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Regional GDP

$2.22T

Year 2025
sum
100% coverage
High confidence

Source: WDI, WGI +7

Population

1.32B

Year 2025
sum
100% coverage
High confidence

Source: WDI, WGI +7

Average GDP growth

4.14%

Year 2025
mean
100% coverage
High confidence

Source: WDI, WGI +7

Median inflation

3.46%

Year 2025
median
96% coverage
High confidence

Source: WDI, WGI +7

Average MERI score

47.38

Year 2024
mean
85% coverage
High confidence

Source: WDI, WGI +7

0–200
20–408
40–6028
60–805
80–1000

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ScopeSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Countries43

121 imputed pillar inputs across 41 scores.

Regional rank	Country	MERI score	Global rank	Coverage	Confidence
1	Mauritius · Upper middle income	68.4	49	100%	high
2	Seychelles · High income	65.6	61	100%	high
3	South Africa · Upper middle income	63.4	73	100%	high
4	Botswana · Upper middle income	62.7	75	100%	high
5	Rwanda · Low income	60.9	80	100%	high
6	Namibia · Lower middle income	58.8	87	92%	high
7	Kenya · Lower middle income	53.5	102	100%	high
8	Cote d'Ivoire · Lower middle income	52.4	105	92%	high
9	Zimbabwe · Lower middle income	52.1	106	100%	high
10	Tanzania · Lower middle income	52	108	100%	high
11	Cabo Verde · Upper middle income	51.9	111	92%	high
12	Togo · Low income	51.3	113	92%	high
13	Ghana · Lower middle income	51.1	115	92%	high
14	Zambia · Lower middle income	50.3	116	100%	high
15	Uganda · Low income	49.5	120	100%	high
16	Benin · Lower middle income	48.4	123	92%	high
17	Senegal · Lower middle income	48.2	124	92%	high
18	Nigeria · Lower middle income	47.6	125	92%	high
19	Eswatini · Lower middle income	47.4	126	92%	high
20	Malawi · Low income	47.3	127	100%	high
21	Lesotho · Lower middle income	46.4	128	100%	high
22	Burkina Faso · Low income	46.2	129	92%	high
23	Angola · Lower middle income	45.7	131	92%	high
24	Mozambique · Low income	45	135	100%	high
25	Madagascar · Low income	44.5	136	100%	high
26	Liberia · Low income	44.4	138	92%	high
27	Cameroon · Lower middle income	44.2	139	92%	high
28	Gabon · Upper middle income	44.1	140	92%	high
29	Congo (Kinshasa) · Lower middle income	43.9	141	92%	high
30	Niger · Low income	43.3	143	92%	high
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo · Low income	42.9	144	100%	high
32	Mali · Low income	41.5	145	92%	high
33	Burundi · Low income	40.9	146	100%	high
34	Guinea · Lower middle income	39.2	148	92%	high
35	The Gambia · Low income	39.2	149	92%	high
36	Mauritania · Lower middle income	38	150	92%	high
37	Sierra Leone · Low income	37.6	151	92%	high
38	Guinea-Bissau · Low income	37.1	152	92%	high
39	Chad · Low income	31.8	155	92%	high
40	Central African Republic · Low income	27.9	156	92%	high
Display only	Equatorial Guinea · Upper middle income	36.1	—	92%	high
Insufficient data	Comoros · Lower middle income	—	—	67%	—
Insufficient data	Eritrea · Low income	—	—	58%	—
Insufficient data	Ethiopia · Not classified	—	—	67%	—
Insufficient data	Sao Tome and Principe · Lower middle income	—	—	67%	—
Insufficient data	Somalia · Low income	—	—	67%	—
Insufficient data	South Sudan · Low income	—	—	67%	—
Insufficient data	Sudan · Low income	—	—	50%	—

MERI data is available for 41 of 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sources

WDI · World Bank · CC BY 4.0
WGI · World Bank · CC BY 4.0
OECD · Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · OECD Terms and Conditions
TI_CPI · Transparency International · Transparency International Terms
B_READY · World Bank · World Bank Terms
GLOBAL_FINDEX · World Bank · World Bank Terms
ILOSTAT · International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT) · ILOSTAT Terms
UNDP_HDI · United Nations Development Programme · UNDP Terms
WJP · World Justice Project · World Justice Project Terms

Sub-Saharan Africa.

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MERI score distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa map

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