Perceived Democracy (Afrobarometer)

Share who see their country as a democracy (with minor problems or fully). 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)
46.8%
single period
Improving
0
of 39 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
39
±0.5pp band

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Perceived Democracy (Afrobarometer) — full ranking

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39 entities, 2023. Highest first.
#EntitySee country as a democracy
1🇹🇿 Tanzania85.7%
2🇿🇲 Zambia81.5%
3🇸🇱 Sierra Leone71.1%
4🇳🇦 Namibia64.7%
5🇱🇷 Liberia63.9%
6🇲🇷 Mauritania63.2%
7🇬🇭 Ghana62.2%
8🇸🇨 Seychelles61.4%
9🇧🇯 Benin60.8%
10🇰🇪 Kenya60.1%
11🇲🇿 Mozambique54.5%
12🇳🇪 Niger54%
13🇧🇼 Botswana53.4%
14🇨🇻 Cabo Verde53.1%
15🇲🇬 Madagascar51.5%
16🇬🇲 Gambia50.6%
17🇺🇬 Uganda50.6%
18🇲🇦 Morocco48%
19🇲🇺 Mauritius47.1%
20🇸🇳 Senegal46.4%
21🇹🇬 Togo46.1%
22🇪🇹 Ethiopia43.8%
23🇲🇼 Malawi43.6%
24🇦🇴 Angola42.9%
25🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe42.1%
26🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire40.9%
27🇿🇼 Zimbabwe39.3%
28🇧🇫 Burkina Faso39%
29🇨🇲 Cameroon38.9%
30🇿🇦 South Africa36.3%
31🇳🇬 Nigeria34.5%
32🇱🇸 Lesotho29.6%
33🇹🇳 Tunisia28.3%
34🇬🇳 Guinea27.7%
35🇲🇱 Mali26.2%
36🇨🇬 Congo-Brazzaville25.9%
37🇸🇩 Sudan23.1%
38🇸🇿 Eswatini18.5%
39🇬🇦 Gabon14.6%