54 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants. World ranking →
Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in South Sudan (195.8 ‰) and the lowest in Mozambique (0.0 ‰).
The median country is at 0.7 ‰: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 195.8 | |
| 2 | Eritrea | 153.8 | |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 122.3 | |
| 4 | Sudan | 54.6 | |
| 5 | Somalia | 45.4 | |
| 6 | Burundi | 22.1 | |
| 7 | Mali | 20.6 | |
| 8 | Rwanda | 16.8 | |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 14.6 | |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.4 | |
| 11 | Mauritania | 8.3 | |
| 12 | Cameroon | 4.7 | |
| 13 | Guinea | 3.2 | |
| 14 | Niger | 3.1 | |
| 15 | Comoros | 2.6 | |
| 16 | The Gambia | 2.4 | |
| 17 | Libya | 2.3 | |
| 18 | Republic of the Congo | 2.0 | |
| 19 | Nigeria | 2.0 | |
| 20 | Djibouti | 1.9 | |
| 21 | Togo | 1.3 | |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 1.2 | |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 1.0 | |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.0 | |
| 25 | Liberia | 0.9 | |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8 | |
| 27 | Chad | 0.7 | |
| 28 | Senegal | 0.7 | |
| 29 | Ghana | 0.5 | |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 0.4 | |
| 31 | Gabon | 0.4 | |
| 32 | Angola | 0.3 | |
| 33 | Tunisia | 0.3 | |
| 34 | Morocco | 0.3 | |
| 35 | Uganda | 0.2 | |
| 36 | Kenya | 0.2 | |
| 37 | Mauritius | 0.2 | |
| 38 | Namibia | 0.2 | |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2 | |
| 40 | Egypt | 0.2 | |
| 41 | Algeria | 0.2 | |
| 42 | Eswatini | 0.2 | |
| 43 | Botswana | 0.1 | |
| 44 | Benin | 0.1 | |
| 45 | Seychelles | 0.1 | |
| 46 | São Tomé and Principe | 0.0 | |
| 47 | Cabo Verde | 0.0 | |
| 48 | Malawi | 0.0 | |
| 49 | Tanzania | 0.0 | |
| 50 | South Africa | 0.0 | |
| 51 | Madagascar | 0.0 | |
| 52 | Zambia | 0.0 | |
| 53 | Lesotho | 0.0 | |
| 54 | Mozambique | 0.0 |
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