54 countries in Africa, 2023. Unit: years. World ranking →
Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Seychelles (18.2 yrs) and the lowest in South Sudan (5.6 yrs).
The median country is at 10.9 yrs: half are above, half below.
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| In chart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | 18.2 | |
| 2 | Algeria | 15.5 | |
| 3 | Eswatini | 15.2 | |
| 4 | Morocco | 15.1 | |
| 5 | Tunisia | 14.7 | |
| 6 | Mauritius | 14.2 | |
| 7 | South Africa | 13.8 | |
| 8 | Comoros | 13.3 | |
| 9 | Egypt | 13.1 | |
| 10 | Togo | 13.1 | |
| 11 | Libya | 12.9 | |
| 12 | São Tomé and Principe | 12.9 | |
| 13 | Republic of the Congo | 12.7 | |
| 14 | Rwanda | 12.6 | |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.5 | |
| 16 | Gabon | 12.5 | |
| 17 | Angola | 12.2 | |
| 18 | Namibia | 11.8 | |
| 19 | Uganda | 11.6 | |
| 20 | Kenya | 11.5 | |
| 21 | Botswana | 11.4 | |
| 22 | Ghana | 11.4 | |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.4 | |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 11.4 | |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 11.1 | |
| 26 | Zambia | 11.0 | |
| 27 | Lesotho | 11.0 | |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.9 | |
| 29 | Mozambique | 10.8 | |
| 30 | Cameroon | 10.8 | |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.6 | |
| 32 | Nigeria | 10.5 | |
| 33 | Liberia | 10.5 | |
| 34 | Benin | 10.4 | |
| 35 | Guinea | 10.4 | |
| 36 | Malawi | 9.9 | |
| 37 | Burundi | 9.8 | |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 9.2 | |
| 39 | Senegal | 9.1 | |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 9.1 | |
| 41 | Madagascar | 9.1 | |
| 42 | The Gambia | 9.0 | |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 8.7 | |
| 44 | Sudan | 8.6 | |
| 45 | Tanzania | 8.6 | |
| 46 | Chad | 8.3 | |
| 47 | Niger | 8.3 | |
| 48 | Mauritania | 7.9 | |
| 49 | Somalia | 7.5 | |
| 50 | Central African Republic | 7.4 | |
| 51 | Eritrea | 7.3 | |
| 52 | Mali | 7.0 | |
| 53 | Djibouti | 6.2 | |
| 54 | South Sudan | 5.6 |
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