Risk of genocide in Ghana 2017-2022

In the period between 2021 and 2022, the risk of mass murder in Ghana stood at 1.1 percent, compared to the global rate of 1.7 percent. In comparison to the previous years observed, the risk of genocide has slightly increased in the country. As of 2021-2022, Ghana ranked 62nd among 162 nations. Furthermore, there has been no record of mass killing in the country since 1945. Overall, on the Global Peace Index, Ghana achieved a rate of 1.72 in 2021. The peace indicator ranges from one to five, where the lower the score, the more peaceful the country.

Risk of mass killing in Ghana between 2017 and 2022

Characteristic	Risk rate
2021-2022	1.1%
2020-2021	0.7%
2019-2020	0.8%
2018-2019	1%
2017-2018	1%

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2017 to 2022

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The source does not indicate a release date. The date of access was taken as the release date.
The source measures the risk by identifying historical instances of mass killing, discerning patterns that distinguished countries that experienced mass killing from others, and then applying that model to the latest publicly available data to estimate the likelihood of a new mass killing.

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