51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of youth. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in São Tomé and Principe (50.4 %) and the lowest in Tanzania (11.1 %).
The median country is at 26.0 %: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania | 11.1 | |
| 2 | Burundi | 12.8 | |
| 3 | Togo | 13.1 | |
| 4 | Uganda | 13.3 | |
| 5 | Nigeria | 13.5 | |
| 6 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.6 | |
| 7 | Benin | 14.4 | |
| 8 | Liberia | 14.8 | |
| 9 | Niger | 16.1 | |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 17.2 | |
| 11 | Mauritius | 17.5 | |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.1 | |
| 13 | Mozambique | 19.3 | |
| 14 | Kenya | 19.5 | |
| 15 | Algeria | 19.7 | |
| 16 | Comoros | 21.3 | |
| 17 | Malawi | 21.8 | |
| 18 | Tunisia | 22.9 | |
| 19 | Cameroon | 23.2 | |
| 20 | Madagascar | 24.4 | |
| 21 | Angola | 24.8 | |
| 22 | Egypt | 24.8 | |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 24.9 | |
| 24 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.1 | |
| 25 | Eritrea | 25.8 | |
| 26 | Rwanda | 26.0 | |
| 27 | Mali | 27.2 | |
| 28 | Ghana | 27.5 | |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 28.2 | |
| 30 | Zambia | 29.1 | |
| 31 | Gabon | 29.4 | |
| 32 | Republic of the Congo | 29.4 | |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 29.9 | |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30.1 | |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 30.1 | |
| 36 | Libya | 30.5 | |
| 37 | Namibia | 30.7 | |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 30.8 | |
| 39 | Morocco | 32.6 | |
| 40 | Guinea | 33.9 | |
| 41 | South Africa | 34.7 | |
| 42 | Senegal | 35.3 | |
| 43 | Mauritania | 36.7 | |
| 44 | Eswatini | 36.7 | |
| 45 | Chad | 37.7 | |
| 46 | Lesotho | 38.1 | |
| 47 | Botswana | 38.1 | |
| 48 | The Gambia | 39.8 | |
| 49 | Somalia | 43.6 | |
| 50 | Djibouti | 50.0 | |
| 51 | São Tomé and Principe | 50.4 |
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