Ghana: Corruption
(asked on 12th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of financial corruption in Ghana.
Answered by
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
This question was answered on 19th December 2022
Accordingly to the 2022 Afrobarometer survey, the majority of Ghanaians (77 per cent) believe corruption has increased in recent times, compared to 2019 (53 per cent). In 2021, Ghana ranked 73rd out of 180 countries in Transparency International's corruption perception index (CPI). The UK will continue to work with international partners in support of open, transparent and accountable governance.