2019
| International Property Rights Index

Ghana

Region

Africa

Global Rank

58/131

Regional Rank

5/28

GHANA

Region: Africa

Global Rank: 58 of 129

Region Rank: 5 of 28

 

Ghana’s IPRI score increased by 0.112 to 5.748 placing it 5th in the Africa region and 58th in the world. Ghana is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as a Lower middle income country.

Ghana’s Legal and Political Subindex score increased by 0.148 to 5.314 with scores of 5.867 in Judicial Independence, 5.260 in Rule of Law, 4.549 in Control of Corruption, and 5.580 in Political Stability.

Ghana’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.058 to 5.898 with scores of 5.691 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.460 in Registering Property, and 3.543 in Ease of Access to Loans.

Ghana’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.130 to 6.032 with scores of 5.364 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.70 in Patent Protection, and data in Copyright Protection.

Ghana is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • Economic Community Of West African States

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 Privacy

Ghana - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 5.190 61 4 2010
Overall 5.600 56 5 2011
Overall 5.500 59 5 2012
Overall 5.500 57 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
Legal and Political 4.853 58 5 2010
Legal and Political 5.200 60 5 2011
Legal and Political 5.200 55 5 2012
Legal and Political 5.300 54 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
Physical 5.484 77 6 2010
Physical 6.000 66 7 2011
Physical 5.800 79 8 2012
Physical 5.700 90 10 2013
Physical 5.733 70 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 11 2019
Intellectual 5.233 51 2 2010
Intellectual 5.700 47 2 2011
Intellectual 5.600 49 3 2012
Intellectual 5.600 51 3 2013
Intellectual 6.150 34 2 2014
Intellectual 5.921 38 2 2015
Intellectual 5.740 44 3 2016
Intellectual 5.794 48 3 2017
Intellectual 5.901 49 3 2018
Intellectual 6.032 48 2 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Ghana - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 4.853 58 5 2010
Overall 5.200 60 5 2011
Overall 5.200 55 5 2012
Overall 5.300 54 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
Judicial Independence 4.617 64 7 2010
Judicial Independence 5.400 62 7 2011
Judicial Independence 5.800 53 6 2012
Judicial Independence 5.800 52 7 2013
Judicial Independence 6.300 37 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
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 60 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
Political Stability 5.119 62 6 2010
Political Stability 5.300 58 6 2011
Political Stability 5.000 62 7 2012
Political Stability 5.300 55 7 2013
Political Stability 5.200 45 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
Control of Corruption 4.875 59 4 2010
Control of Corruption 5.100 55 5 2011
Control of Corruption 5.200 50 5 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 6 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Ghana - Physical Property Rights

Ghana - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 5.233 51 2 2010
Overall 5.700 47 2 2011
Overall 5.600 49 3 2012
Overall 5.600 51 3 2013
Overall 6.150 34 2 2014
Overall 5.921 38 2 2015
Overall 5.740 44 3 2016
Overall 5.794 48 3 2017
Overall 5.901 49 3 2018
Overall 6.032 48 2 2019
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 3.767 75 7 2010
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 4.700 71 9 2011
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 4.500 78 11 2012
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 4.500 84 12 2013
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 5.600 37 4 2014
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 5.142 42 5 2015
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 4.779 69 10 2016
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 4.889 73 9 2017
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 5.102 66 8 2018
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 5.364 62 7 2019
Patent Protection 6.700 62 3 2010
Patent Protection 6.700 60 3 2011
Patent Protection 6.700 61 3 2012
Patent Protection 6.700 60 3 2013
Patent Protection 6.700 56 3 2014
Patent Protection 6.700 57 2 2015
Patent Protection 6.700 60 2 2016
Patent Protection 6.700 59 2 2017
Patent Protection 6.700 61 2 2018
Patent Protection 6.700 61 2 2019
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2010
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2011
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2012
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2013
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2014
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2015
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2016
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2017
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2018
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year