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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Algeria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 41.3 | 90.6 | 96.5 | 99.7 | 102.9 | 110.4 | 108.0 | 115.2 | 110.0 | 110.9 | 104.9 | 103.4 | 105.0 | 107.8 | 111.6 |
| Djibouti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 17.8 | 20.4 | 22.0 | 24.8 | 28.6 | 30.8 | 33.3 | 35.4 | 36.9 | 38.0 | 39.3 | 43.6 | 46.8 | 48.5 |
| Egypt | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 16.8 | 79.2 | 91.6 | 103.9 | 104.6 | 97.7 | 94.4 | 96.2 | 99.3 | 88.7 | 88.6 | 87.2 | 84.1 | 90.7 | 92.8 |
| Libya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 34.1 | 167.7 | 157.6 | 155.1 | 162.3 | 132.2 | 149.2 | 115.5 | 89.3 | 164.0 | 165.0 | 195.1 | 193.0 | ||
| Morocco | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 40.8 | 98.5 | 111.1 | 117.0 | 125.6 | 129.0 | 124.5 | 118.5 | 123.9 | 124.8 | 128.9 | 135.1 | 138.9 | 141.9 | 148.2 |
| Tunisia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 55.4 | 103.2 | 113.8 | 116.7 | 114.1 | 126.7 | 128.0 | 123.9 | 123.0 | 125.5 | 124.4 | 124.0 | 129.8 | 131.9 | 134.1 |
| Angola | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 40.4 | 49.9 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 51.7 | 49.3 | 44.6 | 44.1 | 42.5 | 45.8 | 43.8 | 44.4 | 66.6 | 70.1 |
| Benin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 72.2 | 76.9 | 80.9 | 89.9 | 78.5 | 82.0 | 76.0 | 72.9 | 76.4 | 81.3 | 85.2 | 94.9 | 105.7 | 116.0 |
| Botswana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 30.6 | 116.2 | 139.9 | 146.1 | 151.7 | 157.0 | 157.7 | 147.2 | 143.0 | 147.1 | 160.7 | 161.9 | 173.3 | 178.2 | 179.0 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 35.3 | 46.1 | 58.1 | 63.5 | 68.5 | 76.9 | 79.7 | 90.2 | 94.6 | 97.1 | 103.0 | 112.2 | 119.5 | |
| Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 24.3 | 29.6 | 45.2 | 47.7 | 51.5 | 53.3 | 53.3 | 52.6 | 59.7 | 56.3 | 63.2 |
| केप वर्दे | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 16.8 | 72.9 | 77.5 | 83.1 | 97.5 | 119.7 | 119.3 | 117.4 | 119.4 | 118.9 | 115.9 | 105.8 | 114.2 | 113.2 | 113.0 |
| Cameroon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 43.9 | 51.8 | 63.0 | 73.2 | 77.2 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 83.5 | 74.4 | 83.9 | 85.3 | 80.8 | 89.8 | 96.5 |
| Central African Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 24.8 | 29.3 | 25.0 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 24.5 | 26.2 | 32.3 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 38.8 | |
| Chad | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 23.4 | 28.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 37.3 | 37.0 | 40.8 | 43.2 | 45.9 | 50.4 | 58.0 | 65.4 | 70.2 |
| Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 25.2 | 32.4 | 41.6 | 49.9 | 53.8 | 58.5 | 61.3 | 62.0 | 64.7 | 73.1 | 97.4 | 104.3 | 100.5 | 109.9 |
