Equal Rights Protection Index in Ghana
Ghana: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.787 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Equal Rights Protection Index in Ghana, 1902–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for equal rights protection index in Ghana is 0.787, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Ghana peaked at 0.793 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.299, in 1902.
Ghana ranks 42nd of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 124 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.299 | 0.299 | 0.299 | 8 |
| 1910s | 0.299 | 0.299 | 0.299 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.303 | 0.303 | 0.303 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.303 | 0.303 | 0.303 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.3155 | 0.303 | 0.364 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.5002 | 0.436 | 0.616 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6268 | 0.602 | 0.641 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5423 | 0.493 | 0.618 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5698 | 0.52 | 0.583 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7058 | 0.577 | 0.761 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7689 | 0.761 | 0.778 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7677 | 0.738 | 0.793 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7787 | 0.771 | 0.787 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More social development data for Ghana
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 21,050 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 16,030 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 2 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.606 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.912 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.361 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.912 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is equal rights protection index in Ghana?
- Equal rights protection index in Ghana was 0.787 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.793 in 2015.
- What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.299 in 1902.
- How does Ghana rank for equal rights protection index?
- Ghana ranks 42nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Equal Rights Protection Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally.