54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: per 1,000 live births. World ranking →
Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in South Sudan (71.9 ‰) and the lowest in Libya (7.9 ‰).
The median country is at 35.5 ‰: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 7.9 | |
| 2 | São Tomé and Principe | 9.2 | |
| 3 | Tunisia | 9.7 | |
| 4 | Cabo Verde | 10.6 | |
| 5 | Seychelles | 12.9 | |
| 6 | Mauritius | 13.8 | |
| 7 | Morocco | 14.7 | |
| 8 | Algeria | 19.5 | |
| 9 | Egypt | 20.8 | |
| 10 | South Africa | 24.2 | |
| 11 | Eritrea | 24.7 | |
| 12 | Gabon | 25.9 | |
| 13 | Republic of the Congo | 27.0 | |
| 14 | Ghana | 27.5 | |
| 15 | Tanzania | 28.7 | |
| 16 | Senegal | 28.9 | |
| 17 | Rwanda | 29.4 | |
| 18 | Mauritania | 30.2 | |
| 19 | Burundi | 30.5 | |
| 20 | Angola | 32.1 | |
| 21 | Botswana | 32.1 | |
| 22 | The Gambia | 32.7 | |
| 23 | Kenya | 34.2 | |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 34.5 | |
| 25 | Zambia | 34.6 | |
| 26 | Togo | 34.8 | |
| 27 | Comoros | 35.0 | |
| 28 | Uganda | 35.9 | |
| 29 | Namibia | 36.4 | |
| 30 | Malawi | 38.0 | |
| 31 | Cameroon | 40.2 | |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.1 | |
| 33 | Eswatini | 42.2 | |
| 34 | Sudan | 42.9 | |
| 35 | Djibouti | 43.0 | |
| 36 | Madagascar | 43.0 | |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 43.6 | |
| 38 | Mozambique | 43.7 | |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.8 | |
| 40 | Benin | 45.2 | |
| 41 | Mali | 47.5 | |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.6 | |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 54.6 | |
| 44 | Lesotho | 56.3 | |
| 45 | Chad | 56.3 | |
| 46 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.4 | |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 58.8 | |
| 48 | Guinea | 59.8 | |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 62.4 | |
| 50 | Liberia | 63.2 | |
| 51 | Somalia | 65.4 | |
| 52 | Niger | 65.6 | |
| 53 | Nigeria | 69.8 | |
| 54 | South Sudan | 71.9 |
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