According to this year’s Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance released October 16, Rwanda is one of the countries that have recorded improvement in governance.
This year’s index examined governance with 88 indicators in the four categories of safety and rule of law, participation and human rights, sustainable economic opportunity, and human development. The index showed improvement in governance.
Out of the total score of 100 points, Uganda got 55.1 in governance and was ranked in position 19.
Uganda’s score is above the regional average of 47 and the continental average of 51%.
Rwanda is in the 23rd position after scoring 53.5.
Kenya scored 52.7% and was ranked 25th. Burundi scored 44.9 and was ranked 36th.
Tanzania has made tremendous improvements since the launch of the index. It is ranked 10th overall in governance with a score of 58.8.
The top five included Mauritius which topped with a score of 82.8 out of 100, followed by Cape Verde (78.4), Botswana (77.2), Seychelles (73.4) and South Africa (70.7).
At the bottom was Somalia (7.2) while Democratic Republic Congo (32.8) was in the 51st position, Chad (32.8) in the 50th position, Eritrea (33) in the 49th and Central African Republic (33.7) in the 48th position.
A comparison of the continent’s regions in overall governance, safety, rule of law and sustainable economic opportunity categories put East Africa in the fourth position out of the five regions.
However, in the categories of participation and human rights, and human development, East Africa was the third.
East Africa’s performance in this year’s index was below the continental average.
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