Ahead of the publication of a new survey on Tuesday designed to promote the rule of law and democracy, the BBC News website asked people in Africa to assess their own countries.

The Ibrahim Index, financed by Sudanese mobile phone magnate Mo Ibrahim, ranked sub-Saharan Africa's 48 countries according to criteria such as corruption, security, human rights and development. Mauritius has been named as the best-governed nation and Somalia, the worst.

We asked six BBC News website readers for their views. Click on the links below to read their opinions.

Joseph Professional, 50 Botswana 'I reckon that Botswana will rank in the top 10, if not the top five' Clement Volunteer, 38 Liberia 'Liberia is very, very undeveloped - it is not even a developing country' Priya Receptionist, 30 Mauritius 'I think Mauritius will rank around number five'

Donaman Student, 25 Nigeria 'By my own assessment, Nigeria should be around the 10th position' Birungi Ngo worker, 35 Rwanda 'I would guess that Rwanda is ranked somewhere between one and five' Dr Hawa Doctor, 60 Somalia 'I think Somalia could rank above all the other African countries'