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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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| South Africa | 12.4 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 17.1 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 22.8 | 24.5 | 25.2 | 26.5 | 26.2 | 42.1 | 48.9 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 39.2 |
| Angola | 56.0 | 80.8 | 39.9 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 63.1 | 60.5 | 52.6 | 59.4 | 38.1 | |
| Lesotho | 11.6 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 28.2 | 32.5 | 33.6 | 40.6 | 38.0 | 21.5 | 16.8 | 28.7 | 24.4 | 25.8 | 47.2 | 48.9 | 35.8 | 32.6 | 36.5 | |
| Djibouti | 62.4 | 67.0 | 60.3 | 58.5 | 59.5 | 33.0 | 39.2 | 43.1 | 41.8 | 41.7 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 40.6 | 39.5 | 38.8 | 38.9 | 35.1 | ||
| Namibia | 29.2 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 24.1 | 30.6 | 35.3 | 29.3 | 40.5 | 34.5 | 38.1 | 34.4 | 30.8 | 30.4 | 49.2 | 42.4 | 31.9 | 27.8 | 23.7 | |
| Nigeria | 93.3 | 81.6 | 21.7 | 17.1 | 34.2 | 18.3 | 30.6 | 32.0 | 20.6 | 18.2 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 16.9 | |
| Cabo Verde | 40.7 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 12.9 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 16.8 | 22.8 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 7.8 | |
| Mozambique | 29.0 | 19.7 | 14.2 | 34.1 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |||
| Gambia, The | 11.0 | 9.3 | 14.5 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 18.8 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Algeria | 41.3 | 29.5 | 57.5 | 62.3 | 62.3 | 61.0 | 51.8 | 52.1 | 57.1 | 54.9 | 58.7 | 59.4 | 64.1 | 63.4 | 56.0 | 44.6 | |||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 40.5 | 26.1 | 15.2 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 16.7 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 18.4 | 10.9 | ||
| Libya | 35.0 | 35.5 | 23.4 | 2.9 | 25.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 17.2 | 3.5 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 18.2 | 28.1 | 33.0 | 34.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Morocco | 26.6 | 36.0 | 35.4 | 38.3 | 34.6 | 36.1 | 33.5 | 29.8 | 32.3 | 34.3 | 31.9 | 34.3 | 34.5 | 48.7 | 51.3 | 38.5 | 39.4 | ||
| Tunisia | 16.2 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 23.3 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 25.5 | 22.7 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 26.2 | 52.4 | 50.3 | 67.9 | 64.9 | 53.4 | 53.1 | ||
| Benin | 21.6 | 27.9 | 27.1 | 30.6 | 27.4 | 23.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 12.0 | 21.1 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 9.9 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 22.2 | 6.4 | ||
| Botswana | 17.8 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 24.3 | 37.1 | 25.2 | 31.3 | 39.6 | 34.1 | 34.5 | 30.5 | 20.7 | 12.5 | 29.0 | 29.3 | 20.9 | 19.1 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 2.9 | 54.0 | 63.7 | 38.5 | 37.1 | 36.9 | 37.4 | 38.7 | 35.4 | 39.8 | 42.5 | 46.4 | 47.3 | 47.2 | 43.7 | ||||
| Burundi | 64.0 | 58.8 | 90.9 | 94.9 | 86.0 | 92.7 | 92.6 | 85.1 | 82.4 | 88.0 | 88.7 | 88.0 | 82.5 | 78.9 | 71.5 | 61.8 | 61.8 | ||
| Cameroon | 26.3 | 68.5 | 32.7 | 46.6 | 45.6 | 40.4 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 32.9 | 31.4 | 29.7 | 31.4 | 22.1 | 27.0 | 32.8 | ||
| Central African Republic | 78.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 69.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comoros | 66.0 | 33.5 | 38.9 | 38.2 | 35.3 | 31.1 | 29.4 | 26.5 | 25.4 | 23.6 | 21.8 | 51.4 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 19.4 | ||||
| Congo, Rep. | 55.9 | 65.0 | 50.8 | 70.3 | 82.8 | 56.9 | 65.9 | 59.7 | 69.0 | 24.9 | 30.1 | 34.0 | 34.2 | ||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 61.0 | 54.0 | 58.7 | 59.0 | 62.7 | 62.4 | 56.1 | 35.7 | 32.9 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 30.3 | 25.3 | 18.5 | |||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 90.2 | 62.8 | 75.5 | 55.5 | 62.2 | 41.4 | 44.7 | 43.6 | 58.4 | 29.2 | 14.4 | 25.6 | 23.2 | 26.7 | 32.8 | ||||