| Congo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 15.1 | 83.3 | 84.3 | 90.4 | 95.9 | 99.1 | 102.3 | 103.9 | 94.5 | 91.2 | 91.1 | 97.7 | 95.9 | 93.6 | 94.9 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 11.7 | 69.4 | 75.5 | 77.1 | 81.0 | 90.1 | 100.6 | 105.6 | 118.8 | 123.1 | 132.6 | 138.7 | 150.3 | 161.2 | 172.0 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 17.2 | 22.1 | 27.4 | 37.3 | 47.3 | 46.6 | 34.4 | 40.6 | 40.5 | 39.9 | 42.5 | 47.3 | 48.7 | 53.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 33.6 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 37.9 | 36.9 | 36.7 | 38.2 | 36.2 | 36.6 | 36.9 | 43.3 | 46.4 | 49.5 | |
| Eritrea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 22.1 | 40.5 | 54.7 | 53.8 | 59.1 | ||
| Ethiopia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 15.2 | 21.4 | 26.1 | 30.2 | 40.7 | 48.0 | 36.1 | 36.2 | 37.4 | 52.8 | 57.0 | ||
| Gabon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 50.3 | 93.6 | 133.0 | 138.5 | 143.5 | 148.2 | 138.2 | 141.1 | 123.5 | 132.5 | 132.0 | 131.3 | 132.3 | 123.2 | 122.6 |
| Ghana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 68.4 | 81.1 | 95.8 | 102.3 | 108.3 | 122.0 | 130.5 | 122.5 | 133.6 | 130.7 | 126.9 | 124.4 | 120.8 | 98.8 |
| Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 38.5 | 45.6 | 51.1 | 66.4 | 75.7 | 91.5 | 92.0 | 94.5 | 94.6 | 98.8 | 103.2 | 100.6 | 108.9 | |
| Guinea Bissau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 43.2 | 45.6 | 63.5 | 55.4 | 63.7 | 69.3 | 70.2 | 76.4 | 77.0 | 80.8 | 95.1 | 108.6 | 125.9 | 128.1 |
| Kenya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 60.0 | 65.7 | 70.0 | 70.8 | 73.0 | 80.1 | 81.0 | 87.0 | 98.6 | 106.5 | 117.6 | 122.3 | 121.2 | 120.6 |
| Lesotho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 12.8 | 49.5 | 61.2 | 75.9 | 87.1 | 102.8 | 101.7 | 107.2 | 110.4 | 72.5 | 76.1 | 69.9 | 80.5 | 68.1 | 69.4 |
| Liberia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 38.7 | 47.9 | 54.4 | 57.1 | 70.7 | 78.4 | 65.5 | 54.9 | 38.4 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 32.1 | ||
| Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 34.8 | 38.0 | 37.4 | 35.1 | 39.2 | 42.1 | 30.6 | 32.6 | 38.8 | 46.1 | 54.8 | 53.9 | 64.7 | 75.5 |
| Malawi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 21.0 | 25.9 | 29.6 | 32.7 | 33.9 | 38.4 | 40.9 | 43.1 | 38.2 | 46.8 | 51.2 | 59.6 | 59.6 | 61.1 |
| Mali | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 46.7 | 65.7 | 86.2 | 113.1 | 130.4 | 122.1 | 105.3 | 111.2 | 107.4 | 108.8 | 116.6 | 108.7 | 112.1 | |
| Mauritania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 25.4 | 81.9 | 94.6 | 111.2 | 106.8 | 97.5 | 91.9 | 88.4 | 96.8 | 105.3 | 105.4 | 126.3 | 137.5 | 109.9 | 90.8 |
| Mauritius | 0.0 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 52.2 | 92.8 | 100.6 | 115.3 | 118.8 | 127.9 | 136.4 | 140.4 | 142.5 | 148.8 | 145.1 | 149.1 | 154.1 | 164.3 | 165.3 |
| Mozambique | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 31.4 | 33.2 | 36.2 | 49.5 | 71.7 | 75.8 | 55.0 | 42.2 | 48.5 | 49.4 | 50.2 | 43.2 | 45.8 | |
| Namibia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 22.8 | 92.4 | 102.2 | 97.8 | 121.1 | 115.5 | 107.4 | 109.1 | 106.9 | 107.1 | 106.5 | 106.2 | 103.7 | 100.6 | 87.7 |
