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Rule of law in Africa

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

First in the ranking

69.8 /100

Mauritius

Median country

44.7 /100

half above, half below

Range

22.9 to 69.8

Somalia - Mauritius

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Mauritius (69.8 /100) and the lowest in Somalia (22.9 /100).

The median country is at 44.7 /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

2025

In chart
Mauritius in chart	1	Mauritius	69.8
Seychelles in chart	2	Seychelles	68.2
Cabo Verde in chart	3	Cabo Verde	66.1
Namibia in chart	4	Namibia	64.8
Botswana in chart	5	Botswana	63.3
Rwanda in chart	6	Rwanda	60.2
South Africa in chart	7	South Africa	59.3
Ghana in chart	8	Ghana	58.6
Malawi in chart	9	Malawi	56.4
Senegal in chart	10	Senegal	55.5
Morocco in chart	11	Morocco	53.0
Tunisia in chart	12	Tunisia	52.2
The Gambia in chart	13	The Gambia	52.1
São Tomé and Principe in chart	14	São Tomé and Principe	51.2
Benin in chart	15	Benin	51.1
Lesotho in chart	16	Lesotho	51.0
Kenya in chart	17	Kenya	50.8
Zambia in chart	18	Zambia	50.5
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	19	Côte d'Ivoire	50.0
Tanzania in chart	20	Tanzania	49.2
Togo in chart	21	Togo	48.3
Algeria in chart	22	Algeria	47.9
Uganda in chart	23	Uganda	47.6
Egypt in chart	24	Egypt	47.3
Eswatini in chart	25	Eswatini	45.8
Mauritania in chart	26	Mauritania	45.3
Sierra Leone in chart	27	Sierra Leone	44.7
Liberia in chart	28	Liberia	44.6
Burkina Faso in chart	29	Burkina Faso	43.5
Ethiopia in chart	30	Ethiopia	43.2
Madagascar in chart	31	Madagascar	43.1
Nigeria in chart	32	Nigeria	43.0
Comoros in chart	33	Comoros	42.9
Djibouti in chart	34	Djibouti	41.8
Gabon in chart	35	Gabon	41.8
Angola in chart	36	Angola	40.1
Niger in chart	37	Niger	40.1
Mozambique in chart	38	Mozambique	39.2
Mali in chart	39	Mali	39.1
Cameroon in chart	40	Cameroon	39.0
Guinea in chart	41	Guinea	38.7
Zimbabwe in chart	42	Zimbabwe	38.6
Republic of the Congo in chart	43	Republic of the Congo	38.1
Guinea-Bissau in chart	44	Guinea-Bissau	37.7
Chad in chart	45	Chad	35.4
Burundi in chart	46	Burundi	35.0
Equatorial Guinea in chart	47	Equatorial Guinea	33.2
Libya in chart	48	Libya	31.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	49	Democratic Republic of the Congo	31.2
Central African Republic in chart	50	Central African Republic	30.7
Eritrea in chart	51	Eritrea	29.5
Sudan in chart	52	Sudan	28.0
South Sudan in chart	53	South Sudan	25.3
Somalia in chart	54	Somalia	22.9

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

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