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Ghana

Ghana has been a member of WIPO since 1976 and is a signatory to over 18 WIPO treaties.

The national IP offices of Ghana are the Copyright Department and the Registrar General's Department at the Ministry of Justice. The offices are located in Accra.

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Intellectual property landscape: Ghana

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Global Innovation Index ranking

Ghana ranks 101st among the 140 economies featured in the GII 2025.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.

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Year	GII position	Innovation inputs	Innovation outputs
2025	101st	108th	93rd
2024	101st	108th	94th
2023	99th	107th	85th
2022	95th	105th	88th
2021	112th	114th	103rd
2020	108th	113th	93rd

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