Data for Sub-Saharan Africa, World 

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Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...46.0
World10.3

(2024)

Trend
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Most recent value

(2023)

Sub-Saharan Afr...63
World73

(2023)

Trend
Population, total
Population, total
Most recent value

(2024 billion)

Sub-Saharan Afr...1.29
World8.14

(2024 billion)

Trend
Population growth (annual %)
Population growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...2.4
World1.0

(2024)

Trend
Net migration
Net migration
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...-680,868

(2024)

Trend
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)

No data available

Trend

Economic

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
GDP (current US$)
GDP (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024 trillion)

Sub-Saharan Afr...1.98
World110.98

(2024 trillion)

Trend
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP per capita (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...1,532.9
World13,631.2

(2024)

Trend
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...3.6
World2.9

(2024)

Trend
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...5.8
World4.9

(2024)

Trend
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...4.2
World3.0

(2024)

Trend
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2024)

Sub-Saharan Afr...3.0
World0.8

(2024)

Trend
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Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Dem. Rep.
  • Congo, Rep.
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia, The
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia, Fed. Rep.
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

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