Property Rights Index (0-100)

Africa Ranking

Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Cameroon	90	2022	29	38
2 ↓	Mauritius	86	2022	1	78
3 ↑	Seychelles	79	2022	4	65
4 ↑	Botswana	74	2022	7	59
5 ↑	Namibia	64	2022	8	57
6 ↓	Rwanda	61	2022	2	69
6 ↑	Tunisia	61	2022	9	54
6 ↑	Ghana	61	2022	12	49
9 ↓	Morocco	58	2022	3	68
9 ↑	Senegal	58	2022	11	50
11 ↑	Gambia	48	2022	23	42
11 ↑	Uganda	48	2022	16	45
11 ↑	Malawi	48	2022	14	46
14 ↑	Burkina Faso	47	2022	16	45
15 ↓	Madagascar	46	2021	14	46
15 ↓	Swaziland	46	2022	12	49
17 ↑	Lesotho	45	2022	23	42
17 ↑	Ivory Coast	45	2022	20	43
19 ↑	Benin	44	2022	20	43
19 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	44	2022	30	37
21 ↓	South Africa	43	2022	5	60
21 ↑	Sierra Leone	43	2022	23	42
23 ↓	Cape Verde	41	2022	16	45
23 ↓	Kenya	41	2022	5	60
25 ↓	Egypt	39	2022	10	51
26 ↑	Ethiopia	38	2022	49	23
26 ↑	Zambia	38	2022	30	37
28 ↓	Togo	37	2022	16	45
28	Niger	37	2022	28	39
28 ↓	Tanzania	37	2022	26	41
28 ↑	Mauritania	37	2022	46	26
32 ↑	Mali	34	2022	33	35
33 ↓	Djibouti	33	2022	20	43
34 ↑	Liberia	32	2022	40	30
34 ↑	Mozambique	32	2022	40	30
36 ↑	Republic of the Congo	30	2022	38	32
37 ↓	Comoros	29	2022	34	34
37 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	29	2022	27	40
37 ↑	Chad	29	2022	43	28
40 ↑	Somalia	28	2021	52	20
40 ↓	Algeria	28	2022	34	34
42 ↑	Gabon	27	2022	47	24
43 ↓	Nigeria	22	2022	30	37
43 ↓	Sudan	22	2022	36	33
45 ↓	Guinea	21	2022	38	32
45 ↓	Zimbabwe	21	2022	36	33
47 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	19	2022	43	28
47 ↓	Burundi	19	2022	43	28
49 ↓	Libya	17	2021	40	30
50 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15	2022	49	23
51 ↓	Eritrea	9	2022	47	24
52 ↓	Central African Republic	7	2022	49	23

Definition of Property Rights Index (0-100)

The property rights index measures the degree to which a country's laws protect private property rights and the degree to which its government enforces those laws. It also assesses the likelihood that private property will be expropriated and analyzes the independence of the judiciary, the existence of corruption within the judiciary, and the ability of individuals and businesses to enforce contracts. Higher index values denote more certain legal protection of property.