Political stability during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the political stability changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	John Kufuor	7 Jan 2001 – 7 Jan 2009	+6.2 points 2000 → 2008	+0.8 points/yr
2	Nana Akufo-Addo	7 Jan 2017 – 7 Jan 2025	+4.4 points 2016 → 2024	+0.6 points/yr
3	John Atta Mills	7 Jan 2009 – 24 Jul 2012	+2.5 points 2008 → 2012	+0.6 points/yr
4	John Mahama	24 Jul 2012 – 7 Jan 2017	−2.6 points 2012 → 2016	−0.7 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, higher is better · World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_PV.SC): perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, terrorism included, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval · Ghana data · as of Sep 2026.