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Voice and accountability in Africa

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

First in the ranking

73.9 /100

Cabo Verde

Median country

40.3 /100

half above, half below

Range

14.6 to 73.9

Eritrea - Cabo Verde

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Cabo Verde (73.9 /100) and the lowest in Eritrea (14.6 /100).

The median country is at 40.3 /100: half are above, half below.

Voice and Accountability (VA) captures perceptions of the extent to which citizens can participate in selecting their government including electoral integrity, and of accountability mechanisms for citizens—reflected in the ability to access information, governmental oversight bodies, and a robust traditional/digital media landscape. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using…

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Voice and accountability over time

/100

Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Cabo Verde in chart	1	Cabo Verde	73.9
South Africa in chart	2	South Africa	70.2
Seychelles in chart	3	Seychelles	70.2
Mauritius in chart	4	Mauritius	68.8
Botswana in chart	5	Botswana	65.0
Namibia in chart	6	Namibia	64.6
Ghana in chart	7	Ghana	64.3
São Tomé and Principe in chart	8	São Tomé and Principe	61.3
Senegal in chart	9	Senegal	60.7
Lesotho in chart	10	Lesotho	59.6
Liberia in chart	11	Liberia	58.0
Malawi in chart	12	Malawi	57.6
The Gambia in chart	13	The Gambia	53.9
Zambia in chart	14	Zambia	52.1
Kenya in chart	15	Kenya	51.6
Benin in chart	16	Benin	51.5
Sierra Leone in chart	17	Sierra Leone	49.2
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	18	Côte d'Ivoire	47.8
Madagascar in chart	19	Madagascar	45.8
Tunisia in chart	20	Tunisia	45.8
Nigeria in chart	21	Nigeria	45.6
Morocco in chart	22	Morocco	45.0
Rwanda in chart	23	Rwanda	43.7
Tanzania in chart	24	Tanzania	43.3
Gabon in chart	25	Gabon	42.6
Mozambique in chart	26	Mozambique	41.2
Mauritania in chart	27	Mauritania	41.2
Angola in chart	28	Angola	39.4
Uganda in chart	29	Uganda	39.2
Togo in chart	30	Togo	38.7
Guinea-Bissau in chart	31	Guinea-Bissau	38.0
Comoros in chart	32	Comoros	37.9
Algeria in chart	33	Algeria	37.8
Niger in chart	34	Niger	36.8
Guinea in chart	35	Guinea	36.1
Burkina Faso in chart	36	Burkina Faso	35.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	37	Democratic Republic of the Congo	35.6
Mali in chart	38	Mali	34.7
Cameroon in chart	39	Cameroon	34.7
Central African Republic in chart	40	Central African Republic	34.5
Ethiopia in chart	41	Ethiopia	34.3
Republic of the Congo in chart	42	Republic of the Congo	34.3
Zimbabwe in chart	43	Zimbabwe	33.9
Djibouti in chart	44	Djibouti	33.4
Libya in chart	45	Libya	31.3
Eswatini in chart	46	Eswatini	31.0
Chad in chart	47	Chad	31.0
Burundi in chart	48	Burundi	29.5
Somalia in chart	49	Somalia	28.6
Egypt in chart	50	Egypt	27.7
Equatorial Guinea in chart	51	Equatorial Guinea	24.8
South Sudan in chart	52	South Sudan	23.4
Sudan in chart	53	Sudan	21.2
Eritrea in chart	54	Eritrea	14.6

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

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