Grey Weighted Sum Model for Evaluating Business Environment in West Africa

Table 4

DBP rankings for the year 2008 to the year 2015.

Countries/years	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total	Rankings
Benin	39.18	37.64	38.67	40.21	42.75	44.37	46.61	51.1	340.53	14
Burkina Faso	32.49	37.31	41.01	42.28	45.58	45.87	47.89	48.36	340.79	13
Cameroon	39.71	39.24	43.33	45.38	47.75	48.79	50.35	49.85	364.4	7
Cape Verde	50.73	51.04	53.32	55.82	58.58	58.85	58.03	57.94	444.3	2
Chad	28.32	28.67	30.1	29.72	32.39	32.56	35.57	37.25	254.58	19
Côte d’Ivoire	40.13	40.27	41.36	41.5	44.18	44.83	48.9	52.26	353.43	8
Equatorial Guinea	42.26	42.25	45.78	45.09	47.55	47.89	47.74	49.01	367.58	5
The Gambia	48.44	48.62	48.47	48.77	49.9	51.6	51.76	54.81	402.36	3
Ghana	59.43	60.7	61.47	63.61	64.28	67.78	64.41	65.24	506.92	1
Guinea	35.75	35.89	37.23	35.97	38.59	41.48	46.54	47.42	318.87	17
Guinea-Bissau	32.6	32.37	33.46	33.62	40.98	42.12	43.55	43.21	301.9	18
Liberia	37.54	41.23	42.2	42.28	46.47	48.53	46.56	46.61	351.42	10
Mali	36.73	38.32	44.3	47.46	49.03	50.24	52.06	52.59	370.73	4
Mauritania	39.33	40.98	41.42	42.52	44.91	45.02	44.69	44.21	343.08	12
Niger	37.43	37.4	38.89	39.95	43.27	44.96	46.91	47.63	336.43	15
Nigeria	44.46	44.16	42.83	42.65	43.93	43.7	43.72	47.33	352.78	9
Senegal	36.79	42.48	41.89	42.08	43.94	44.27	46.09	49.37	346.91	11
Sierra Leone	35.45	42.53	39.87	44.31	48.39	49.18	52.78	54.58	367.09	6
Togo	35.6	35.73	38.58	39.27	41.62	43.61	47.03	51.29	332.73	16