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Development
Index 2011
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Africa
Development Indicators 2011
50
Things You Didn't Know About Africa
ECONOMY
- Nigeria
has the largest population in
Sub-Saharan Africa (154.7 million
people) and accounts for 18% of
the continent's total population.
- South
Africa’s and Nigeria’s GDP in
nominal prices comprised over 50%
of total SSA’s GDP
- SSA
GDP growth was 2%. Ethiopia
had the largest growth at 9%.
Eleven of the 48 SSA countries had
a growth of over 5% for the same
period.
- South
Africa has SSA’s largest real
GDP ($182 billion); the smallest
is Guinea Bissau ($230 million).
- The
Gross National Income (GNI) per
capita of the richest Sub-Saharan
African country (Equatorial
Guinea) is 83 times larger than
the GNI per capita of the poorest
(Burundi).
- The
total GDP per capita of the
richest 10 African countries was
23.8 times of the poorest 10. The
ten richest by order are
Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles,
Mauritius, Botswana, Gabon, South
Africa, Namibia, Cape Verde,
Swaziland and Angola while the ten
poorest by rank are Congo
Democratic Republic, Burundi,
Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,
Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia, Central
Africa Republic and Togo.
- Between
1990 and 1999 PPP GNI per capita
growth was 17% ($1,087.4 to $
1,278.1) for Sub-Saharan Africa;
and between 2000 and 2009 it was
58% ($1,299.7 to $ 2,059.6).
- SSA
experienced a decline in both
exports and imports. Exports
declined from $397 billion in 2008
to $298.0 billion in 2009, a 25%
decline; while imports declined
from $384.5 billion in 2008 to
$318 billion in 2009, a 17%
decline.
- In
21% of Sub-Saharan African
countries, one or two products
accounts for at least 75% of total
exports.
- The
largest recipient of net official
development assistance (ODA) in
Sub-Saharan Africa received an
amount 165 times larger than the
smallest recipient. The largest
recipient is Cape Verde, and the
smallest is Seychelles.
- In
Central Africa Republic, the
agriculture value-added as
percentage of GDP is 55%; in South
Africa it is 3%.
- In
2008, South Africa utilizes the
most electric power per person
(4,759.5kW/h); Ethiopia utilizes
the least (42.3 kW/h).
- Tanzania
has the highest proportion of
women aged 15-24 in its labor
force (82%); Sudan has the lowest
(25%): Uganda has the highest
proportion of men aged 15-24 in
its labor force (83%); South
Africa has the lowest (34%).
- Between
1990 and 1999 PPP GNI per capita
growth in Sub-Saharan Africa was
17% ($1,087 to $ 1,278). Between
2000 and 2009 it was 58% ($1,299.7
to $ 2,059.6).
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WELL
BEING
- HIV/AIDS
caused the death of 310,000 adults and children in
South Africa, and less than 1,000 in Mauritania and
Equatorial Guinea, respectively.
- Flows
of international development assistance to
Sub-Saharan African countries to fight HIV and other
sexually transmitted diseases increased by 35% from
2007 to 2009; US$2,853.8 in 2007 to US$ 3,868.3 in
2009.
- In the
decade (2000-2009) Rwanda and Uganda have made the
greatest gains in life expectancy: 8 and 7 years
respectively. Conversely, life expectancy has
decreased 5 years in Lesotho, and 4 years in South
Africa and Swaziland. Deleted repetition
- Zimbabwe
had the highest adult literacy rate (92%); Chad had
the lowest (33%).
- In
Seychelles, 92% of women are literate; the figure is
13% for Chad and 15% for Niger.
- Seychelles
has the highest gross enrolment rate in secondary
education (105%); Niger has the lowest (12%).
- In
Seychelles there are 22 children per primary school
teacher; there are almost 95 in Central African
Republic.
- The
number of clinical cases of malaria reported in
Sub-Saharan Africa increased by almost 14% between
2008 and 2009, while the number of reported deaths
due to malaria increased by 9% during the same
period.
- Côte
d’Ivoire had the highest increase in reported
deaths due to malaria from 2008 to 2009 (1,249 to
18,156); the highest decrease is in Tanzania (12,434
to 840).
