Nigeria’s Position May Shock You As List Of 10 Worst-Governed Nations In Africa Surfaces

A United Kingdom (UK) based research organisation, World Economics, has released its good governance ranking for the year 2024.

It was gathered that the good governance ranking is assessed through four main indexes. The indexes are; corruption perception, rule of law, press freedom, and political rights.

The governance index as set by World Economics, gives equal weight to all four criteria set by the researchers.

However, this piece highlights the top ten (10) worst-governed countries in Africa with their index scores:

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1. Libya (15.4)
2. Dr Congo (21.6)
3. Chad (23.2)
4. Burundi (24.4)
5. Central African Republic (25.1)
6. Cameroon (27.2)
7. Congo Republic (28.4)
8. Egypt (28.8)
9. Zimbabwe (29.0)
10. Eswatini (30.5)

You are surprised that Nigeria did not make the top ten right?

Yes! But based on the ranking, Nigeria had a grade of D with an index score of 37.0.