The ranking places Côte d’Ivoire behind Rwanda, which scored 4.2, and ahead of Benin and Cabo Verde, both of which recorded 3.9, according to the World Bank’s assessment of 2025 performance.

Côte d’Ivoire’s score increased from 3.9 in 2024 to 4.0 in 2025, exceeding the Sub-Saharan African average of 3.1.

The assessment evaluates the quality of economic policies and public institutions in countries eligible for IDA financing. It covers areas including economic management, structural policies, social inclusion and equity, and public sector management and institutions.

Within the governance-related indicators, Côte d’Ivoire maintained a score of 4.0 out of 6 for transparency, accountability and corruption in the public sector. Its overall score for public sector management and institutions stood at 3.8.

The results were welcomed on November 5 by Côte d’Ivoire’s High Authority for Good Governance (HABG), which described the performance as evidence of progress in improving public policies and national institutions.

However, the institution called for further reforms, particularly in transparency, accountability in public administration, administrative modernisation and corruption prevention.

The HABG also reaffirmed its commitment to implementing the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2024–2028, adopted by the Council of Ministers in June 2024.

The CPIA scores are used by the World Bank to assess the policy and institutional framework of countries eligible for IDA support, which provides concessional financing to the world’s poorest countries.