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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 18.0 | 20.6 | 22.3 | 25.1 | 29.0 | 31.2 | 33.7 | 35.9 | 37.4 | 38.5 | 39.8 | 44.3 | 46.3 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 17.2 | 81.0 | 93.5 | 106.1 | 106.8 | 99.7 | 96.2 | 98.0 | 101.1 | 90.4 | 90.3 | 88.7 | 94.7 | 93.2 |
| Libya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 34.3 | 167.9 | 161.6 | 163.3 | 171.0 | 139.3 | 157.4 | 121.9 | 94.4 | 173.5 | 174.7 | 206.7 | 204.6 | |
| Tunisia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 54.7 | 102.0 | 112.3 | 114.9 | 112.5 | 125.0 | 126.3 | 122.2 | 121.4 | 123.8 | 122.6 | 122.1 | 127.6 | 129.3 |
| Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 18.4 | 20.2 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 30.4 | 46.6 | 49.1 | 53.1 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 54.3 | 61.7 | 58.0 |
| Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 25.2 | 32.3 | 41.4 | 49.7 | 53.6 | 58.2 | 60.9 | 61.6 | 64.3 | 72.7 | 97.0 | 103.9 | 100.2 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 17.8 | 22.8 | 28.3 | 38.4 | 48.8 | 48.0 | 35.5 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 41.3 | 43.9 | 48.9 | 50.3 |
| Eritrea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 20.5 | 37.5 | 50.6 | 49.7 | ||
| Ethiopia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 21.7 | 26.4 | 30.6 | 41.3 | 48.6 | 36.6 | 36.7 | 38.0 | 53.6 | 56.0 | |
| Kenya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 60.1 | 65.9 | 70.3 | 71.1 | 73.4 | 80.5 | 81.4 | 87.5 | 99.1 | 107.1 | 118.1 | 122.8 | 121.7 |
| Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 35.5 | 38.8 | 38.2 | 35.9 | 40.1 | 43.0 | 31.4 | 33.4 | 39.7 | 47.2 | 56.2 | 56.3 | 70.2 |
| Malawi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 21.2 | 26.1 | 29.8 | 33.0 | 34.2 | 38.8 | 41.2 | 43.5 | 38.5 | 47.2 | 51.6 | 60.0 | 60.1 |
| Mauritius | 0.0 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 52.2 | 92.8 | 100.6 | 115.3 | 118.8 | 127.9 | 136.3 | 140.2 | 142.1 | 148.1 | 144.0 | 147.4 | 151.8 | 161.4 |
| Rwanda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 42.0 | 52.5 | 60.3 | 68.1 | 75.2 | 74.8 | 72.1 | 77.4 | 75.3 | 80.7 | 81.0 | 79.9 |
| Seychelles | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.4 | 68.5 | 127.2 | 134.9 | 143.2 | 141.4 | 154.4 | 149.4 | 151.1 | 164.3 | 173.6 | 185.6 | 173.9 | 172.7 | 191.5 |
| Somalia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 14.7 | 18.5 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 42.4 | 46.5 | 47.9 | 49.7 | 51.5 | 53.5 | 51.8 | 50.3 |
| Sudan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 53.6 | 72.8 | 78.7 | 76.8 | 75.1 | 73.2 | 70.6 | 70.4 | 71.7 | 76.4 | 79.2 | 75.6 | 74.0 |
| Eswatini | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 18.7 | 66.0 | 69.3 | 72.4 | 79.9 | 81.4 | 83.0 | 87.1 | 89.2 | 89.9 | 91.9 | 105.8 | 120.1 | 122.2 |
| Uganda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 39.7 | 50.1 | 47.7 | 51.2 | 56.0 | 54.0 | 58.9 | 62.2 | 58.9 | 59.1 | 62.4 | 65.7 | 70.0 |
| Zambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 8.2 | 39.5 | 57.2 | 71.4 | 68.2 | 64.3 | 71.1 | 71.7 | 77.7 | 86.7 | 93.7 | 100.9 | 104.0 | 99.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 60.0 | 70.6 | 95.1 | 100.6 | 85.2 | 90.1 | 89.1 | 95.5 | 85.8 | 85.9 | 84.2 | 89.1 | 87.6 |