• Published biennially by the Ibrahim Foundation, the 2026 edition of the IIAG was officially presented on Saturday in Cairo and analyses the period 2016–2025 through 96 governance indicators.

Mozambique has fallen to 29th place among 54 countries in the 2026 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), with its trajectory classified in the Increasing Deterioration category, according to the report published on Saturday, 31 October 2026.

The index indicates that Mozambique’s score in 2025 is worse than that recorded in 2016, with the pace of deterioration increasing since 2021.

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Mozambique ranks among the 11 countries that have experienced the greatest deterioration in the Overall Governance assessment over the decade under review, and is one of the seven where the decline has accelerated, alongside Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia.

Unlike the other six countries in this group, Mozambique did not experience a coup d’état during the period analysed (2016-2025), but the report stresses that the worsening of its governance trajectory is concerning.

Overall Governance assesses and is composed of Security & Rule of Law, Participation, Rights & Inclusion, Foundations for Economic Opportunity, and Human Development.

Mozambique is identified, alongside Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali and Tunisia, as one of the states with the greatest deterioration in the Rights subcategory, and as having recorded a decline in the subcategories of Women’s Equality, Security and Participation.

Despite the regression, Mozambique is among the countries that have made the greatest improvements in the categories of Foundations for Economic Opportunity and Human Development.

In Promotion of Socioeconomic Integration of Youth, which assesses policies on access to employment and economic opportunities, Mozambique is among the countries making the greatest progress, alongside Comoros, Seychelles and Tanzania.

Published biennially by the Ibrahim Foundation, the 2026 edition of the IIAG was officially presented on Saturday in Cairo and analyses the period 2016–2025 through 96 governance indicators.