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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |