Sub-Saharan Africa

Population 1,321,654,217 people 2025 · World Bank Population growth 2.43% 2025 · World Bank Population aged 65 and over 3.2% 2025 · World Bank Population aged 0 to 14 40.4% 2025 · World Bank Fertility rate 4.26 births per woman 2024 · World Bank Crude birth rate 32.8 per 1,000 people 2024 · World Bank Crude death rate 8.0 per 1,000 people 2024 · World Bank Urban population share 44.7% 2025 · World Bank Adolescent birth rate 91.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 2024 · World Bank Age dependency ratio 78.1 per 100 working-age people 2025 · World Bank Population density 52.7 people per km² 2023 · World Bank Urban population growth 3.58% 2025 · World Bank

Net migration -223,909 people 2025 · World Bank International migrant stock 2.0% 2024 · World Bank Personal remittances received 3.1% 2024 · World Bank

Employment in agriculture 49.3% 2025 · World Bank Employment in industry 12.2% 2025 · World Bank Employment in services 38.5% 2025 · World Bank

GDP in US dollars US$2.21 trillion 2025 · World Bank GDP per capita in US dollars US$1,673 per person 2025 · World Bank GDP per capita, PPP Int$4,963 per person 2025 · World Bank GNI per capita, Atlas method US$1,610 per person 2025 · World Bank Real GDP growth 4.1% 2025 · World Bank Services share of GDP 50.2% 2025 · World Bank Investment share of GDP 23.1% 2025 · World Bank Savings share of GDP 19.3% 2021 · World Bank Household consumption per person US$1,189 per person 2025 · World Bank

Consumer price inflation 3.4% 2025 · World Bank Inflation measured by the GDP deflator 4.1% 2025 · World Bank

Slum population 53.7% 2022 · World Bank

Education spending 3.3% 2023 · World Bank Primary school enrolment (gross) 97.1% 2024 · World Bank Tertiary education enrolment (gross) 9.3% 2021 · World Bank Adult literacy rate 68.7% 2024 · World Bank Primary school completion rate 68.9% 2024 · World Bank Secondary school enrolment (gross) 45.9% 2024 · World Bank

Life expectancy at birth 62.8 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, women 65.0 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 60.7 years 2024 · World Bank Health spending share of GDP 4.9% 2023 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 71.2 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Infant mortality rate 47.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 448 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Physicians 0.25 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Hospital beds 1.2 per 1,000 people 1990 · World Bank Measles immunisation 69% 2024 · World Bank Tobacco use 8.9% 2024 · World Bank Out-of-pocket health spending 30.4% 2023 · World Bank Health spending per person US$79 per person 2023 · World Bank Diabetes prevalence 5.6% 2024 · World Bank Neonatal mortality rate 26.6 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Malaria incidence 229.3 per 1,000 at risk 2024 · World Bank Tuberculosis incidence 205 per 100,000 people 2024 · World Bank HIV incidence 0.88 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 2024 · World Bank

Internet users 35.7% 2025 · World Bank Mobile subscriptions 90 per 100 people 2025 · World Bank Fixed broadband subscriptions 1.1 per 100 people 2025 · World Bank

Industry share of GDP 25.1% 2025 · World Bank Manufacturing share of GDP 9.6% 2025 · World Bank

Exports share of GDP 27.9% 2025 · World Bank Imports share of GDP 27.9% 2025 · World Bank Trade as a share of GDP 55.7% 2024 · World Bank Foreign direct investment inflows 2.1% 2025 · World Bank High-technology exports 6.0% 2024 · World Bank

Road traffic deaths 27.4 per 100,000 people 2019 · World Bank Air passengers carried 56,956,843 passengers 2023 · World Bank

Access to electricity 55.1% 2024 · World Bank Clean cooking access 22.9% 2024 · World Bank Renewable energy share 70.3% 2020 · World Bank Fossil electricity share 41.8% 2023 · World Bank Net energy imports -28.1% 2022 · World Bank

Total greenhouse gas emissions 2,444.8 Mt CO2e 2024 · World Bank Greenhouse gas emissions per person 1.9 t CO2e per person 2024 · World Bank CO2 emissions per person 0.70 t CO2 per person 2024 · World Bank Methane emissions 1,179.9 Mt CO2e 2024 · World Bank Nitrous oxide emissions 305.43 Mt CO2e 2024 · World Bank

Forest area 25.7% 2023 · World Bank Protected areas 14.0% 2025 · World Bank PM2.5 air pollution exposure 35.4 µg/m³ 2023 · World Bank Terrestrial protected areas 17.3% 2025 · World Bank

Basic drinking water access 67.5% 2024 · World Bank Safely managed drinking water 32.4% 2024 · World Bank Basic sanitation access 37.1% 2024 · World Bank Renewable internal freshwater per person 3,162 m³ per person 2022 · World Bank Safely managed sanitation 25.9% 2024 · World Bank

Agriculture share of GDP 17.9% 2025 · World Bank Cereal yield 1,453 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 44.7% 2023 · World Bank Capture fisheries production 8,800,732 tonnes 2024 · World Bank Prevalence of undernourishment 22.3% 2024 · World Bank Food production index 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) 2020 · World Bank Fertiliser use 19.3 kg per hectare 2023 · World Bank Land area 23,902,664 km² 2023 · World Bank

Extreme poverty rate 45.0% 2024 · World Bank Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 63.2% 2024 · World Bank Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 88.6% 2024 · World Bank

R&D spending share of GDP 0.44% 2007 · World Bank Scientific and technical journal articles 48,023 articles 2023 · World Bank

Intentional homicides 12.2 per 100,000 people 2023 · World Bank

Women in national parliament 27.0% 2025 · World Bank