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| RANK /100 | 6 YEAR CHANGE |
| 1 | Mauritius | 82.8 | 4.5â–³ |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 78.4 | 4.1â–³ |
| 3 | Botswana | 77.2 | 0.9â–³ |
| 4 | Seychelles | 73.4 | -0.5â–½ |
| 5 | South Africa | 70.7 | -1.1â–½ |
| 6 | Namibia | 69.8 | 0.2â–³ |
| 7 | Ghana | 66.3 | 2.0â–³ |
| 8 | Tunisia | 62.7 | -2.0â–½ |
| 9 | Lesotho | 61.0 | -0.2â–½ |
| 10 | Tanzania | 58.8 | 0.4â–³ |
| 11 | São Tomé and PrÃncipe | 58.5 | 1.9â–³ |
| 12 | Zambia | 58.5 | 2.1â–³ |
| 13 | Benin | 57.8 | -1.1â–½ |
| 14 | Egypt | 57.7 | 0.2â–³ |
| 15 | Morocco | 57.0 | -0.4â–½ |
| 16 | Senegal | 56.2 | -3.0â–½ |
| 17 | Malawi | 56.0 | 3.3â–³ |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 55.1 | 2.0â–³ |
| 19 | Uganda | 55.1 | 1.3â–³ |
| 20 | Mali | 55.0 | 1.9â–³
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| 21 | Mozambique | 54.9 | 0.2â–³ |
| 22 | Gabon | 53.6 | 5.3â–³ |
| 23 | Rwanda | 53.5 | 2.0â–³ |
| 24 | Algeria | 52.9 | -1.6â–½ |
| 25 | Kenya | 52.7 | -1.2â–½ |
| 26 | Swaziland | 52.0 | 1.8â–³ |
| 27 | Gambia | 51.6 | -1.5â–½ |
| 28 | Niger | 49.5 | 6.7â–³ |
| 29 | Djibouti | 49.0 | 0.1â–³ |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 48.1 | 8.9â–³ |
| 31 | Comoros | 47.9 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Mauritania | 47.5 | -2.2â–½ |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 46.7 | 0.7â–³ |
| 34 | Liberia | 46.6 | 12.0â–³ |
| 35 | Madagascar | 46.1 | -12.8â–½ |
| 36 | Burundi | 44.9 | 1.1â–³ |
| 37 | Cameroon | 44.9 | 0.8â–³ |
| 38 | Libya | 44.5 | -8.0â–½ |
| 39 | Togo | 44.4 | 6.4â–³ |
| 40 | Angola | 44.1 | 9.3â–³ |
| 41 | Congo | 43.5 | 3.8â–³ |
| 42 | Guinea | 42.5 | 3.6â–³ |
| 43 | Nigeria | 42.0 | 0.2â–³ |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.5 | 3.4â–³ |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.8 | -1.2â–½ |
| 46 | Côte d’Ivoire | 38.8 | 3.4△ |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 34.4 | 1.3â–³ |
| 48 | Central African Rep. | 33.7 | 5.2â–³ |
| 49 | Eritrea | 33.0 | -5.8â–½ |
| 50 | Chad | 32.8 | 1.8â–³ |
| 51 | Congo, Democratic Rep. | 32.8 | 2.2â–³ |
| 52 | Somalia | 7.2 | -1.6â–½ |
Key findings:
- Nigeria, West Africa’s powerhouse, has for the first time this year fallen into the bottom ten governance performers on the continent.
- While West, Central and Southern Africa are slowly improving their overall governance scores, both North Africa and East Africa have registered declines.
- Five of the six most imbalanced countries belong to North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia
- Angola, Liberia and Togo have left the IIAG’s group of the ten worst performers. They have been replaced by Eritrea, Guinea Bissau and Nigeria.
- Since 2000, at the continental level, there have been improvements in 11 out the 14 sub-categories of the IIAG.
- While West, Central and Southern Africa are slowly improving their overall governance scores, both North Africa and East Africa have registered declines.
- Over the last six years, almost half (21) of the 52 African countries register increased imbalance between the four categories.
- Between 2000 and 2011, overall continental governance improved in Africa.
- Over the last six years, Tanzania has climbed up the IIAG’s rankings, making it into the top ten for the first time.
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