Practice: the public services regulatory agencies have websites

QoG code: aii_q59

Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 59. In practice, the public services regulatory agencies and the national ombudsman (when and if there is one) have websites.

A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) all the public services regulatory agencies and the national ombudsman (if one exists) have websites,
2) the websites inform users of their rights and how to exercise them in a way that is easy to grasp for users with limited education, and
3) the websites allow users to file complaints online. Note: other digital methods to file complaints, such as mobile apps or phone lines, can also be considered for this indicator.

A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) some but not all the public services regulatory agencies and the national ombudsman have websites,
2) the websites contain little information about users' rights and how to exercise them or the information is difficult to grasp for users with limited education, or
3) the websites don't allow users to file complaints online.

A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions apply:
1) the public services regulatory agencies and the national ombudsman lack websites, or
2) the websites generally lack basic information about users' rights or how to exercise them.

Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-09-25
Last updated by source
2024-05-28

Categories

Media
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series 53
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 2013-2017

Country coverage

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  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Congo, Democratic Republic
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini (former Swaziland)
  • Ethiopia (1993-)
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Year coverage

This variable has information from 2013 to 2017.