intentional homicides
reported outcome
year 2022
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
1.8per 100,000 people
Internally displaced, new displacements by conflict
reported outcome
year 2023
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
680.0people
Political stability and absence of violence
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
66.1score 0-100
Political stability estimate
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
0.0-2.5 to +2.5
Regulatory quality
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
53.4score 0-100
Rule of law
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
57.9score 0-100
These are the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators. Freedom House ratings are not collected by this observatory and are therefore not shown.
Country evolution timeline 2001–2026
Dated political, economic, and security records only. Each item keeps its source and retrieval date where the upstream table provides it. Latest retrieval 2026-08-24
Politics11
Economy6
Security5
- 2025 Economy 6.0% Latest GDP growth GDP growth (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 14.2% Latest inflation Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy $3,257 Latest GDP per capita GDP per capita (current US$) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Security 98 Latest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2025 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Security 98 Highest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2025 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Politics John Mahama President of Ghana year 2025 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2024 Politics Ghana Parliament December 2024 Election 60.9% turnout year 2024 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Security 680 Latest conflict displacement Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2023 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2022 Security 2 Latest homicide rate Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) year 2022 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2020 Economy 0.5% Growth trough GDP growth (annual %) year 2020 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2020 Politics Ghana Parliament December 2020 Election year 2020 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2018 Security 5,000 Conflict displacement peak Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2018 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2017 Politics Nana Akufo-Addo President of Ghana year 2017 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2016 Politics Ghana Parliament December 2016 Election 68.6% turnout year 2016 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2012 Politics Ghana Parliament December 2012 Election year 2012 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2012 Politics John Mahama President of Ghana year 2012 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2011 Economy 14.0% Growth peak GDP growth (annual %) year 2011 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2009 Politics John Evans Atta Mills President of Ghana year 2009 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2008 Politics Ghana Parliament December 2008 Election year 2008 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2004 Politics Ghana Parliament December 2004 Election year 2004 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Economy 41.5% Inflation peak Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2001 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2001 Politics John Kufuor President of Ghana year 2001 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
Organized-violence fatalities per year (UCDP)
ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1
retrieved 2026-08-24
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