2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance |16 October 2013

Seychelles ranked fourth out of 52

Seychelles is ranked fourth out of 52 African countries on the 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG).

The 2013 IIAG provides full details of Seychelles’ performance across four categories of governance: Safety and Rule of Law, Participation and Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity, and Human Development.

Seychelles’ overall governance score has improved since 2000, and its ranking has improved by one during this period, overtaking South Africa.

Seychelles ranks highest, first in Africa, in the category of Human Development with a score of 75.0 out of 100. Its mark is higher than the African average of 51.6 and the country has improved by +5.5 since 2000 to be ranked first out of 11 countries in the east African region.

Its lowest rank is in the category Participation and Human Rights (8th out of 52), but ranks its highest in the sub-categories Infrastructure, Education and Health (1st out of 52) and ranks its lowest in the sub-category Public Management (27th out of 52).
     
Seychelles is one of eight countries to have remained consistently in the IIAG’s top 10 since 2000 – along with Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa and Tunisia.

Since 2000, Seychelles has shown the biggest improvement in the category of Sustainable Economic Opportunity which measures the conditions necessary for economic development, including sound public management, a competitive business environment and robust infrastructure.

The 2013 IIAG shows that 94% of Africans, including those in Seychelles, live in a country that has experienced overall governance improvement since 2000.

The 6% of people living in a country which have experienced governance deterioration since 2000 are based in Madagascar, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Libya and Mali.