Overall Mo Ibrahim index by country

Measures overall index on (a) Safety and rule of law (b) Participation and human rights (c) Sustainable Economic opportunity and (d) Human development.

Countries reporting

Highest

82.85

Mauritius

Lowest

7.16

Somalia

Median

51.81

Years covered

2000–2011

Data points

696

What the numbers show

Overall Mo Ibrahim index is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 82.85 in Mauritius; the lowest is 7.16 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 51.81, and the mean is 51.24.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 94.4%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 26.4%).

Overall Mo Ibrahim index: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Mauritius	82.85	2011	up 5.6%	rising
2	Cape Verde	78.4	2011	up 5.8%	rising
3	Botswana	77.22	2011	up 3.8%	rising
4	Seychelles	73.4	2011	up 4.0%	rising
5	South Africa	70.74	2011	down 0.2%	flat
6	Namibia	69.76	2011	up 2.4%	flat
7	Ghana	66.29	2011	up 4.9%	rising
8	Tunisia	62.7	2011	down 2.1%	flat
9	Lesotho	60.97	2011	up 6.2%	rising
10	Tanzania	58.8	2011	up 4.5%	rising
11	Sao Tome and Principe	58.48	2011	up 1.4%	flat
12	Zambia	58.46	2011	up 9.2%	rising
13	Benin	57.8	2011	up 1.6%	flat
14	Egypt	57.7	2011	up 2.2%	rising
15	Morocco	57.02	2011	up 2.9%	flat
16	Senegal	56.22	2011	down 1.4%	flat
17	Malawi	56.01	2011	up 8.5%	rising
18	Burkina Faso	55.14	2011	up 2.9%	flat
19	Uganda	55.1	2011	up 3.8%	rising
20	Mali	55.03	2011	up 9.7%	rising
21	Mozambique	54.88	2011	down 0.8%	flat
22	Gabon	53.63	2011	up 11.7%	rising
23	Rwanda	53.49	2011	up 18.2%	rising
24	Algeria	52.86	2011	down 1.5%	flat
25	Kenya	52.73	2011	down 2.7%	flat
26	Eswatini	52.02	2011	up 8.8%	rising
27	Gambia	51.61	2011	down 6.2%	flat
28	Niger	49.53	2011	up 18.0%	rising
29	Djibouti	48.99	2011	up 2.0%	flat
30	Sierra Leone	48.09	2011	up 46.8%	rising
31	Comoros	47.91	2011	up 11.4%	rising
32	Mauritania	47.51	2011	down 3.0%	falling
33	Ethiopia	46.72	2011	up 3.7%	flat
34	Liberia	46.6	2011	up 94.4%	rising
35	Madagascar	46.09	2011	down 22.5%	falling
36	Cameroon	44.95	2011	up 5.5%	rising
37	Burundi	44.85	2011	up 18.3%	rising
38	Libya	44.49	2011	down 9.7%	flat
39	Togo	44.38	2011	up 16.1%	rising
40	Angola	44.1	2011	up 64.4%	rising
41	Congo	43.5	2011	up 24.1%	rising
42	Guinea	42.55	2011	up 17.2%	rising
43	Nigeria	41.98	2011	up 5.1%	rising
44	Equatorial Guinea	40.52	2011	up 17.3%	rising
45	Guinea-Bissau	39.81	2011	up 1.7%	rising
46	Cote d'Ivoire	38.84	2011	down 4.6%	falling
47	Zimbabwe	34.4	2011	down 7.5%	falling
48	Central African Republic	33.67	2011	up 19.7%	rising
49	Eritrea	32.98	2011	down 14.7%	falling
50	Chad	32.84	2011	up 3.5%	falling
51	Democratic Republic of Congo	32.77	2011	up 30.8%	rising
52	Somalia	7.16	2011	down 26.4%	falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

North Africa 53.96
Africa 51.24
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 51.12
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.89
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 50.64
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 50.45

About this data

Indicator: Overall Mo Ibrahim index
Source: Mo Ibrahim Foundation, electronic files and web site
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 58 places, 696 data points, 2000–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measures overall index on (a) Safety and rule of law (b) Participation and human rights (c) Sustainable Economic opportunity and (d) Human development.