MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON) has released the 2025 Africa Open Parliament Index, calling for bold reforms to deepen legislative openness across the continent.

The Africa Open Parliament Index is a legislative transparency tool that seeks to measure the level of openness across national and regional parliaments in Africa, first published in 2022.

The Index, launched on October 1, 2025, in a virtual event, assesses thirty-three national parliaments based on transparency, civic participation, and public accountability.

South Africa’s Parliament ranked highest overall with a score of 79.69 percent, followed by Ghana at 77.60 percent, and Kenya at 73.96 percent.

At the bottom of the list were the parliaments of Comoros, South Sudan, and Guinea-Bissau, each scoring below 30 percent.

APMON Secretary General Sammy Obeng described the Index as a roadmap for democratic reform, urging parliaments to engage citizens more meaningfully and increase their accountability.

The 2025 Index was developed through collaboration with civil society and parliamentary monitoring organizations across West, East, and Southern Africa.

APMON is a network of non-governmental organizations and coalitions of civil society organizations that monitors the work and regularly engages national, sub-national, and regional parliaments across Africa.

APMON seeks to enhance parliamentary transparency, accountability, and citizen inclusion in parliamentary work across the continent, by promoting access to parliaments; developing tools to evaluate parliamentary performance; fostering citizen engagement with their national and regional parliaments; and facilitating peer learning among parliamentary engagement and

monitoring organizations (PEMOs) in Africa.