Ghana's performance on the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has further dropped from 43 to 42 in the 2024 rankings released by Transparency International (TI) yesterday.
CPI scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption as assessed by experts on a scale of zero to 100.
Ghana's score of 42 out of 100, places it at the 80th position out of 180 countries assessed on latest index, an indication that not much efforts are being put in the fight against corruption. "Ghana has scored 42 out of a clean score of 100 in the CPI 2024, ranking 80th out of 180 countries and territories assessed in this year's report released by Transparency International (TI). "This marks a decline from Ghana's score of 43 in 2023, signalling a setback in the country's anti-corruption efforts," a release issued by Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), a local chapter of TI, noted.
The report pointed out that a 10-year trend of Ghana's performance on the CPI shows persistent challenges in tackling corruption despite several policy interventions and institutional reforms. "Since 2015, Ghana has dropped five points on the CPI.
