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April 2026
Africa
2025
Data as of 2007 for: Algeria.
Data as of 2009 for: Eritrea.
Data as of 2013 for: Djibouti.
Data as of 2014 for: Sudan.
Data as of 2019 for: Zambia.
Data as of 2020 for: South Africa.
Data as of 2022 for: Madagascar.
Data as of 2023 for: Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Togo.
Data as of 2024 for: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Congo (Congo Kinshasa), Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, South Sudan, Swaziland, and Tunisia.
Data as of 2025 for: Burundi, Comoros, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
