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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 28.3 | 25.8 | 28.0 | 44.3 | 44.7 | 56.5 | 52.2 | 47.0 | 52.5 | 43.3 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 49.8 | 74.2 | 79.7 | 73.4 | 81.1 | 79.7 | |
| Mozambique | 13.5 | 26.5 | 7.6 | -16.5 | 21.5 | 54.8 | 47.9 | 68.3 | 48.8 | 75.1 | 37.0 | 62.8 | 55.1 | 35.1 | 37.2 | 46.8 | |||
| South Africa | 21.6 | 19.7 | 16.0 | 22.9 | 31.7 | 31.4 | 32.4 | 35.2 | 34.6 | 37.0 | 41.5 | 40.0 | 37.8 | 39.7 | 51.9 | 49.1 | 39.0 | 42.3 | 43.6 |
| Angola | 68.7 | 81.1 | 38.7 | 27.6 | 14.8 | 21.6 | 30.8 | 22.0 | 36.4 | 32.6 | 34.3 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 25.3 | 21.1 | -3.4 | 10.8 | 12.3 | |
| Lesotho | 5.6 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 21.2 | 22.3 | 25.9 | 23.9 | 25.1 | 26.4 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 11.2 | |
| Botswana | 18.1 | 18.4 | 30.7 | 49.1 | 47.5 | 34.9 | 40.5 | 48.5 | 45.5 | 44.0 | 52.2 | 47.1 | 35.1 | 59.8 | 57.3 | 52.0 | 55.3 | ||
| Comoros | 39.3 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 19.2 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 13.4 | ||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 11.2 | 23.0 | 26.3 | 31.4 | 19.1 | 22.0 | 26.6 | 41.7 | 20.1 | 24.2 | 20.0 | 25.8 | 28.8 | 23.3 | 21.2 | ||||
| Madagascar | 50.0 | 33.1 | 52.3 | 59.0 | 45.1 | 43.0 | 37.6 | 33.1 | 31.6 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 40.7 | 41.2 | 48.7 | 40.6 | 33.7 | |||
| Malawi | 3.7 | 17.1 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 28.3 | 32.1 | 41.9 | 40.5 | 35.3 | 35.8 | 35.7 | 34.8 | 38.4 | 59.9 | 56.9 | 36.2 | 35.8 | ||
| Mauritius | 22.6 | 35.4 | 27.0 | 42.1 | 46.2 | 52.2 | 44.1 | 38.2 | 36.2 | 37.1 | 36.4 | 37.5 | 36.2 | 46.5 | 44.8 | 36.4 | 38.9 | ||
| Seychelles | 16.0 | 8.2 | 19.9 | 25.8 | 31.5 | 45.8 | 54.5 | 52.4 | 55.2 | 59.7 | 63.0 | 65.4 | 65.4 | 61.1 | 63.7 | 66.6 | 61.3 | ||
| Eswatini | 75.0 | 81.0 | 42.5 | 74.1 | 44.1 | 45.3 | 55.1 | 49.4 | 49.1 | 61.2 | 66.4 | 45.5 | 54.2 | 59.7 | 45.8 | 59.8 | 71.2 | ||
| Tanzania | 27.9 | 16.8 | -0.1 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 19.1 | 16.6 | 25.8 | 27.9 | 17.0 | 17.6 | ||
| Zambia | 7.3 | 10.2 | 5.5 | -3.9 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 23.1 | 16.2 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 14.5 | 21.1 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 35.4 | 37.8 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 32.1 | 31.7 | 38.9 | 44.7 | 33.4 | 27.4 | 27.8 | 38.2 | 33.2 | 40.6 | 39.4 |