Governance

Use governance indicators to compare institutional quality, rule of law, corruption control, and political stability across African countries.

Governance In Africa API

Governance data is exposed through the shared indicator and data endpoints.

Current governance coverage comes from the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators series.

Use:

GET /v1/indicators?category=governance
GET /v1/data?category=governance
GET /v1/indicators/{metric_key}/rankings
GET /v1/countries/{country_code}/profile

Current Governance Metrics

voice_accountability_estimate
political_stability_estimate
government_effectiveness_estimate
regulatory_quality_estimate
rule_of_law_estimate
control_of_corruption_estimate

These are annual country-level governance estimates and fit the current observation model cleanly.

Example Queries

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/indicators?category=governance&has_data=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_codes=gh,ke,ng,za&metric_key=government_effectiveness_estimate&year=2024" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/indicators/control_of_corruption_estimate/rankings?year=2024&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Important Scope Note

Governance indicators are not the same thing as historical government records.

Leaders, cabinets, elections, policy documents, and legal acts live in the separate Government domain. They are not simple scalar observations and should not be forced into the current country-year indicator layer.

Indicators

Inspect the governance indicator catalog and coverage.

Data

Query annual governance observations and time series.

Countries

Use country profiles to blend governance with the rest of the platform.