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Government effectiveness in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking

69.9 /100

Mauritius

Median country

36.8 /100

half above, half below

Range

6.3 to 69.9

South Sudan - Mauritius

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Mauritius (69.9 /100) and the lowest in South Sudan (6.3 /100).

The median country is at 36.8 /100: half are above, half below.

Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance.

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Government effectiveness over time

/100

Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Mauritius in chart	1	Mauritius	69.9
Seychelles in chart	2	Seychelles	68.0
Cabo Verde in chart	3	Cabo Verde	62.8
Botswana in chart	4	Botswana	61.2
Rwanda in chart	5	Rwanda	59.7
Senegal in chart	6	Senegal	57.5
Morocco in chart	7	Morocco	56.0
Ghana in chart	8	Ghana	55.1
Namibia in chart	9	Namibia	54.4
South Africa in chart	10	South Africa	51.9
Kenya in chart	11	Kenya	50.5
Egypt in chart	12	Egypt	50.2
Benin in chart	13	Benin	48.9
Algeria in chart	14	Algeria	48.4
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	15	Côte d'Ivoire	47.1
Tanzania in chart	16	Tanzania	47.1
Tunisia in chart	17	Tunisia	46.5
Uganda in chart	18	Uganda	46.0
Zambia in chart	19	Zambia	44.4
The Gambia in chart	20	The Gambia	43.5
Djibouti in chart	21	Djibouti	41.5
Gabon in chart	22	Gabon	41.1
Malawi in chart	23	Malawi	40.0
Ethiopia in chart	24	Ethiopia	39.7
Lesotho in chart	25	Lesotho	39.2
Angola in chart	26	Angola	37.8
Mauritania in chart	27	Mauritania	36.9
São Tomé and Principe in chart	28	São Tomé and Principe	36.7
Burkina Faso in chart	29	Burkina Faso	36.2
Cameroon in chart	30	Cameroon	36.1
Mozambique in chart	31	Mozambique	35.8
Togo in chart	32	Togo	35.2
Eswatini in chart	33	Eswatini	35.2
Niger in chart	34	Niger	34.6
Madagascar in chart	35	Madagascar	34.5
Zimbabwe in chart	36	Zimbabwe	34.2
Guinea in chart	37	Guinea	33.9
Nigeria in chart	38	Nigeria	33.6
Sierra Leone in chart	39	Sierra Leone	33.3
Chad in chart	40	Chad	30.8
Comoros in chart	41	Comoros	28.9
Republic of the Congo in chart	42	Republic of the Congo	28.4
Liberia in chart	43	Liberia	28.4
Equatorial Guinea in chart	44	Equatorial Guinea	27.3
Burundi in chart	45	Burundi	26.7
Mali in chart	46	Mali	24.3
Guinea-Bissau in chart	47	Guinea-Bissau	22.2
Libya in chart	48	Libya	21.9
Eritrea in chart	49	Eritrea	21.1
Central African Republic in chart	50	Central African Republic	19.3
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	51	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.1
Somalia in chart	52	Somalia	13.3
Sudan in chart	53	Sudan	12.4
South Sudan in chart	54	South Sudan	6.3

World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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