The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (60/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 38/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 48/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 56/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 41/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 60/100 | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +3 | now 51, versus 48 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 44/100 | Pandemic 49 · Banking Crisis 39 · War / Conflict 37 · Natural Disaster 52 |
| Strategic Position | 42/100 | Demographics 70 · Resources 17 · Stability 60 · Education 26 · Technology 41 · Geopolitics 37 |
Ghana scores 49 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 3 points versus three years ago (now 51). Its strongest area is Stability (60/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Ghana scores 49 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (60/100) and its weakest is Economy (38/100).
Ghana's Stability score is 60 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Ghana's Economy score is 38 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Ghana's Quality of Life score is 56 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Ghana's Governance score is 48 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Ghana's Innovation score is 41 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Ghana is up 3 points versus three years ago — 51 now, from 48 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Ghana's defining asset is mining, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — inflation (Annual) 22.85% — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Ghana's Strategic Position score is 42 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Ghana scores 45 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 44/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.