The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) indicates that Ghana has made no significant progress in its anti-corruption efforts over the past four years.
Scoring 43, Ghana is positioned 8th among the 49 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries evaluated in the index, tying with Benin and Senegal.
The report indicates that Ghana’s anti-corruption performance, though better than 39 other SSA countries like Burkina Faso, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and Lesotho, still lags behind nations such as Mauritius, Namibia, and Sao Tome and Principe.
The majority of African countries scored below 50, reflecting ongoing challenges in tackling corruption across the region.
Seychelles leads the region with a score of 71, followed by Cape Verde, Botswana, and Rwanda.
On the other end of the spectrum, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan, and Somalia recorded the lowest scores in the index.
This year’s CPI underscores a mixed picture for Africa, with some countries making notable progress while many continue to struggle with pervasive corruption issues.
Ghana is considered to be one of the more stable countries in West Africa, since its transition to multi-party democracy in 1992.
Corruption, however, exists in all branches of the Ghanaian government, and there is often a lack of accountability.
The culprits often enjoy impunity.
The judiciary and police are viewed as the most corrupt.
The creation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor instilled new hope in Ghana’s anti-corruption efforts, however, the OSP has failed to live to its billing in the anti-corruption efforts.
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