Ghana Infrastructure Report: Roads, health and railway ranked poor

The Ghana Infrastructure Report Card 2026 highlighted persistent funding and maintenance challenges, with roads, health, and railway infrastructure receiving the lowest rating. These three sectors each scored 50 percent, equivalent to Grade E, while aviation emerged as the best-performing sector with 71 percent (Grade C3). Electricity infrastructure recorded a slight improvement but remained in Grade D. The Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), which produced the report, said at its launch in Accra on Tuesday that inadequate funding continued to undermine infrastructure development and maintenance across the assessed sectors.

The report evaluated infrastructure in the education, electricity, roads and bridges, railway, telecommunications, potable water, health, and aviation sectors using responses from 900 participants. The findings were compared with those of the inaugural report published in 2016. Speaking at the launch, Madam Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui, Deputy Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, said infrastructure planning must place greater emphasis on resilience to climate change, rapid urbanisation, population growth, and other emerging challenges. She stated, "Today, infrastructure can no longer be judged merely by its physical condition or capacity. It must also be evaluated by its ability to withstand shocks, recover quickly from disasters, adapt to the changing environmental conditions and continue providing essential services to citizens." Madam Tetteh-Agbotui urged professionals to adopt emerging technologies and sustainable construction practices.