To position Africa as a major partner in global affairs, efforts were made by Member States to strengthen their national statistical systems. While the aggregate continental score of this goal stood at 50%, a significant majority of Member States adopted statistical legislations, thereby registering strong performance of 76% against the 2019 target on statistical legislation. The legislations are a prerequisite for functional statistical systems that comply with fundamental principles of official statistic.

Similarly, a fairly strong performance of 61% against the 2019 continental target was recorded on national-level establishment of formal institutional arrangements for coordination of the compilation of official statistics.

However, a low score of 27% against the expected value at 2019 was registered on the proportion of national budget allocated for the implementation of a functional statistical system.