Summary results by principle for each country individually including achieved percentage score (average score and investigator score)
| Principle | Maximum scores | Rwanda | Ghana | South Africa | |||
| % achieved (respondent scores) | % achieved (investigator scores) | % achieved (respondent scores) | % achieved (investigator scores) | % achieved (respondent scores) | % achieved (investigator scores) | ||
| Strategic vision | 12 | 67.1 | 66.7 | 17.30 | 33.30 | 38.9 | 50.0 |
| Participation and consensus orientation | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 46.70 | 100 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Rule of law | 6 | 79.2 | 66.7 | 63.20 | 83.30 | 80.5 | 83.3 |
| Transparency | 3 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 16.30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Responsiveness of institutions | 10 | 76.5 | 80.0 | 35.40 | 50 | 52.5 | 50.0 |
| Equity | 8 | 36.9 | 37.5 | 17.50 | 25 | 40.4 | 37.5 |
| Effectiveness and efficiency | 6 | 89.2 | 83.3 | 54.70 | 66.70 | 66.7 | 66.7 |
| Accountability | 3 | 70.0 | 33.3 | 28.70 | 33.30 | 89.0 | 100.0 |
| Intelligence and information | 2 | 80.0 | 50.0 | 36.50 | 50 | 37.5 | 50.0 |
| Ethics | 3 | 86.7 | 100.0 | 52.30 | 66.70 | 89.0 | 100.0 |
| Overall score | 56 | 71.2 | 69.6 | 33.00 | 48.20 | 55.5 | 58.9 |