LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Ghana

690 recorded engagements by Ghana's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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690Engagements
687Visits
0Phone calls
3Video conferences
39Signed agreements
90Destination countries
14Officials recorded
342Multilateral summits

LEAD records 39 signed agreements for Ghana; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Ghana's leaders recorded 690 engagements: 687 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 3 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2022, with 38 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (87 engagements), followed by Nigeria and United Kingdom. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 92% of engagements. 39 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 342 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Nana Akufo-Addo (Foreign Minister), with 224 engagements between 2003 and 2024.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Ghana, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 4 engagements1991: 4 engagements1992: 1 engagement1993: 7 engagements1994: 14 engagements1995: 18 engagements1996: 5 engagements1997: 16 engagements1998: 14 engagements1999: 16 engagements2000: 13 engagements2001: 8 engagements2002: 10 engagements2003: 25 engagements2004: 16 engagements2005: 27 engagements2006: 19 engagements2007: 27 engagements2008: 19 engagements2009: 14 engagements2010: 15 engagements2011: 9 engagements2012: 11 engagements2013: 23 engagements2014: 34 engagements2015: 35 engagements2016: 20 engagements2017: 21 engagements2018: 24 engagements2019: 35 engagements2020: 21 engagements2021: 30 engagements2022: 38 engagements2023: 35 engagements2024: 29 engagements2025: 33 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America87
  • Nigeria73
  • United Kingdom38
  • France30
  • Ivory Coast30
  • South Africa28
  • Ethiopia24
  • Togo22
  • Burkina Faso21
  • Liberia17
  • Germany17
  • Switzerland15

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations636
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs345
  • Trade and Economic Relations138
  • Development and Aid18
  • Peace and Security18
  • International Conflicts and Crises7
  • Environment and Climate Change7
  • Security and Defense6
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation3
  • Energy3
  • Health2
  • Agriculture and Food Security2

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [Ghana country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/ghana.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Ghana's own officials.