List of African countries by Index of Governance 2013
This is a 2013 list of African nations ranked by Mo Ibrahim Foundation in terms of good governance. The list excludes Sudan and South Sudan.
| Rank | Country | Overall | 13 Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mauritius | 82.9 |  7.3 |
| 2 |  Botswana | 77.6 | 5.6 |
| 3 |  Cape Verde | 76.7 | 6.0 |
| 4 |  Seychelles | 75.0 | 5.5 |
| 5 |  South Africa | 71.3 | 0.6 |
| 6 |  Namibia | 69.5 | 2.3 |
| 7 |  Ghana | 66.8 | 5.3 |
| 8 |  Tunisia | 66.0 | 4.4 |
| 9 |  Lesotho | 61.9 | 7.7 |
| 10 |  Senegal | 61.0 | 4.3 |
| 11 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 59.9 | 3.2 |
| 12 |  Zambia | 59.6 | 8.6 |
| 13 |  Benin | 58.7 | 2.5 |
| 14 |  Morocco | 58.0 | 5.1 |
| 15 |  Rwanda | 57.8 | 10.9 |
| 16 |  Malawi | 56.9 | 5.2 |
| 17 |  Tanzania | 56.9 | 1.4 |
| 18 |  Uganda | 56.0 | 5.5 |
| 19 |  Egypt | 55.0 | 0.4 |
| 20 |  Mozambique | 54.8 | 2.4 |
| 21 |  Kenya | 53.6 | 1.5 |
| 22 |  The Gambia | 53.6 | 4.0 |
| 23 |  Burkina Faso | 53.0 | 1.2 |
| 24 |  Gabon | 52.8 | 6.4 |
| 25 |  Algeria | 52.5 | 1.3 |
| 26 |  Swaziland | 50.8 | 4.3 |
| 27 |  Mali | 50.7 |  0.0 |
| 28 |  Niger | 50.4 | 7.6 |
| 29 |  Liberia | 50.3 | 24.8 |
| 30 |  Djibouti | 48.7 | 1.7 |
| 31 |  Sierra Leone | 48.0 | 14.8 |
| 32 |  Comoros | 47.8 | 6.9 |
| 33 |  Ethiopia | 47.6 | 5.1 |
| 34 |  Mauritania | 43.7 | 0.7 |
| 35 |  Cameroon | 47.0 | 5.2 |
| 36 |  Togo | 45.8 | 8.2 |
| 37 |  Madagascar | 45.7 |  -11.7 |
| 38 |  Libya | 45.3 | -0.4 |
| 39 |  Angola | 44.5 | 18.1 |
| 40 |  Burundi | 43.8 | 8.8 |
| 41 |  Nigeria | 43.4 | 0.8 |
| 42 |  Guinea | 43.2 | 6.2 |
| 43 |  Republic of the Congo | 43.0 | 8.0 |
| 44 |  Ivory Coast | 40.9 | 1.8 |
| 45 |  Equatorial Guinea | 40.9 | 8.8 |
| 46 |  Guinea-Bissau | 37.1 | -1.8 |
| 47 |  Zimbabwe | 35.4 | 1.5 |
| 48 |  Chad | 33.0 | 1.2 |
| 49 |  Central African Republic | 32.7 | 3.8 |
| 50 |  Eritrea | 31.9 | -5.5 |
| 51 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31.3 | 7.3 |
| 52 |  Somalia | 8.0 | -1.7 |