38 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →
Across 38 countries in Africa, the highest value is in South Sudan (88.8 %) and the lowest in Algeria (17.6 %).
The median country is at 56.7 %: half are above, half below.
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| 1 | Algeria | 17.6 | |
| 2 | Mali | 20.6 | |
| 3 | South Africa | 20.9 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 24.2 | |
| 5 | Senegal | 27.7 | |
| 6 | Mauritius | 28.2 | |
| 7 | Egypt | 29.9 | |
| 8 | Libya | 31.6 | |
| 9 | Cabo Verde | 32.1 | |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.9 | |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 41.2 | |
| 12 | Ghana | 43.5 | |
| 13 | Zambia | 45.8 | |
| 14 | The Gambia | 47.2 | |
| 15 | Niger | 50.3 | |
| 16 | Uganda | 51.6 | |
| 17 | Botswana | 52.0 | |
| 18 | Namibia | 54.0 | |
| 19 | Togo | 56.3 | |
| 20 | Tanzania | 57.0 | |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 60.1 | |
| 22 | Cameroon | 60.9 | |
| 23 | Madagascar | 61.1 | |
| 24 | Lesotho | 61.6 | |
| 25 | Eswatini | 61.7 | |
| 26 | Chad | 65.0 | |
| 27 | Mauritania | 65.1 | |
| 28 | Benin | 65.6 | |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 70.1 | |
| 30 | Burundi | 70.8 | |
| 31 | Kenya | 71.7 | |
| 32 | Angola | 75.4 | |
| 33 | Nigeria | 76.5 | |
| 34 | Liberia | 79.0 | |
| 35 | Malawi | 81.6 | |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 81.7 | |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 88.1 | |
| 38 | South Sudan | 88.8 |
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