54 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of population. World ranking →
Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Eswatini (75.5 %) and the lowest in Egypt (2.5 %).
The median country is at 26.8 %: half are above, half below.
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| 1 | Eswatini | 75.5 | |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 65.3 | |
| 3 | Lesotho | 59.8 | |
| 4 | Namibia | 56.2 | |
| 5 | Madagascar | 55.1 | |
| 6 | Mali | 50.7 | |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 48.3 | |
| 8 | Niger | 48.2 | |
| 9 | Chad | 47.7 | |
| 10 | Mozambique | 46.4 | |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.7 | |
| 12 | Zambia | 45.0 | |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 44.5 | |
| 14 | Guinea | 44.5 | |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 42.3 | |
| 16 | Tanzania | 41.2 | |
| 17 | Liberia | 40.9 | |
| 18 | Mauritania | 39.0 | |
| 19 | Eritrea | 35.9 | |
| 20 | South Sudan | 34.6 | |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 33.2 | |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.1 | |
| 23 | Botswana | 29.5 | |
| 24 | Malawi | 29.4 | |
| 25 | Tunisia | 28.5 | |
| 26 | Senegal | 28.4 | |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 27.0 | |
| 28 | Togo | 26.6 | |
| 29 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 26.3 | |
| 30 | Benin | 25.9 | |
| 31 | Sudan | 25.4 | |
| 32 | The Gambia | 24.2 | |
| 33 | Cameroon | 24.2 | |
| 34 | Libya | 24.1 | |
| 35 | Angola | 24.0 | |
| 36 | Uganda | 23.3 | |
| 37 | Kenya | 22.9 | |
| 38 | Ghana | 22.2 | |
| 39 | Morocco | 21.8 | |
| 40 | South Africa | 20.5 | |
| 41 | Seychelles | 19.9 | |
| 42 | Algeria | 19.0 | |
| 43 | Nigeria | 18.2 | |
| 44 | Somalia | 17.4 | |
| 45 | Gabon | 16.4 | |
| 46 | São Tomé and Principe | 15.8 | |
| 47 | Comoros | 12.4 | |
| 48 | Burundi | 10.8 | |
| 49 | Djibouti | 10.6 | |
| 50 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.9 | |
| 51 | Mauritius | 9.1 | |
| 52 | Republic of the Congo | 8.1 | |
| 53 | Rwanda | 5.9 | |
| 54 | Egypt | 2.5 |
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