In recent years, three Sub-Saharan
African countries have reached positions
in the upper half of the GII
rankings: Mauritius has been in the
top half since 2011 and is 49th in
2015 (although down from 40th in
2014); South Africa, which has been
in the top half of the rankings in all
previous editions of the GII, is 60th
in 2015 (down from 53rd in 2014);
and Seychelles, which was in the top
half of the rankings (51st) in 2014, is
down to 65th in 2015. In addition,