Cameroon vs Ghana: Direct Democracy Index

Cameroon
0.02
in 2025
Ghana
0.024
in 2025
Cameroon rank
104th
Ghana rank
102nd

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Cameroon
  • Ghana
00.050.10.150.2190219632025

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.024 against 0.02 in Cameroon, a difference of 0.004.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.

Cameroon ranks 104th and Ghana ranks 102nd of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Direct Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.