51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of women 15+. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Madagascar (82.9 %) and the lowest in Algeria (14.1 %).
The median country is at 56.4 %: half are above, half below.
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| 1 | Madagascar | 82.9 | |
| 2 | Nigeria | 80.7 | |
| 3 | Tanzania | 80.3 | |
| 4 | Burundi | 79.5 | |
| 5 | Mozambique | 77.1 | |
| 6 | Uganda | 75.6 | |
| 7 | Benin | 75.2 | |
| 8 | Eritrea | 72.8 | |
| 9 | Niger | 72.8 | |
| 10 | Angola | 72.2 | |
| 11 | Liberia | 72.0 | |
| 12 | Republic of the Congo | 65.6 | |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 65.5 | |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 64.1 | |
| 15 | Botswana | 63.7 | |
| 16 | Kenya | 63.0 | |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 62.2 | |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.8 | |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.3 | |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 59.5 | |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 58.5 | |
| 22 | Malawi | 58.2 | |
| 23 | Rwanda | 57.3 | |
| 24 | Togo | 56.6 | |
| 25 | Cameroon | 56.6 | |
| 26 | Zambia | 56.4 | |
| 27 | Ghana | 55.3 | |
| 28 | Namibia | 54.9 | |
| 29 | Mali | 52.8 | |
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.6 | |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 51.6 | |
| 32 | Cabo Verde | 50.5 | |
| 33 | South Africa | 49.9 | |
| 34 | Eswatini | 48.5 | |
| 35 | Lesotho | 48.1 | |
| 36 | Comoros | 47.6 | |
| 37 | Mauritius | 47.5 | |
| 38 | Chad | 47.3 | |
| 39 | The Gambia | 45.5 | |
| 40 | Guinea | 42.6 | |
| 41 | Gabon | 41.6 | |
| 42 | Senegal | 38.2 | |
| 43 | Libya | 33.0 | |
| 44 | Tunisia | 26.5 | |
| 45 | Mauritania | 26.2 | |
| 46 | São Tomé and Principe | 22.7 | |
| 47 | Somalia | 20.7 | |
| 48 | Morocco | 19.7 | |
| 49 | Djibouti | 19.4 | |
| 50 | Egypt | 18.5 | |
| 51 | Algeria | 14.1 |
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