51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: hours per week. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Lesotho (50.0 h) and the lowest in Rwanda (29.3 h).
The median country is at 41.5 h: half are above, half below.
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| In chart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 50.0 | |
| 2 | São Tomé and Principe | 49.0 | |
| 3 | Republic of the Congo | 48.9 | |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 48.2 | |
| 5 | Liberia | 48.1 | |
| 6 | Cabo Verde | 46.2 | |
| 7 | Senegal | 45.7 | |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 44.8 | |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 44.4 | |
| 10 | Morocco | 44.2 | |
| 11 | Tunisia | 44.1 | |
| 12 | Egypt | 44.1 | |
| 13 | Mali | 43.7 | |
| 14 | Botswana | 43.3 | |
| 15 | Algeria | 43.2 | |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 43.0 | |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.9 | |
| 18 | Angola | 42.9 | |
| 19 | Zambia | 42.5 | |
| 20 | Libya | 42.4 | |
| 21 | Cameroon | 42.3 | |
| 22 | Gabon | 42.3 | |
| 23 | Benin | 42.1 | |
| 24 | Namibia | 42.1 | |
| 25 | Uganda | 41.7 | |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.5 | |
| 27 | Eswatini | 41.2 | |
| 28 | South Africa | 41.1 | |
| 29 | Burundi | 41.0 | |
| 30 | Guinea | 40.8 | |
| 31 | Tanzania | 40.1 | |
| 32 | Niger | 40.0 | |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 39.9 | |
| 34 | Eritrea | 39.8 | |
| 35 | Mauritania | 39.5 | |
| 36 | Nigeria | 39.5 | |
| 37 | Kenya | 38.9 | |
| 38 | Mauritius | 38.2 | |
| 39 | Togo | 37.9 | |
| 40 | The Gambia | 37.9 | |
| 41 | Comoros | 37.4 | |
| 42 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35.9 | |
| 43 | Madagascar | 34.8 | |
| 44 | Ghana | 32.7 | |
| 45 | Mozambique | 32.5 | |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 31.1 | |
| 47 | Djibouti | 30.8 | |
| 48 | Malawi | 30.8 | |
| 49 | Chad | 30.6 | |
| 50 | Somalia | 30.5 | |
| 51 | Rwanda | 29.3 |
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