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Regulatory quality in Africa

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

First in the ranking

71.5 /100

Mauritius

Median country

42.9 /100

half above, half below

Range

19.2 to 71.5

Eritrea - Mauritius

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Mauritius (71.5 /100) and the lowest in Eritrea (19.2 /100).

The median country is at 42.9 /100: half are above, half below.

Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. 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

Regulatory quality over time

/100

Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Mauritius in chart	1	Mauritius	71.5
Botswana in chart	2	Botswana	61.6
Seychelles in chart	3	Seychelles	60.9
Rwanda in chart	4	Rwanda	59.9
Namibia in chart	5	Namibia	56.7
Cabo Verde in chart	6	Cabo Verde	55.6
Morocco in chart	7	Morocco	55.2
South Africa in chart	8	South Africa	54.3
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	9	Côte d'Ivoire	52.6
Ghana in chart	10	Ghana	52.3
Senegal in chart	11	Senegal	51.0
Benin in chart	12	Benin	50.4
Kenya in chart	13	Kenya	49.1
Zambia in chart	14	Zambia	47.7
Egypt in chart	15	Egypt	47.6
Togo in chart	16	Togo	47.3
Lesotho in chart	17	Lesotho	47.1
Tanzania in chart	18	Tanzania	47.0
Tunisia in chart	19	Tunisia	46.5
Malawi in chart	20	Malawi	45.4
Uganda in chart	21	Uganda	45.3
Burkina Faso in chart	22	Burkina Faso	44.6
The Gambia in chart	23	The Gambia	44.4
Nigeria in chart	24	Nigeria	44.4
Eswatini in chart	25	Eswatini	43.9
Mauritania in chart	26	Mauritania	43.1
Gabon in chart	27	Gabon	42.9
Ethiopia in chart	28	Ethiopia	42.9
Angola in chart	29	Angola	42.7
Mozambique in chart	30	Mozambique	42.4
Niger in chart	31	Niger	42.3
Cameroon in chart	32	Cameroon	41.9
Algeria in chart	33	Algeria	41.9
Mali in chart	34	Mali	41.6
Madagascar in chart	35	Madagascar	41.2
Liberia in chart	36	Liberia	40.6
Burundi in chart	37	Burundi	40.6
Djibouti in chart	38	Djibouti	40.5
São Tomé and Principe in chart	39	São Tomé and Principe	39.3
Guinea in chart	40	Guinea	39.1
Sierra Leone in chart	41	Sierra Leone	36.5
Chad in chart	42	Chad	36.5
Comoros in chart	43	Comoros	35.8
Republic of the Congo in chart	44	Republic of the Congo	34.9
Guinea-Bissau in chart	45	Guinea-Bissau	34.3
Zimbabwe in chart	46	Zimbabwe	33.5
Central African Republic in chart	47	Central African Republic	33.0
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	48	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32.9
Equatorial Guinea in chart	49	Equatorial Guinea	30.8
Libya in chart	50	Libya	26.9
Somalia in chart	51	Somalia	26.1
Sudan in chart	52	Sudan	25.5
South Sudan in chart	53	South Sudan	22.5
Eritrea in chart	54	Eritrea	19.2

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

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