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Namibia has dropped from 4th best-governed African country to 7th on the latest Ibrahim Index of African Governance #IIAG

https://twitter.com/Mo_IbrahimFdn/status/1328337118385594373

#Namibia remains one of the best-governed countries in Africa but has shown a deterioration in both its scores and rankings across key #IIAG indicators

The island countries of Mauritius, Cape Verde and Seychelles take the top three places. Tunisia (4th), Botswana (5th) and South Africa (6th) have moved ahead of Namibia since 2018

On three sub-indices Namibia is no.1 - Absence of Armed Conflict; Laws on Violence against Women; and Civil Registration

Namibia also performs well on the following sub-indices - Access to Financial Services (2nd)
Labour Relations (2nd)
Civic Checks & Balances (4th)
Political Pluralism (4th)
Personal Liberties (4th)
Media Freedom (4th)

Namibia's worst rankings:
Socio-economic Inequality Mitigation (53rd)
Absence of Criminality (51st)
Poverty Reduction Policies (43rd)
Mobile Comms (38th)
Sustainable Management of Land & Forests (33rd)
Access to Services for Women (31st)
Control - Communicable Diseases (30th)

On the overall governance index Namibia's score went down from 68.6 in 2018 to 65.1 in 2020.

Top scoring categories for Namibia were:
Absence of Armed Conflict 100
Civil registration 100
Absence of Violence against Civilians 98.8
Absence of Forced Migration 99.7
Access to Financial Services 88.1
Impartiality of the Judicial System 86.8

Other good scorers were:
Control of Child & Maternal Mortality 84.9
Human Resources in Education 82.5
Absence of Undue Influence on Government 81.9
Air Quality 81.4
Property Rights 80.5

Namibia's worst-scoring categories were:
Socio-economic Inequality Mitigation 2.4
Poverty Reduction Policies 33.3
Protection against Discrimination 33.3
Digital Access 34.7
Public Procurement Procedures 37.5
Accessibility of Information 42.3
Anti-Corruption Mechanisms 44

Over the past ten years Namibia's score has worsened by 2 points on the Security & Rule of Law Index. Score also down by 1.8 on the Participation, Rights & Inclusion Index.

Also over the past decade Namibia's score on the Foundations for Economic Opportunity Index increased by 12.8 points and improved by 4.2 on the Human Development Index.

Over the past decade Namibia’s most improved indicators are:
Absence of Undernourishment plus 34.7
Access to Financial Services plus 29.4
Digital Access plus 27.5
Professional Administration plus 25
Mobile Communications plus 22.4
Trade Environment plus 20.9

Political Power & Representation of Women plus 17.9
Control of Communicable Diseases plus 14.8
Political Pluralism plus 13.3
Compliance with International Health Regulations plus 12.6
Democratic Elections plus 11.9

The indicators showing the greatest decline over the past ten years are:
Freedom of Association & Assembly minus 25
Promotion of Environmental Sustainability minus 14.3
Accessibility of Information minus 14
Media Freedom minus 12.9
Civil Society Space - minus 10.2

Access to Healthcare minus 9.6
Absence of Corruption in the Private Sector minus 8.6
Equal Civil Liberties minus 8.6
Laws on Violence against Women minus 8.3
Absence of Corruption in the Public Sector minus 6

Namibia's overall governance score over the past ten years has increased by 3.4 #IIAG

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