Assessing Africa's Policies and Institutions
The 2025 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2024. It identifies key policy trends in Sub-Saharan Africa that made a difference in supporting effective public service delivery in 2024. Following the World Bank’s annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment of countries eligible for International Development Association (IDA) assistance, the report highlights key trends and best practices to guide policy makers and international investors on policy developments in the region. This assessment includes the combined knowledge and monitoring of experts across the World Bank, as local teams in each country submit score recommendations based on their ongoing engagement with governments in the region and monitoring of the development progress in each country, while global teams and management provide multiple stages of review.
The average CPIA score for IDA-eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remained broadly similar to the 2023 average level of 3.1. The average scores of nine countries decreased, while 10 countries’ scores increased. Following 4 years of relatively strong performance, the region’s average caught up to and moved in lock step with the global average. Yet, the region’s poor performance in the governance cluster offset strong reforms in other areas. Moreover, 2024 saw a slight divergence in performance, with improvements concentrated in countries that were already performing well.
The average scores of nine countries decreased at the tenth of a point threshold, while the average scores of 10 countries increased. However, there were more downgrades than upgrades in the region at the individual score level, with 41 downgrades and 32 upgrades, a total of 73 score changes.
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