51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Libya (74.1 ‰) and the lowest in Cabo Verde (0.0 ‰).
The median country is at 1.6 ‰: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 74.1 | |
| 2 | Chad | 71.5 | |
| 3 | Mauritania | 56.7 | |
| 4 | South Sudan | 49.4 | |
| 5 | Uganda | 37.7 | |
| 6 | Djibouti | 21.0 | |
| 7 | Sudan | 15.7 | |
| 8 | Niger | 13.8 | |
| 9 | Cameroon | 13.7 | |
| 10 | Mali | 11.4 | |
| 11 | Kenya | 10.7 | |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 10.0 | |
| 13 | Republic of the Congo | 9.6 | |
| 14 | Rwanda | 7.9 | |
| 15 | Burundi | 7.7 | |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 7.5 | |
| 17 | Togo | 5.6 | |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.5 | |
| 19 | Algeria | 3.8 | |
| 20 | Zambia | 3.8 | |
| 21 | Tanzania | 2.4 | |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.3 | |
| 23 | Egypt | 1.9 | |
| 24 | Namibia | 1.8 | |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 1.7 | |
| 26 | Malawi | 1.6 | |
| 27 | The Gambia | 1.5 | |
| 28 | Benin | 1.1 | |
| 29 | Eswatini | 1.1 | |
| 30 | Somalia | 1.1 | |
| 31 | Senegal | 0.9 | |
| 32 | South Africa | 0.9 | |
| 33 | Angola | 0.7 | |
| 34 | Ghana | 0.6 | |
| 35 | Nigeria | 0.5 | |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 0.5 | |
| 37 | Botswana | 0.3 | |
| 38 | Liberia | 0.2 | |
| 39 | Lesotho | 0.2 | |
| 40 | Tunisia | 0.2 | |
| 41 | Morocco | 0.2 | |
| 42 | Mozambique | 0.1 | |
| 43 | Guinea | 0.1 | |
| 44 | Gabon | 0.1 | |
| 45 | Eritrea | 0.0 | |
| 46 | Mauritius | 0.0 | |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | |
| 48 | Comoros | 0.0 | |
| 49 | Madagascar | 0.0 | |
| 50 | Cabo Verde | 0.0 | |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 |
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