Round 11 Provisional Data of Africa Integrity Indicators Open for Feedback
The provisional data of the 11th round of the Africa Integrity Indicators (AII) is ready for feedback. The data covers September 2021 to September 2022, and the review (feedback) period will run from April to June 2023.
The AII project assesses yearly data on transparency, accountability and social development across specific indicators. The rigorous data collection and validation process over nine months includes a months-long investigation by in-country researchers using an evidence-based methodology, followed by peer review by country and regional experts. The release of the provisional data is part of this process, providing an opportunity for diverse stakeholders to review the data before final publication in July 2023.
The provisional 11th-round data reveals positive performance by countries in diverse indicators. The gender indicators (85, 86 and 87) have seen an overall positive performance and highlight a steady improvement in women’s representation in the legislature, executive and judiciary. Countries have also performed well in civic education and sensitisation on diseases and outbreaks of health pandemics, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic and other health challenges (indicator 107). Countries also addressed issues on the registration of births and deaths (indicators 113 and 114). However, the data reveals the poor performance of countries in the areas such as filing of asset disclosures by senior politicians and government bureaucrats and by junior public officials (indicators 45 and 47), which have an impact on public sector transparency and combating corruption.
The provisional data shows South Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Namibia and Carbo Verde as the overall best-performing from 2014 to 2023, while Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, Sudan and Libya are the worst-performing. Countries such as Tunisia, Sudan, Botswana, Benin and Togo have seen significant regression in their overall performance, while Morocco, Liberia, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have improved.
Africa Integrity Indicators is a research project initiated by Global Integrity in 2012 in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) took over the project in its 11th round. By assessing key social, economic, political, and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level across all 54 African countries, the project supports governments, civil society and citizens in improving governance on the continent through targeted actions based on the data.
View the provisional AII Round 11 data covering 54 indicators on the website www.africaintegrityindicators.org, and share clarifications, comments and enquiries at aii@afidep.org.