US Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer)

Share who say the United States’ 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)
63.2%
single period
Improving
0
of 39 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
39
±0.5pp band

Call the United States’ influence somewhat or very positive

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US Influence Seen as Positive (Afrobarometer) — full ranking

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39 entities, 2023. Highest first.
#EntityCall the United States’ influence somewhat or very positive
1🇨🇻 Cabo Verde87.3%
2🇱🇷 Liberia85.6%
3🇿🇲 Zambia77.8%
4🇲🇺 Mauritius77.1%
5🇱🇸 Lesotho76.8%
6🇸🇱 Sierra Leone76.4%
7🇸🇿 Eswatini76%
8🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe75.1%
9🇹🇬 Togo74.1%
10🇰🇪 Kenya73.9%
11🇧🇯 Benin72.9%
12🇹🇿 Tanzania71.2%
13🇧🇫 Burkina Faso70.1%
14🇦🇴 Angola69.3%
15🇬🇳 Guinea69.3%
16🇲🇼 Malawi69.1%
17🇺🇬 Uganda67.7%
18🇿🇼 Zimbabwe65.7%
19🇳🇪 Niger64.4%
20🇲🇦 Morocco64.2%
21🇳🇦 Namibia64%
22🇳🇬 Nigeria63.8%
23🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire63.1%
24🇸🇨 Seychelles62.6%
25🇧🇼 Botswana61.9%
26🇲🇬 Madagascar60.6%
27🇲🇿 Mozambique58.6%
28🇸🇳 Senegal55.8%
29🇨🇲 Cameroon55.4%
30🇿🇦 South Africa55.3%
31🇬🇲 Gambia54.5%
32🇲🇱 Mali54%
33🇨🇬 Congo-Brazzaville51.8%
34🇬🇭 Ghana50.4%
35🇬🇦 Gabon50.2%
36🇸🇩 Sudan46.7%
37🇪🇹 Ethiopia42.5%
38🇲🇷 Mauritania31.7%
39🇹🇳 Tunisia17.2%