CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Ghana
Ghana: CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Ghana, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
In 2025, cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Ghana stood at 3.5 1=low to 6=high.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Ghana peaked at 4 1=low to 6=high in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3 1=low to 6=high, in 2013.
Ghana ranks 16th of 85 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Ghana, year by year
| Year | 1=low to 6=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | — |
| 2006 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 1=low to 6=high | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 3.5 1=low to 6=high is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3 1=low to 6=high, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 3.5 1=low to 6=high is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3 1=low to 6=high, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.4 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 16 Azerbaijan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Cape Verde 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Cambodia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Cameroon 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Guyana 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Honduras 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 India 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Kenya 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Mongolia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Samoa 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Tajikistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Togo 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Tonga 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Uganda 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Vanuatu 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 16 Viet Nam 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Ghana
- Arms imports 11.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3195 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 37.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 11.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 7.81 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0032 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -5.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 268.74 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 35.16 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Ghana?
- Cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating in Ghana was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 4 1=low to 6=high in 2006.
- What is the lowest cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2013.
- How does Ghana rank for cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating?
- Ghana ranks 16th out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia quality of budgetary and financial management rating rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The quality of budgetary and financial management criterion assesses the extent to which there is: (a) a comprehensive and credible budget, linked to policy priorities; (b) effective financial management systems to ensure that the budget is implemented as intended in a controlled and predictable way; and (c) timely and accurate accounting and fiscal reporting, including timely audit of public accounts and effective arrangements for follow up.