% Ease of Doing Business in Africa

Ease of Doing Business Score for African Countries

The ease of doing business (EODB) score by the World Bank, measures the economy of a country’s performance in relation to regulatory best practice across a sample of 41 indicators for 10 Doing Business topics (now 11) included in the aggregate ranking.
These topics are:
1. 1. Starting a business
  2. Dealing with construction permits
  3. Getting electricity
  4. Registering property
  5. Getting credit
  6. Protecting minority investment
  7. Paying taxes
  8. Trading across borders
  9. Enforcing contracts
  10. Resolving insolvency
  11. Contracting with the government (added to the EODB 2020 report)
A score of 81.5 means the economy was 18.5 percentage points short of highest regulatory performance.
According to the World Bank,

The goal of the Doing Business series is to provide objective data for use by governments in designing sound business regulatory policies and to encourage research on the important dimensions of the regulatory environment for firms.

After an internal audit report raised concerns on pressure to change the data points for China, the report was discontinued in 2021.
There are plans by the World Bank to replace the report in 2023.

African Countries on the World List

Africa Ranking	Country	EODB Score	EODB World Ranking (incl. cities)	EODB World Ranking (countries only)
1	Mauritius	81.5	15	13
2	Rwanda	76.5	46	38
3	Morocco	73.4	63	53
4	Kenya	73.2	65	56
5	Tunisia	68.7	92	78
6	South Africa	67	98	84
7	Zambia	66.9	99	85
8	Botswana	66.2	101	87
9	Togo	62.3	113	97
10	Seychelles	61.7	116	100
11	Namibia	61.4	119	104
12	Malawi	60.9	125	109
13	Côte d’Ivoire	60.7	126	110
14	Djibouti	60.5	127	112
15	Egypt	60.1	130	114
16	Ghana	60	132	118
17	Uganda	60	133	116
18	Eswatini	59.5	138	121
19	Lesotho	59.4	140	122
20	Senegal	59.3	141	123
21	Nigeria	56.9	151	131
22	Niger	56.8	152	132
23	Cabo Verde	55	158	137
24	Mozambique	55	159	138
25	Tanzania	54.5	161	141
26	Zimbabwe	54.5	162	140
27	Mali	52.9	169	148
28	Benin	52.4	170	149
29	Burkina Faso	51.4	172	151
30	Mauritania	51.1	173	152
31	The Gambia	50.3	176	155
32	Guinea	49.4	177	156
33	Algeria	48.6	178	157
34	Ethiopia	48	180	159
35	Comoros	47.9	181	160
36	Madagascar	47.7	182	161
37	Sierra Leone	47.5	183	163
38	Burundi	46.8	186	166
39	Cameroon	46.1	188	167
40	Gabon	45	191	169
41	São Tomé and Príncipe	45	192	170
42	Sudan	44.8	194	171
43	Guinea-Bissau	43.2	197	174
44	Liberia	43.2	198	175
45	Angola	41.3	200	177
46	Equatorial Guinea	41.1	201	178
47	Republic of Congo	39.5	203	180
48	Chad	36.9	205	182
49	DRC	36.2	206	183
50	Central African Republic	35.6	207	184
51	South Sudan	34.6	208	185
52	Libya	32.7	209	186
53	Eritrea	21.6	212	189
54	Somalia	20	213	190

In the 2020 EODB Report, there are 22 cities in the list of 213 economies. Technically, there were that 190 countries observed.
The African country with cities considered was Nigeria – Kano and Lagos.
While Nigeria’s score is 56, Kano had 58.2 while Lagos had 56.5.

African Countries Ranking

Mauritius ranks highest in Africa in EODB and 13th in the world while Somalis ranks lowest in the world.
There are ten (10) African countries in the top 100 – Mauritius, Rwanda, Morocco, Kenya, Tunisia, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Togo and Seychelles.
Most of the African countries feature on the bottom of the list; 44 of them are outside the top 100 countries.

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Ease of Doing Business Score for African Countries

African Countries on the World List

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