Sustainable Economic Opportunity by country

Public Management: Within this subcategory the Ibrahim Index measures: (i) Quality of Public Administration – clustered indicator (average) of variables from the African Development Bank and the World Bank measuring the extent to which the civil service is structured to effectively and ethically design policy and...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
79.74
Mauritius
Lowest
2.11
Somalia
Median
49.02
Years covered
12
2000–2011
Data points
696

What the numbers show

Sustainable Economic Opportunity is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 79.74 in Mauritius; the lowest is 2.11 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.02, and the mean is 47.31.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 90.7%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 20.5%).

Sustainable Economic Opportunity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritius 79.74 2011 up 22.2% rising
2 Tunisia 68.6 2011 up 6.0% rising
3 Egypt 68.25 2011 up 18.0% rising
4 Cape Verde 68.15 2011 up 20.0% rising
5 Botswana 67.96 2011 up 6.1% rising
6 Morocco 64.53 2011 up 16.1% rising
7 Seychelles 63.74 2011 up 15.9% rising
8 South Africa 61.56 2011 up 9.9% rising
9 Namibia 61.14 2011 up 10.4% rising
10 Burkina Faso 58.98 2011 up 14.2% rising
11 Rwanda 57.18 2011 up 17.6% rising
12 Lesotho 55.14 2011 up 7.9% rising
13 Ghana 54.48 2011 up 8.3% rising
14 Tanzania 54.19 2011 up 0.6% rising
15 Ethiopia 53.43 2011 down 0.3% flat
16 Senegal 53.07 2011 up 4.3% flat
17 Gambia 52.49 2011 up 9.9% rising
18 Mozambique 52.04 2011 up 3.6% flat
19 Benin 51.82 2011 up 5.7% rising
20 Algeria 51.58 2011 down 0.7% flat
21 Uganda 50.87 2011 down 6.1% flat
22 Zambia 50.82 2011 up 13.9% rising
23 Malawi 49.42 2011 up 19.7% rising
24 Djibouti 49.16 2011 up 3.8% flat
25 Mali 49.12 2011 up 9.1% rising
26 Madagascar 49.07 2011 down 0.2% rising
27 Eswatini 48.96 2011 up 20.2% rising
28 Kenya 48.04 2011 down 1.3% flat
29 Cameroon 46.95 2011 up 16.7% rising
30 Mauritania 45.1 2011 down 1.8% rising
31 Niger 44.13 2011 up 24.4% rising
32 Gabon 43.53 2011 up 38.3% rising
33 Angola 43.35 2011 up 78.8% rising
34 Libya 41.93 2011 down 20.5% falling
35 Sierra Leone 41.22 2011 up 54.5% rising
36 Congo 41.1 2011 up 32.1% rising
37 Nigeria 41.07 2011 up 15.4% rising
38 Cote d'Ivoire 40.71 2011 down 2.1% falling
39 Burundi 40.13 2011 up 13.1% rising
40 Sao Tome and Principe 37.94 2011 down 7.7% falling
41 Central African Republic 37.84 2011 up 56.1% rising
42 Equatorial Guinea 36.62 2011 up 33.0% rising
43 Guinea 36.38 2011 up 1.2% falling
44 Chad 34.45 2011 up 10.9% rising
45 Liberia 34.37 2011 up 90.7% rising
46 Guinea-Bissau 33.62 2011 up 56.7% rising
47 Togo 33.4 2011 up 19.4% rising
48 Eritrea 29.02 2011 down 17.8% falling
49 Comoros 28.82 2011 up 4.8% flat
50 Democratic Republic of Congo 28.24 2011 up 51.5% rising
51 Zimbabwe 24.79 2011 down 7.1% falling
52 Somalia 2.11 2011 up 4.6% rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Sustainable Economic Opportunity
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

Public Management: Within this subcategory the Ibrahim Index measures: (i) Quality of Public Administration – clustered indicator (average) of variables from the African Development Bank and the World Bank measuring the extent to which the civil service is structured to effectively and ethically design policy and deliver services. (ii) Quality of Budget Management – clustered indicator (average) of variables from the African Development Bank and the World Bank measuring the extent to which there is a comprehensive and credible budget, linked to policy priorities, with mechanisms to ensure implementation and reporting. (iii) Currency Inside Banks – total stock of currency held within banks as a proportion of the money supply in an economy (OD). (iv) Ratio of Total Revenue to Total Expenditure – total budget revenue as a proportion of total budget expenditure (OD). (v) Ratio of Budget Deficit or Surplus to GDP – budget deficit or budget surplus as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product. (vi) Management of Public Debt – clustered indicator (average) of variables from the African Development Bank and the World Bank measuring short- and medium term sustainability of fiscal policy and its impact on growth. (vii) Inflation – annual average change in the consumer price index. (viii) Ratio of External Debt Service to Exports – total external debt service due, expressed as a proportion of exports of goods, non-factor services, income and workers’ remittances. (ix) Imports Covered by Reserves – period of time that imports could be paid for by foreign exchange reserves. (x) Statistical Capacity – national statistical systems and their adherence to international norms in the areas of: Methodology (of compiling statistics and indicators); Regularity and coverage of censuses and surveys; Regularity, timeliness and accessibility of key socioeconomic indicators.