Africa Ranking

24 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Have So Far Received $4.5B in Emergency Financial Assistance from the IMF Since the Covid-19 Outbreak Started. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a list of 24 countries from Africa that have so...

Reporters Without Borders, an international non-profit organization, has named Eritrea as the country with the worst press freedom in Africa while Namibia was named Africa’s best country in the Index. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its 2020 World...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its 2020 World Press Freedom Index, which ranks 180 countries based on the level of press freedom available to journalists. It, however, said press freedom remains highly fragile in Sub-Saharan Africa. The latest Reporters...

South Africa has the most open government in Africa according to the World Justice Project (WJP) in its 2020 report on open governments globally. The WJP Open Government Index, which ranks 128 countries based on how open their governments are,...

Mauritius, Libya, Ivory Coast and Benin are amongst the happiest countries in Africa, according to the UN’s World Happiness Index.Mauritius has been named the happiest country in Africa by the World Happiness Report - and South Sudan ranked saddest.The...

Mauritius, Seychelles and Botswana are among the most prosperous nations in Africa, according to the Legatum Institute. The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, a division of the United Arab Emirates- based private investment...

Rwanda is Africa's fastest-growing economy, according to the 2020 African Economic Outlook report. Rwanda is closely followed by, Ethiopia (7.4 per cent), Côte d'Ivoire (7.4 per cent), Ghana (7.1 per cent) and Benin 6.7 per cent. East Africa maintained its lead...

Nigeria currently ranks in the bottom 10 globally in measurements of children's survival, health, education and nutrition, a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has shown. The report said Nigeria ranks 174 out of 180 countries, just below...

Egypt is the best country to invest in Africa according to RMB’s 2020 Where to Invest in Africa report, the big size of the market and a sophisticated business sector relative to other countries made it the most attractive...

Military website Global Firepower has released its strength rankings for 2020 – showing how the world’s largest armies compare to one another. The ranking is based on over 50 individual factors with categories ranging from military might and financials to...