Top 10 most improved African governments in the last decade

Over the past ten years, 33 countries in Africa, around half (52.1%) of the continent’s population, have improved their overall governance.

On the flip side, the general level of administration in the other 21 nations, which are home to 47.9% of the continent’s population, is worse in 2023 than it was in 2014.

Additionally, the decline in security and rule of law illustrates a critical concern in Africa: nations’ ability to preserve public safety, enforce justice, and provide a stable environment favorable to growth.

This was highlighted in the report via its index, which has been the most deteriorated category during the period under review.

“This concerning overall trend is driven by the ongoing deterioration of Security & Rule of Law, which has been the most deteriorated category since 2014 (-1.6 points), as well as, to a lesser extent, by the irregular trajectory of Participation, Rights & Inclusion, ending with a loss of -0.2 points between 2014 and 2023,’ the report states.

“For both categories, the pace of deterioration has even worsened in the last five years. Deterioration is worst in the Security & Safety and Participation subcategories, with a substantial loss of -5.0 and -4.5 points respectively, while Rights (-2.8) and Accountability & Transparency (-1.4) also decline, but to a lesser extent,” it adds.

During the ten year period under review, there were a total of 13 African countries which are categorized as having accelerated developments.

Six of these countries boast higher than 5 points in the report’s index.

With that said, here are the 10 best countries in terms of administration.