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Government effectiveness in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking

66.2 /100

Mauritius

Median country

37.1 /100

half above, half below

Range

9.1 to 66.2

South Sudan - Mauritius

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Mauritius (66.2 /100) and the lowest in South Sudan (9.1 /100).

The median country is at 37.1 /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

2024

In chart
Mauritius in chart	1	Mauritius	66.2
Seychelles in chart	2	Seychelles	63.5
Botswana in chart	3	Botswana	59.4
Cabo Verde in chart	4	Cabo Verde	59.4
Rwanda in chart	5	Rwanda	58.1
Senegal in chart	6	Senegal	55.9
Morocco in chart	7	Morocco	54.8
Namibia in chart	8	Namibia	53.3
Ghana in chart	9	Ghana	52.5
Egypt in chart	10	Egypt	49.5
Benin in chart	11	Benin	47.7
South Africa in chart	12	South Africa	46.9
Tunisia in chart	13	Tunisia	46.7
Algeria in chart	14	Algeria	46.5
Tanzania in chart	15	Tanzania	45.7
Kenya in chart	16	Kenya	45.5
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	17	Côte d'Ivoire	45.2
Uganda in chart	18	Uganda	44.5
Djibouti in chart	19	Djibouti	41.8
Zambia in chart	20	Zambia	41.0
The Gambia in chart	21	The Gambia	40.9
Gabon in chart	22	Gabon	40.3
Ethiopia in chart	23	Ethiopia	38.8
Lesotho in chart	24	Lesotho	38.8
Mozambique in chart	25	Mozambique	37.4
São Tomé and Principe in chart	26	São Tomé and Principe	37.4
Malawi in chart	27	Malawi	37.2
Mauritania in chart	28	Mauritania	36.9
Niger in chart	29	Niger	36.4
Eswatini in chart	30	Eswatini	36.2
Angola in chart	31	Angola	36.1
Cameroon in chart	32	Cameroon	35.8
Togo in chart	33	Togo	35.8
Madagascar in chart	34	Madagascar	34.6
Burkina Faso in chart	35	Burkina Faso	34.3
Guinea in chart	36	Guinea	34.1
Sierra Leone in chart	37	Sierra Leone	32.5
Zimbabwe in chart	38	Zimbabwe	32.1
Burundi in chart	39	Burundi	31.8
Nigeria in chart	40	Nigeria	31.8
Chad in chart	41	Chad	29.9
Republic of the Congo in chart	42	Republic of the Congo	29.7
Equatorial Guinea in chart	43	Equatorial Guinea	28.3
Comoros in chart	44	Comoros	27.8
Liberia in chart	45	Liberia	27.1
Mali in chart	46	Mali	26.3
Guinea-Bissau in chart	47	Guinea-Bissau	24.7
Libya in chart	48	Libya	23.7
Eritrea in chart	49	Eritrea	23.0
Central African Republic in chart	50	Central African Republic	20.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	51	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.4
Sudan in chart	52	Sudan	16.5
Somalia in chart	53	Somalia	13.4
South Sudan in chart	54	South Sudan	9.1

World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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