Ranking: Top 10 African Countries Where Peace Reigns

The opposite side of the balance sheet records 23 states in a state of security regression. The overall dynamic of Sub-Saharan Africa has declined by 0.2%, setting the average score for the region at 2.283 points on a performance scale where the maximum value of 5 is equivalent to a state of extreme belligerence.

The leading group of the safest jurisdictions consecrates the regularity of island economies and regimes with strong institutional stability. The Republic of Mauritius remains at the top of the continental ranking for the nineteenth consecutive year, ranking eighteenth globally with a score of 1.586 points. Equatorial Guinea rises to second place in Africa (thirty-eighth globally), ahead of Botswana, which ranks fiftieth globally. The performance of the most virtuous countries contrasts sharply with the accumulation of vulnerability factors in the central Sahel region, where the resurgence of violent extremism pulls down sub-regional averages. Sub-Saharan Africa now concentrates eight of the twenty least peaceful countries on the planet, whereas the bloc had only five during the initial assessments in 2008.

The deterioration of security indices in Africa is part of a context of escalating global geopolitical tensions, the global peace index receding by 0.7% in twelve months under the effect of the outbreak of new crisis hotspots. The annual census counts 61 active state conflicts worldwide, representing the highest level of belligerence recorded since the end of World War II. For international investors, the fragmentation of African space complicates the evaluation of country risk, the deterioration of security in the least stable nations such as Sudan or the Democratic Republic of Congo contrasting with the improvement of the business climate in the top ten African countries, which also includes The Gambia, Madagascar, Namibia, Morocco, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Ghana.

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