Malawi improves on governance index
Malawi has improved its score on the 2013 Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) by 5.2 points since 2000, scoring 56.9 points and beating the African average score of 51.6.
The country is ranked 16th out of 52 in Africa.
Malawi ranks seventh (out of 12) in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region where the regional average score is 59.2 points.
The country ranks its highest in the category of safety and rule of law (11th out of 52) but ranks lowest in the categories of sustainable economic opportunity and human development (28th out of 52 in both).
The 2013 IIAG shows that 94 percent of Africans, including those in Malawi, live in a country that has experienced overall governance improvement since 2000.
The six percent of people living in a country that has experienced governance deterioration since 2000 are based in Madagascar, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Libya and Mali.
Eight out of the 12 countries in Southern Africa score above the continental average (51.6) while five Southern African countries rank in the top 10.
However, Zimbabwe ranks in the bottom 10.
Meanwhile, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s independent Prize Committee has decided not to award this year’s 2013 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
