Accra, Ghana//-The latest findings of the Afrobarometer Ghana’s round 9 survey on democratic governance, trust in institutions, and corruption, today revealed that Ghana Police Service and the Office of the President are perceived as the country’s most corrupt institutions in the country.
According to the survey, the Police’s score of 65% placed it at the top of the rank while the Presidency followed closely in second position with 55%.
Presenting the findings of the survey in Accra today, the Director of Research at CDD-Ghana, Dr Edem Selormey, said the study also indicated that Members of Parliament (MPs) became the third group of people in the ranking with a score of 54%.
Judges and magistrates, tax officials and the Electoral Commission followed suit in that order, she added.
Key findings
- Perceptions of corruption among public officials and public institutions have increased compared to 2019.
- Among key public officials, the police, the Presidency, MPs, judges and magistrates, and tax officials are most widely perceived as corrupt.
- More than three-fourths (77%) of Ghanaians say the level of corruption in the country increased “somewhat” or “a lot” over the past year, a 24-percentage-point jump compared to 2019.
- Fewer than one-third (30%) of Ghanaians believe that people can report corruption without fear of retaliation, a decline by 4 percentage points compared to 2019.
Trust
On trust, the study noted that trust in the Presidency declined by 25% between 2019 and 2022. However, the Ghana Armed Forces, religious and traditional leaders, and the courts were the most trusted institutions in Ghana.
Background
Eight survey rounds in up to 39 countries have been completed since 1999. Round 9 surveys (2021/2022) are currently underway.
Afrobarometer’s national partners conduct face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent’s choice.
The Afrobarometer team in Ghana, led by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), interviewed a nationally representative sample of 2,400 adult Ghanaians in April 2022.
A sample of this size yields country-level results with a margin of error of +/-2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. Previous surveys were conducted in Ghana in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019.
Instructively, Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that provides reliable data on African experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life.
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