Egypt, Togo, and Ivory Coast have been leading progress on African human development for the last five years, according to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s 2017 Index of African Governance. Egypt also performs well on the index in terms of “sustainable economic opportunity” as it has “more than tripled its annual pace of improvement” over the last five years when compared to the last decade. The country, however, underperforms in the category of safety and rule of law, coming in at 33 of 54. You can view the full report here (pdf). The Financial Times (paywall) and Devex also note the story.

Egypt also ranked 139 of 163 on Vision of Humanity’s Global Peace Index (GPI), up from 142 a year before. The index uses data on militarization, society and security, and domestic and international conflict to rate countries. You can browse through the different countries and indicators on this interactive map here.