Government Effectiveness (estimate) - Governance & partnership - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Government effectiveness measures the quality of public services, the quality and degree of independence from political pressures of the civil service, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance. Source: World Bank Institute.
Government Effectiveness (estimate) - Governance & partnership - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value
1South Africa0.75
2Botswana0.67
3Mauritius0.60
4Tunisia0.35
5Namibia0.31
6Cape Verde0.05
7Seychelles-0.01
8Ghana-0.08
9Morocco-0.09
10Senegal-0.12
11Rwanda-0.20
12Lesotho-0.31
13Egypt-0.37
14Mozambique-0.38
15Ethiopia-0.43
16Tanzania-0.45
17Algeria-0.50
18Uganda-0.51
19Benin-0.52
20Madagascar-0.59
21Kenya-0.60
22Malawi-0.65
23Zambia-0.66
24Swaziland-0.66
25Burkina Faso-0.67
26Gabon-0.70
27Sao Tome and Principe-0.74
28Gambia-0.77
29Mali-0.78
30Niger-0.79
31Cameroon-0.80
32Libya-0.84
33Mauritania-0.97
34Nigeria-0.98
35Djibouti-0.98
36Angola-0.98
37Sierra Leone-1.13
38Burundi-1.21
39Guinea-Bissau-1.26
40Republic of the Congo-1.34
41Liberia-1.36
42Guinea-1.39
43Ivory Coast-1.39
44Sudan-1.41
45Eritrea-1.41
46Equatorial Guinea-1.43
47Togo-1.43
48Central African Republic-1.45
49Chad-1.48
50Zimbabwe-1.56
51Comoros-1.88
52Democratic Republic of the Congo-1.89
53Somalia-2.51
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