| Eritrea | 25.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 28.6 | 44.2 | 33.9 | 21.3 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 10.5 | 17.3 | 15.5 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 7.9 | ||
| Gabon | 64.0 | 34.5 | 55.5 | 23.5 | 22.7 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 9.9 | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 47.6 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 32.2 | 32.9 | 42.2 | 35.4 | 24.3 | 78.8 | 72.8 | 79.4 | 70.3 | 61.5 | 61.2 | 52.7 | 47.5 | 47.1 | ||
| Guinea | 72.8 | 65.2 | 59.4 | 63.7 | 57.3 | 60.3 | 85.4 | 47.2 | 49.3 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 66.7 | 83.6 | 84.5 | 26.8 | 38.8 | 89.5 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | 97.1 | 59.2 | 46.9 | 54.9 | 17.0 | 39.1 | 43.6 | 34.1 | 32.1 | 34.2 | 36.8 | 36.3 | 50.5 | 33.9 | 30.3 | 32.8 | |||
| Kenya | 36.9 | 29.8 | 29.5 | 31.3 | 30.8 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 34.2 | 32.6 | 29.3 | 31.6 | 40.2 | 37.2 | 32.6 | 26.9 | ||
| Liberia | 63.3 | 96.4 | 96.1 | 95.0 | 94.6 | 97.8 | 97.6 | 72.6 | 83.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 90.9 | 93.0 | 93.1 | |||||
| Madagascar | 46.2 | 25.9 | 38.4 | 35.8 | 20.0 | 22.7 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 18.2 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 45.0 | 56.3 | 32.7 | |||
| Malawi | 11.2 | 11.8 | 17.2 | 22.7 | 30.6 | 36.8 | 29.5 | 29.4 | 37.1 | 32.9 | 34.9 | 66.9 | 77.6 | 78.4 | 78.4 | 78.4 | |||
| Mali | 24.9 | 22.0 | 29.3 | 40.9 | 42.8 | 52.7 | 54.9 | 51.0 | 50.8 | 49.0 | 54.2 | 56.5 | 65.7 | 75.5 | 60.1 | 62.6 | 56.0 | ||
| Mauritania | 47.6 | 58.8 | 60.5 | 73.3 | 74.6 | 75.2 | 40.1 | 58.2 | 53.7 | 56.9 | 68.9 | 53.4 | 64.8 | ||||||
| Mauritius | 16.9 | 21.7 | 19.5 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 38.4 | 33.9 | 32.5 | 30.7 | 28.9 | 26.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 20.3 | 21.9 | 14.1 | 13.0 | ||
| Niger | 61.0 | 14.0 | 38.0 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 14.0 | 48.7 | 58.3 | 58.5 | 50.1 | 52.0 | 47.3 | 46.5 | 49.6 | 40.3 | 42.9 | 39.0 | ||
| Rwanda | 38.4 | 35.1 | 33.0 | 35.2 | 34.3 | 40.6 | 40.0 | 37.4 | 35.0 | 32.2 | 53.6 | 45.4 | 25.8 | 27.0 | |||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 42.1 | 20.3 | 14.9 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 18.4 | 18.6 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 22.7 | 41.2 | 31.9 | 30.3 | |||
| Senegal | 56.8 | 29.2 | 26.0 | 28.6 | 34.6 | 39.1 | 40.3 | 41.0 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 40.8 | 36.8 | 33.1 | 46.3 | 36.6 | 32.6 | 26.8 | ||
| Seychelles | 5.8 | 8.1 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 22.2 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 10.0 | 14.6 | 21.3 | 22.3 | 8.7 | 17.8 | 14.6 | 19.3 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 36.5 | 32.8 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 50.4 | 58.8 | 47.2 | 63.2 | 57.5 | 14.1 | 22.9 | 21.3 | 22.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 1.2 | ||
| South Sudan | 33.9 | 20.1 | 22.5 | 54.4 | 75.6 | 38.8 | 17.2 | 84.2 | 34.2 | 31.2 | |||||||||
| Sudan | 76.5 | 23.4 | 11.7 | 45.2 | 70.6 | 22.9 | 28.6 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 19.2 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 3.6 | 2.9 | |||
| Eswatini | 49.1 | 85.6 | -24.9 | 25.0 | 71.8 | 58.6 | 54.7 | 64.2 | 62.5 | 62.7 | 37.9 | 52.6 | 51.7 | 66.9 | 65.7 | 63.2 | 35.1 | ||
| Tanzania | 43.1 | 28.2 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| Togo | 30.0 | 63.4 | 41.6 | 32.9 | 28.0 | 23.8 | 22.1 | 25.0 | 22.3 | 24.9 | 19.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 20.3 | |||||
| Uganda | 7.2 | 22.9 | 34.1 | 28.6 | 29.2 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 36.3 | 29.0 | 29.6 | 22.7 | 19.4 | 27.5 | 26.2 | 24.9 | 21.8 | |||
| Zambia | 23.4 | 0.7 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 32.1 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 20.0 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 8.7 |