- The
primary school completion rate for eight Sub-Saharan
countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and Niger) more than
doubled between 1990 and 2009.
- The
literacy rate among youth (15- 24) in Ghana went up
by 9.9% in 7 years, from 71% in 2000 to 78% in 2009.
- Infant
mortality increased by 21% in Congo Republic during
1990-2009, the largest increase in Sub-Saharan
Africa. The largest decline was in Madagascar, by
60%.
- The
average number of children per woman in Sub-Saharan
Africa decreased from 7 in 1980 to 5 in 2009.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
- The
highest connection charge for a business phone is
$372.1 in Benin; the lowest is in Tanzania at $15.2.
Benin had the highest connection charge ($372.1) for
a residential phone while Zambia had the least at
$9.9.
- For
fixed broadband Internet, the highest connection
charge is $613.3 in Mali; the lowest is in
Madagascar.
- The
countries with the highest and lowest number of
mobile phones per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa
were Seychelles with 961 mobile phones per 1000
people and Eritrea has 28 per 1000 people,
respectively.
- For
the period 2000-08, the ratio of paved roads to
total roads was the highest in Mauritius (98%); and
lowest in Chad (less than 1%).
- In
2010, to start a business required 216 days for each
procedure in Guinea-Bissau; it took three days in
Rwanda.
- In
2010, Sudan had the highest number of procedures to
enforce contracts (53); Rwanda had the lowest at 24.
- It
takes 18 days average time to clear customs on
direct exports in Democratic Republic of Congo and
2.6 days in Niger; conversely for imports it takes
45.4 days in Democratic Republic of Congo and 3.7
days in Botswana.
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TRACKING
MDGs AND IDA
- For
the period 2000-09, the share of the poorest 20% in
national income was lowest in Angola at 2%; in
Seychelles it was 11%. (MDG 1).
- In
Burundi, 39% of children under the age of five are
underweight. In Swaziland the rate is 6%. (MDG
1)
- The
primary school completion rate for eight Sub-Saharan
countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and Niger) more than
doubled between 1990 and 2009. (MDG 2).
- The
lowest net primary enrolment ratio is found in
Eritrea (36%); the highest is in Sao Tome and
Principe (97%). (MDG 2).
- Youth
literacy (ages 15-24) is highest in Zimbabwe at 99%
and lowest in Benin at 51%. (MDG2).
- Rwanda
has the highest number of women in national
parliament with 56% of total seats. Comoros has the
lowest with 3%.
- In
Chad 209 out of 1,000 children die before the age of
one; in Seychelles the rate is 12 per 1,000.
(MDG 4)
- In
Democratic Republic of Congo 126 children per 1,000
die before the age of five; in Seychelles, the rate
is 11 per 1,000. (MDG 4, IDA 2)
- For
the period 2000-09, skilled personnel attended 6% of
births in Ethiopia; they attended 99% of births in
Mauritius. (MDG 5, IDA 4)
- Contraceptive
use (any method) is highest in Mauritius at 76%;
lowest is Chad at 3% during the period 2000-09.
(MDG 6)
- For
the period 2000-09, in Zambia, 41% of children under
age 5 slept under insecticide-treated nets to
prevent malaria; they were 1% in Chad and Equatorial
Guinea. (MDG6)
- Only
24% of the rural population of Sub-Saharan Africa
has access to improved sanitation compared to 42% of
the urban population.
- In
2010, Seychelles had the highest percentage of
forest area with 89%, whilst Mauritania had the
lowest at less than 1%. (MDG7)
- In
2007, South Africa had the highest carbon dioxide
emissions of 4,133.173 metric tons, whilst Comoros
had the lowest of 121 metric tons. (MDG 7)
- In
Sierra Leone 3 persons per 1,000 are Internet users;
there are 387 in every 1,000 people in Seychelles.
(MDG 8).
- For
the period 2005-09, Namibia had the highest number
of computers, at 239 computers per 1,000 people; and
Niger the lowest at 1 per 1,000. (MDG 8).
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The cutoff
date for data is May 2011. Data reference of the factoids is
2009 unless specified.
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