Ghana vs South Africa: country risk compared

Ghana and South Africa currently carry a similar assessed risk (5.8 vs 5.7 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), so differentiate on the specific drivers below.

🇬🇭 Ghana (5.8/10, High) vs 🇿🇦 South Africa (5.7/10, High).

Side by side

IndicatorGhanaSouth Africa
RegActions risk score5.8/10 (High)5.7/10 (High)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureNo listed programme identifiedNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)4.6/104.7/10
Corruption (CPI)43/100 (rank #76)41/100 (rank #81)
EU tax list (Annex I)Not listedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberYesYes
Last FATF mutual evaluation20182021
BO registerPublic (live since 2020)Restricted (live since 2023)

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Ghana: last mutual evaluation 2018 · report
  • South Africa: last mutual evaluation 2021 · report

Full country reports

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Active methodology 3.1.0; Ghana is complete with low confidence and South Africa is complete with high confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.