Investor Confidence Indicator for Africa

The Investor Confidence Indicator for Africa (ICIFA) is a holistic and updatable tool for measuring and assessing the performance of African nations in setting the conditions for civic wellbeing and investor confidence.

The ICIFA assigns an overall score to each nation based on their performance in 12 bellwether international evaluations on essentialities for promoting security, development, and good governance rooted in the rule of law – the cornerstones of a strong society and vibrant business environment. Based on that aggregate score, the indicator assigns color codes reflecting each country’s position relative to one another – dark green reflects those countries that place in the top quartile of overall performers in Africa; light green those in the second quartile; yellow those in the third quartile; and red those in the fourth quartile.

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--- Select a Country ---AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Rep.Côte d'IvoireDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRwandaSão Tomé and PríncipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanSwazilandTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

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Overall ScoreEase of Doing BusinessCorruptionPress FreedomEconomic FreedomHuman DevelopmentGlobal CompetitivenessFragile States IndexFreedom in the WorldGlobal Peace IndexEIU Democracy IndexIbrahim Index of African GovernanceICT Development IndexGDP Per Capita

Overall Score

Algeria

OVERALL SCORE: 47.55/100

Ease of Doing Business

47.76/100

Score; Worst to Best; Out of 100; Source: Ease of Doing Business World Bank(2016)

Corruption

34/100

Score; Worst to Best; Out of 100; Source: Corruption Index, Transparency International (2016)

Press Freedom

42.83/100

Score; Best to Worst; Out of 100; Source: Press Freedom, Reporters Without Borders (2016)

Economic Freedom

46.5/100

Score; Worst to Best; Out of 100; Source: Index of Economic Freedom, Heritage Foundation (2017)

Human Development

0.745/1

Score; Worst to Best; Out of 1; Source: Human Development Index, UNDP(2015)

Global Competitiveness

3.98/7

Score; Worst to Best; Out of 7; Source: Global Competitiveness Index, World Economic Forum (2016-2017)

Fragile States Index

76.8/120

Best to Worst; Out of 120; Source: Fragile States Index, Fund for Peace (2016)

Freedom in the World

35/100

Worst to Best; Out of 100; Source: Freedom in the World (2017)

Global Peace Index

2.201/5

Best to Worst; Out of 5; Source: Global Peace Index (2016)

EIU Democracy Index

3.56/10

Worst to Best; Out of 10; Source: EIU Democracy Index (2016)

Ibrahim Index of African Governance

53.8/100

Worst to Best; Out of 100; Source: Ibrahim Index of African Governance(2016)

ICT Development Index

3.74/10

Worst to Best; Out of 10; Source: UN ITU (2016)

More Information

• About the ICIFA
• Methodology and Sources
• Case Studies (Forthcoming)

• Form of Government: Presidential Republic
• Population: 40.2 million
• GDP: $166 billion
• GDP Growth: 3.90%
• GDP Per Capita: $4,206.00
• Unemployment Rate: 10.50%
• FDI Inflows: -$587.3 million

The U.S.-Africa Business Center wishes to extend special thanks to Jones Group International for its leadership in formulating the Investor Confidence Indicator and to Hill + Knowlton Strategies for its world-class expertise in bringing the tool to fruition.