Country Going in the Right Direction (Afrobarometer)
Share who say the country is going in the right direction. 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)
33.1%
single period
Improving
0
of 39 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
39
±0.5pp band
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| # | Entity | Say the country is going in the right direction |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 67.6% |
| 2 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 60.7% |
| 3 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 58.7% |
| 4 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 58.4% |
| 5 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 56.5% |
| 6 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 56.5% |
| 7 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 55.3% |
| 8 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 54.8% |
| 9 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 52.4% |
| 10 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 49.2% |
| 11 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 44.4% |
| 12 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 43.3% |
| 13 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 43% |
| 14 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe | 35.5% |
| 15 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | 35.3% |
| 16 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 32.5% |
| 17 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 32.1% |
| 18 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 31.8% |
| 19 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 30.3% |
| 20 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 30% |
| 21 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 29.4% |
| 22 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 28.6% |
| 23 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 28.2% |
| 24 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 26.1% |
| 25 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 25.8% |
| 26 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 24.8% |
| 27 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 24.1% |
| 28 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 23.9% |
| 29 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 21.7% |
| 30 | 🇨🇬 Congo-Brazzaville | 19.5% |
| 31 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 19.3% |
| 32 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 15.4% |
| 33 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 14.3% |
| 34 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 12.2% |
| 35 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 11.6% |
| 36 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 10.6% |
| 37 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 9.6% |
| 38 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 8.5% |
| 39 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 7.6% |