54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: per 1,000 live births. World ranking →
Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Nigeria (115.6 ‰) and the lowest in Libya (9.8 ‰).
The median country is at 48.6 ‰: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 9.8 | |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 11.1 | |
| 3 | Tunisia | 12.1 | |
| 4 | São Tomé and Principe | 13.6 | |
| 5 | Seychelles | 14.0 | |
| 6 | Mauritius | 15.4 | |
| 7 | Morocco | 15.7 | |
| 8 | Algeria | 21.6 | |
| 9 | Egypt | 22.4 | |
| 10 | Gabon | 32.6 | |
| 11 | Botswana | 33.3 | |
| 12 | Eritrea | 34.3 | |
| 13 | South Africa | 35.1 | |
| 14 | Ghana | 35.9 | |
| 15 | Senegal | 36.5 | |
| 16 | Mauritania | 36.9 | |
| 17 | Tanzania | 37.0 | |
| 18 | Rwanda | 37.7 | |
| 19 | Kenya | 38.8 | |
| 20 | Comoros | 39.0 | |
| 21 | Republic of the Congo | 39.1 | |
| 22 | Namibia | 39.5 | |
| 23 | The Gambia | 42.4 | |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 44.5 | |
| 25 | Eswatini | 45.1 | |
| 26 | Burundi | 47.1 | |
| 27 | Zambia | 48.4 | |
| 28 | Uganda | 48.7 | |
| 29 | Malawi | 48.8 | |
| 30 | Djibouti | 48.9 | |
| 31 | Angola | 49.0 | |
| 32 | Togo | 56.1 | |
| 33 | Mozambique | 59.4 | |
| 34 | Lesotho | 60.0 | |
| 35 | Sudan | 61.6 | |
| 36 | Madagascar | 62.4 | |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 64.5 | |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 64.7 | |
| 39 | Cameroon | 64.8 | |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.3 | |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 68.0 | |
| 42 | Mali | 73.0 | |
| 43 | Benin | 74.7 | |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 74.9 | |
| 45 | Liberia | 86.4 | |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 89.7 | |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 89.7 | |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 90.5 | |
| 49 | Guinea | 92.1 | |
| 50 | South Sudan | 96.7 | |
| 51 | Chad | 97.3 | |
| 52 | Somalia | 101.1 | |
| 53 | Niger | 110.7 | |
| 54 | Nigeria | 115.6 |
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