| Niger | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 22.2 | 27.6 | 30.2 | 37.8 | 42.9 | 44.9 | 36.1 | 41.0 | 52.8 | 60.0 | 61.5 | 63.4 | 65.7 | |
| Nigeria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 52.4 | 55.5 | 64.0 | 70.3 | 74.8 | 79.1 | 79.0 | 72.4 | 84.3 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 89.3 | 99.6 | 98.5 |
| Rwanda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 42.0 | 52.5 | 60.3 | 68.2 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 72.3 | 77.7 | 75.6 | 81.2 | 81.6 | 80.6 | 91.5 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 56.5 | 62.0 | 64.5 | 64.9 | 65.3 | 92.4 | 87.4 | 84.1 | 77.4 | 77.7 | 80.1 | 85.3 | 86.8 | 63.5 |
| Senegal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 15.4 | 66.0 | 72.2 | 86.2 | 95.8 | 101.6 | 102.5 | 101.0 | 101.8 | 104.1 | 109.3 | 113.6 | 115.3 | 118.2 | 123.9 |
| Seychelles | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.2 | 65.9 | 123.8 | 130.5 | 137.1 | 134.0 | 144.6 | 138.2 | 138.3 | 148.8 | 155.6 | 164.6 | 152.5 | 149.5 | 163.4 | 184.9 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 32.1 | 33.5 | 33.7 | 59.6 | 69.2 | 80.4 | 87.1 | 89.8 | 84.1 | 87.0 | 87.0 | 101.6 | 107.9 | ||
| Somalia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 40.3 | 41.2 | 42.3 | 46.4 | 47.7 | 49.5 | 51.3 | 53.1 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 54.0 |
| South Africa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.7 | 68.6 | 96.2 | 120.8 | 127.2 | 140.6 | 142.6 | 155.1 | 143.9 | 153.5 | 157.7 | 162.7 | 158.4 | 163.1 | 160.7 | 171.5 |
| South Sudan | 15.4 | 17.5 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 26.1 | 24.9 | 27.2 | 18.9 | 21.3 | 30.2 | 48.5 | 46.6 | |||||
| Sudan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 51.1 | 69.3 | 74.9 | 73.2 | 71.6 | 69.8 | 67.4 | 67.1 | 68.1 | 72.5 | 75.2 | 71.8 | 70.2 | |
| इस्वातिनी | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 18.5 | 65.3 | 68.6 | 71.6 | 79.0 | 80.7 | 82.3 | 86.6 | 88.7 | 89.2 | 91.1 | 104.7 | 118.6 | 121.5 | 128.4 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 46.9 | 55.8 | 57.5 | 56.2 | 63.3 | 76.2 | 74.4 | 71.8 | 75.7 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 93.0 | 105.4 |
| Gambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 14.8 | 76.7 | 70.6 | 74.7 | 87.9 | 105.5 | 122.1 | 124.3 | 126.6 | 132.6 | 105.2 | 106.4 | 108.8 | 106.8 | |
| Togo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 38.7 | 39.0 | 46.6 | 58.5 | 60.4 | 63.4 | 70.1 | 75.3 | 74.4 | 73.7 | 75.2 | 70.4 | 72.2 | 75.8 |
| Uganda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 39.6 | 50.1 | 47.6 | 51.1 | 56.0 | 53.9 | 58.9 | 62.1 | 58.9 | 59.1 | 62.3 | 65.6 | 70.1 | 76.3 |
| Zambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 39.0 | 56.5 | 70.6 | 67.5 | 63.6 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 77.1 | 86.1 | 93.0 | 100.2 | 103.3 | 98.4 | 102.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 57.6 | 67.7 | 91.3 | 97.3 | 83.0 | 88.6 | 88.2 | 95.1 | 85.9 | 86.4 | 85.0 | 90.3 | 89.0 | 91.6 |