The Africa Regional Integration Index measures the extent to which African countries meet their commitments under various pan-African integration frameworks, such as Agenda 2063 and the Abuja Treaty.
ARII covers five dimensions of regional integration: trade integration, productive integration, macroeconomic integration, infrastructural integration, and the free movement of people.
COMESA
How this country ranks within COMESA
ARII uses a 95 percent confidence interval from the mean to identify countries’ performance as low, average, or high. Under linear conditions, a score below 0.333 is classified as low, a score between 0.334 and 0.667 is classified as average, and a score above 0.668 is classified as high.
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EAC
How this country ranks within EAC
ARII uses a 95 percent confidence interval from the mean to identify countries’ performance as low, average, or high. Under linear conditions, a score below 0.333 is classified as low, a score between 0.334 and 0.667 is classified as average, and a score above 0.668 is classified as high.
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IGAD
How this country ranks within IGAD
ARII uses a 95 percent confidence interval from the mean to identify countries’ performance as low, average, or high. Under linear conditions, a score below 0.333 is classified as low, a score between 0.334 and 0.667 is classified as average, and a score above 0.668 is classified as high.
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References
[1] This is calculated as the mean average of the following quantities: the country’s trade complementarity with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, its trade complementarity with the East African Community and its trade complementarity with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.