Investment Freedom Index

Africa Ranking

(0-100)Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Mauritius	80	2022	1	80
1	Cape Verde	80	2022	1	80
3	Ivory Coast	75	2022	3	75
4	Ghana	70	2022	4	70
5	Burkina Faso	65	2022	5	65
5	Namibia	65	2022	5	65
5	Mali	65	2022	5	65
5	Morocco	65	2022	5	65
5	Gambia	65	2022	5	65
5	Botswana	65	2022	5	65
5	Egypt	65	2022	5	65
12	Senegal	60	2022	12	60
12	Djibouti	60	2022	12	60
12	Gabon	60	2022	12	60
12	Rwanda	60	2022	12	60
12	Sierra Leone	60	2022	12	60
12	Sao Tome and Principe	60	2022	12	60
12	Chad	60	2022	12	60
12	Togo	60	2022	12	60
20	Uganda	55	2022	20	55
20	Zambia	55	2022	20	55
20	Kenya	55	2022	20	55
20	Liberia	55	2022	20	55
20	Seychelles	55	2022	20	55
20	Niger	55	2022	20	55
20	Lesotho	55	2022	20	55
20	Tanzania	55	2022	20	55
20	Madagascar	55	2022	20	55
29	Benin	50	2022	29	50
29	Swaziland	50	2022	29	50
29	Burundi	50	2022	29	50
29	Mauritania	50	2022	29	50
29	Guinea	50	2022	29	50
29	Malawi	50	2022	29	50
35	Nigeria	45	2022	35	45
35	Central African Republic	45	2022	35	45
35	South Africa	45	2022	35	45
35	Tunisia	45	2022	35	45
35	Comoros	45	2022	35	45
40	Equatorial Guinea	40	2022	40	40
41	Republic of the Congo	35	2022	41	35
41	Mozambique	35	2022	41	35
43 ↑	Algeria	30	2022	44	30
43 ↑	Guinea-Bissau	30	2022	44	30
43 ↑	Cameroon	30	2022	44	30
43 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	30	2022	44	30
43 ↓	Ethiopia	30	2022	41	35
48	Zimbabwe	25	2022	48	25
49 ↑	Eritrea	10	2009	51
50 ↓	Sudan	5	2022	49	5
50 ↓	Libya	5	2021	49	5

Definition of Investment Freedom Index

The Investment freedom index evaluates a variety of investment restrictions (burdensome bureaucracy, restrictions on land ownership, expropriation of investments without fair compensation, foreign exchange controls, capital control, security problems, a lack of basic investment infrastructure, etc.). Points are deducted from the ideal score of 100 for each of the restrictions found in a country's investment regime.