Table 3.

Ten best-/worst-performing African countries in terms of institutional quality (1996–2017)

Lowest institutional quality		Highest institutional quality
Congo, Dem. Rep	− 1.703	Benin	− 0.179
Sudan	− 1.554	Senegal	− 0.176
Central African Republic	− 1.316	Lesotho	− 0,154
Burundi	− 1.286	Tunisia	− 0.146
Equatorial Guinea	− 1.268	Ghana	− 0.028
Chad	− 1.253	South Africa	0.329
Libya	− 1.241	Namibia	0.329
Angola	− 1.233	Cabo Verde	0.509
Eritrea	− 1.158	Botswana	0.711
Congo, Rep	− 1.122	Mauritius	0.735

Source Authors’ calculation