The country continues to evolve positively in all four categories: "Security and the Rule of Law", "Participation, Rights and Inclusion", "Foundations for Economic Opportunities" and "Human Development".
The replacement of President José Eduardo dos Santos, who was in power for 39 years, by João Lourenço contributed significantly to an improvement in terms of transparency and accountability, says the index prepared by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
The IIAG annually measures the quality of governance in 54 African countries by compiling statistical data from the previous year.
Despite having registered a slight progress of 1.1 points in the last decade, between 2012 and 2021, the growth curve that the IIAG had been registering since 2014 has stagnated since 2019.
The slowdown, which coincides with the period of the covid-19 pandemic, is mainly due to the increase in armed conflicts, repression against civilians and democratic setbacks in general, which have caused deteriorations in terms of security, respect for the rule of law, participation and civil rights.
These setbacks have undone advances made in Africa with more economic opportunities and human development, particularly in access to health care.
