China’s Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer)

Share who say China’s economic and political influence on their country is somewhat or very positive. Afrobarometer Round 9, 2023.

Source: Afrobarometer (Round 9) Licence: Afrobarometer terms — public aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

Period: Round 9 (2021–2023). Method: Weighted by within-country weight (withinwt_ea); share giving the stated response.

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Avg (2023)
63.6%
single period
Improving
0
of 39 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
39
±0.5pp band

Call China’s influence somewhat or very positive

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China’s Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) — full ranking

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39 entities, 2023. Highest first.
#EntityCall China’s influence somewhat or very positive
1🇲🇺 Mauritius89.5%
2🇸🇿 Eswatini86.1%
3🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe85.3%
4🇨🇻 Cabo Verde84.9%
5🇱🇷 Liberia83.5%
6🇲🇱 Mali80.1%
7🇹🇿 Tanzania79.8%
8🇧🇯 Benin79.6%
9🇧🇫 Burkina Faso78.4%
10🇹🇬 Togo76.8%
11🇨🇲 Cameroon74.7%
12🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire73.6%
13🇨🇬 Congo-Brazzaville69.3%
14🇳🇪 Niger68.6%
15🇳🇬 Nigeria68.4%
16🇿🇲 Zambia67.3%
17🇲🇿 Mozambique65.1%
18🇸🇱 Sierra Leone64.9%
19🇲🇼 Malawi63.9%
20🇰🇪 Kenya63.6%
21🇬🇳 Guinea63.1%
22🇸🇩 Sudan63.1%
23🇦🇴 Angola62.9%
24🇱🇸 Lesotho62.4%
25🇸🇨 Seychelles62.3%
26🇺🇬 Uganda62%
27🇧🇼 Botswana59.3%
28🇪🇹 Ethiopia58.5%
29🇸🇳 Senegal58.5%
30🇳🇦 Namibia56.9%
31🇲🇦 Morocco56.1%
32🇿🇦 South Africa55.2%
33🇬🇦 Gabon53.9%
34🇲🇬 Madagascar43.1%
35🇿🇼 Zimbabwe36.8%
36🇬🇲 Gambia35.6%
37🇲🇷 Mauritania35.1%
38🇬🇭 Ghana30.9%
39🇹🇳 Tunisia20.9%