Ghana is a unitary presidential republic of 16 regions with a record of peaceful alternation between parties. President John Mahama returned to office in January 2025, and Ghana completed a three-year IMF-supported programme in 2026.
In the 12 Axes register, Ghana leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Unitary 83%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Ghana, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Ghana sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Unitary state with 16 regions
Representative Democracy
Peaceful transfers of power between parties
Liberal
Strong press, active courts
Non-Interventionist
Pan-African diplomacy, ECOWAS member
Neutral
Small army, UN peacekeeping contributor
Centrist
Many ethnic groups, English official
Economic Liberal
Market economy, IMF programme completed in 2026
Markets
Market-oriented policy, IMF-backed reforms 2023 to 2026
Free Trade
AfCFTA secretariat host, export economy
Spiritual
Secular state, Christianity prominent
Traditionalist
Same-sex acts criminalised
Neutral
No distinct state stance on technology
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Ghana is at Democratic 68%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Ghana is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Martin23230, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
