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Regulatory quality in Africa

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

First in the ranking

69.7 /100

Mauritius

Median country

43.2 /100

half above, half below

Range

22.8 to 69.7

Eritrea - Mauritius

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Mauritius (69.7 /100) and the lowest in Eritrea (22.8 /100).

The median country is at 43.2 /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

2024

In chart
Mauritius in chart	1	Mauritius	69.7
Botswana in chart	2	Botswana	61.2
Seychelles in chart	3	Seychelles	61.0
Rwanda in chart	4	Rwanda	59.1
Namibia in chart	5	Namibia	57.0
Cabo Verde in chart	6	Cabo Verde	55.6
Morocco in chart	7	Morocco	54.4
South Africa in chart	8	South Africa	53.9
Ghana in chart	9	Ghana	53.4
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	10	Côte d'Ivoire	52.2
Senegal in chart	11	Senegal	51.1
Benin in chart	12	Benin	50.5
Kenya in chart	13	Kenya	49.6
Tunisia in chart	14	Tunisia	48.7
Togo in chart	15	Togo	48.4
Zambia in chart	16	Zambia	48.2
Lesotho in chart	17	Lesotho	47.2
Egypt in chart	18	Egypt	47.0
Uganda in chart	19	Uganda	46.6
Burkina Faso in chart	20	Burkina Faso	46.6
Tanzania in chart	21	Tanzania	46.4
Malawi in chart	22	Malawi	45.6
Nigeria in chart	23	Nigeria	44.9
Eswatini in chart	24	Eswatini	44.8
The Gambia in chart	25	The Gambia	44.4
Gabon in chart	26	Gabon	43.5
Cameroon in chart	27	Cameroon	43.4
Madagascar in chart	28	Madagascar	43.1
Algeria in chart	29	Algeria	43.0
Mali in chart	30	Mali	42.8
Niger in chart	31	Niger	42.8
Mozambique in chart	32	Mozambique	42.8
Angola in chart	33	Angola	42.7
Mauritania in chart	34	Mauritania	42.6
Burundi in chart	35	Burundi	42.0
Ethiopia in chart	36	Ethiopia	41.7
Liberia in chart	37	Liberia	41.6
Djibouti in chart	38	Djibouti	41.4
São Tomé and Principe in chart	39	São Tomé and Principe	40.8
Guinea in chart	40	Guinea	40.8
Sierra Leone in chart	41	Sierra Leone	38.2
Chad in chart	42	Chad	37.7
Republic of the Congo in chart	43	Republic of the Congo	36.7
Zimbabwe in chart	44	Zimbabwe	36.3
Guinea-Bissau in chart	45	Guinea-Bissau	36.1
Comoros in chart	46	Comoros	35.2
Central African Republic in chart	47	Central African Republic	34.9
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	48	Democratic Republic of the Congo	34.6
Equatorial Guinea in chart	49	Equatorial Guinea	32.8
Sudan in chart	50	Sudan	28.6
Somalia in chart	51	Somalia	27.6
Libya in chart	52	Libya	27.4
South Sudan in chart	53	South Sudan	24.4
Eritrea in chart	54	Eritrea	22.8

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

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