Botswana ranks 49th globally for rule of law
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Weekendpost
Botswana ranks 49th out of 143 countries in the World Justice Project’s 2026 Rule of Law Index, with a slightly higher score. It comes fourth among the 34 sub-Saharan African countries assessed, while 62% of countries recorded a fall in their scores, according to the report cited by Weekendpost.
Botswana ranks 49th globally and fourth in sub-Saharan Africa in the 2026 Rule of Law Index, published on Wednesday by the World Justice Project (WJP). Its score rose by less than 1% compared with the previous year, according to the organisation.
Globally, 62% of the 143 countries assessed recorded a decline. In sub-Saharan Africa, 23 of the 34 countries studied saw their scores fall, and 20 of them had already declined the previous year. Rwanda leads the region, ahead of Namibia and Mauritius. Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan are among the lowest-ranked.
Among the 44 upper-middle-income countries, Botswana also ranks fourth. The WJP nevertheless notes that some civic freedoms there have declined despite the slight rise in the overall score.
Botswana is also among the continent’s highest-ranked countries in the 2026 governance index, where it holds third place in Africa.
