Western Africa
Western Africa is a region.
Key facts
- continent: Africa
- number of countries: 16
- land area: 6,063,660 km²
- population: 429,079,551
Environment
Metrics
agricultural land | 2,862,430.00 km² |
alternative and nuclear energy | 1.42 % of total energy use |
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) | 187,329.00 kt |
electricity production from coal sources | 5.95 % of total |
electricity production from natural gas sources | 28.98 % of total |
electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 23.78 % of total |
electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
electricity production from oil sources | 37.94 % of total |
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 1.63 % of total |
net energy imports | 2.76 % of energy use |
fertility rate | 4.49 births per woman |
forest area | 838,429 km² |
fossil fuel energy consumption | 23.04 % of total |
other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 56,362.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
median age | 14.26 years |
methane emissions | 287,119.00 kt of CO2 equivalent |
nitrous oxide emissions | 113,183.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
female population | 213,258,562 |
male population | 215,820,988 |
renewable energy consumption | 60.85 % of total final energy consumption |
rural land area | 6,010,460.00 km² |
rural population | 219,161,699 |
urban land area | 46,342.10 km² |
urban population | 209,917,852 |
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 3.41 % of total population |
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Health
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birth rate | 33.35 per 1,000 people |
death rate | 8.58 per 1,000 people |
health expenditure per capita | 61.80 current US$ |
health expenditure | 5.30 % of GDP |
incidence of HIV | 0.36 per 1,000 uninfected population |
hospital beds | 0.64 per 1,000 people |
life expectancy at birth | 62 years |
suicide mortality rate | 6.53 per 100,000 population |
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Politics
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armed forces personnel | 423,000 |
democracy score | 75.27 |
military expenditure | 1.63 % of GDP |
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 19.28 % |
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Business
Metrics
central government debt | 82.37 % of GDP |
expense | 16.77 % of GDP |
GDP | 767,745,000,000.00 current US$ |
inflation | 202.16 annual % |
self-employed | 76.50 % of total employment |
tax revenue | 13.66 % of GDP |
unemployment | 4.24 % of total labor force |
vulnerable employment | 73.95 % of total employment |
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Source
This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank
Updated: 1 day ago
License
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