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| 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Djibouti | 1.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Egypt | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| Libya | 8.9 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.3 | |
| Morocco | 10.7 | 20.8 | 21.9 | 22.9 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 24.9 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 24.4 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 20.9 |
| Tunisia | 11.8 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 22.1 | |
| Angola | 2.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| Benin | 1.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | |
| Botswana | 6.3 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| Burkina Faso | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |
| Burundi | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | |
| केप वर्दे | 15.5 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 32.2 | 32.1 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.4 | 29.4 | 30.6 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 29.9 |
| Cameroon | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | |||
| Central African Republic | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Chad | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| Comoros | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.0 | |
| Congo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | ||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| Ethiopia | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 12.0 | 14.5 | |||||||||
| Gabon | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 9.3 | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 3.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| Guinea | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Guinea Bissau | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | |
| Kenya | 2.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Lesotho | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Liberia | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| Madagascar | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |
| Malawi | 0.9 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| Mali | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | |
| Mauritania | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 11.4 | ||
| Mauritius | 18.2 | 21.3 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 21.7 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.3 |
| Mozambique | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| Namibia | 11.1 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 9.3 | |
| Niger | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| Nigeria | 4.1 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | |
| Rwanda | 0.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 27.5 | 27.8 | 30.9 | 31.3 | 29.8 | 29.3 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 17.2 | 14.5 | ||
| Senegal | 2.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | |
| Seychelles | 40.9 | 47.1 | 48.0 | 48.9 | 49.4 | 54.3 | 54.4 | 53.7 | 53.1 | 41.8 | 44.1 | 41.0 | 39.3 | 39.0 | |
| Sierra Leone | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 6.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.7 |
| South Sudan | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| Sudan | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | |||||
| इस्वातिनी | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | |
| Gambia | 2.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| Togo | 1.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | |
| Uganda | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Zambia | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | |
| Zimbabwe | 3.9 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 |