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Rule of law in Africa

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

First in the ranking

68.0 /100

Mauritius

Median country

42.1 /100

half above, half below

Range

19.0 to 68.0

Somalia - Mauritius

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Mauritius (68.0 /100) and the lowest in Somalia (19.0 /100).

The median country is at 42.1 /100: half are above, half below.

Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. 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…

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Rule of law over time

/100

Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Mauritius in chart	1	Mauritius	68.0
Seychelles in chart	2	Seychelles	67.2
Cabo Verde in chart	3	Cabo Verde	64.3
Namibia in chart	4	Namibia	62.6
Botswana in chart	5	Botswana	62.3
Rwanda in chart	6	Rwanda	58.7
Ghana in chart	7	Ghana	57.9
South Africa in chart	8	South Africa	57.3
Malawi in chart	9	Malawi	54.4
Senegal in chart	10	Senegal	53.4
São Tomé and Principe in chart	11	São Tomé and Principe	50.9
Tunisia in chart	12	Tunisia	50.7
Morocco in chart	13	Morocco	50.6
The Gambia in chart	14	The Gambia	50.2
Lesotho in chart	15	Lesotho	50.0
Benin in chart	16	Benin	49.9
Kenya in chart	17	Kenya	49.0
Tanzania in chart	18	Tanzania	48.0
Zambia in chart	19	Zambia	47.3
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	20	Côte d'Ivoire	47.0
Togo in chart	21	Togo	46.1
Algeria in chart	22	Algeria	45.0
Uganda in chart	23	Uganda	44.3
Egypt in chart	24	Egypt	44.0
Sierra Leone in chart	25	Sierra Leone	42.5
Eswatini in chart	26	Eswatini	42.2
Mauritania in chart	27	Mauritania	42.1
Liberia in chart	28	Liberia	42.0
Madagascar in chart	29	Madagascar	41.8
Burkina Faso in chart	30	Burkina Faso	41.8
Niger in chart	31	Niger	40.7
Nigeria in chart	32	Nigeria	39.6
Djibouti in chart	33	Djibouti	39.6
Ethiopia in chart	34	Ethiopia	38.9
Mali in chart	35	Mali	38.1
Comoros in chart	36	Comoros	37.5
Guinea in chart	37	Guinea	37.2
Gabon in chart	38	Gabon	37.1
Angola in chart	39	Angola	36.8
Republic of the Congo in chart	40	Republic of the Congo	36.7
Mozambique in chart	41	Mozambique	36.4
Zimbabwe in chart	42	Zimbabwe	36.1
Guinea-Bissau in chart	43	Guinea-Bissau	35.7
Cameroon in chart	44	Cameroon	35.4
Burundi in chart	45	Burundi	34.5
Chad in chart	46	Chad	32.1
Equatorial Guinea in chart	47	Equatorial Guinea	30.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	48	Democratic Republic of the Congo	29.0
Libya in chart	49	Libya	27.7
Central African Republic in chart	50	Central African Republic	27.5
Sudan in chart	51	Sudan	26.4
Eritrea in chart	52	Eritrea	25.9
South Sudan in chart	53	South Sudan	23.0
Somalia in chart	54	Somalia	19.0

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

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