---
title: Afrobarometer
type: research
status: active
country: GH
website: https://www.afrobarometer.org
logo: /assets/org-logos/afrobarometer.webp
contact:
  checked: 2026-07-30
  email: info@afrobarometer.org
  form: https://www.afrobarometer.org/contact-us
  source: https://www.afrobarometer.org/contact-us
summary: A pan-African survey research network headquartered in Accra conducting nationally
  representative surveys on democracy, governance, and quality of life in 35+ African
  countries — data freely available since 1999.
concepts:
- democracy
- representative-democracy
- liberal-democracy
location:
  latitude: 5.6037
  longitude: -0.187
  name: Accra, Ghana
rss_feed: https://www.afrobarometer.org/feed
events:
- date: '1999-01-01'
  title: Founded as a pan-African survey research network measuring public attitudes
    on democracy and governance
  url: https://www.afrobarometer.org/about/history/
  quote: professors Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes, and E. Gyimah-Boadi merge three
    independent survey research projects to form Afrobarometer (AB)
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
activity:
  rss:
    date: 2026-08-08
    note: 'Latest post: AB Update July 2026'
    url: https://www.afrobarometer.org/articles/ab-update-july-2026/
    checked: 2026-08-17
  url: https://www.afrobarometer.org/articles/les-africains-sont-favorables-a-la-libre-circulation-mais-restent-divises-sur-la-question-de-limmigration-selon-le-nouveau-rapport-phare-dafrobarometer/
last_checked: '2026-06-28'
---

Afrobarometer is a nonpartisan pan-African survey research network founded in 1999 and headquartered in Accra, Ghana. It conducts nationally representative face-to-face surveys in 35+ African countries (covering roughly three-quarters of the continent's population) every two to three years, producing freely accessible data on how Africans experience democracy and governance.

Survey topics cover 21 areas including democratic attitudes, governance responsiveness, electoral behaviour, corruption, economic conditions, and civic participation. Data is open-access, including microdata available in partnership with the World Bank.

## Notable outputs

- Biennial/triennial *African Insights* flagship reports summarising continental democracy trends
- Country-level reports on each survey round
- Open microdata library

## Links

- Website: [afrobarometer.org](https://www.afrobarometer.org)

## See also

- [Democracy](../concepts/democracy.md)
- [Representative Democracy](../concepts/representative-democracy.md)
- [Liberal Democracy](../concepts/liberal-democracy.md)