Western Africa
Western Africa is a region. It is located in Africa. It comprises 16 countries for a land area of 6,063,663 km² and a population of 446,039,194 people.
Key facts
- continent: Africa
- number of countries: 16
- land area: 6,063,663 km²
- population: 446,039,194 people
- Central government debt:
84.64 % of GDP
- Expense:
19.04 % of GDP
- Gdp:
687,074,712,895.48 current US$
- Self-employed workers:
75.94 % of total employment
- Tax revenue:
13.64 % of GDP
- Unemployment:
4.15 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment:
72.27 % of total employment
- Agricultural land:
2,862,428.90 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy:
1.42 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2):
215.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Access to electricity:
52.96 % of population
- 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:
4.41 births per woman
- Forest area:
833,092 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption:
23.04 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6):
706.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age:
234.80
- Methane emissions:
384.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions:
84.65 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population:
221,167,784 people
- Male population:
224,871,410 people
- Renewable energy consumption:
60.76 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area:
6,010,448.58 km²
- Rural population:
224,510,000 people
- Urban land area:
46,342.08 km²
- Urban population:
221,529,194 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters :
54.56 % of total population
- Birth rate:
32.91 per 1,000 people
- Death rate:
8.34 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita:
1,188.38 current US$
- Health expenditure:
5.74 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv:
4.50 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds:
10.88 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth:
991.00
- Suicide mortality rate:
6.53 per 100,000 population
- Armed forces personnel:
423,000 people
- Democracy score:
75.27
- Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence:
6,466,700 people
- Individuals using the internet:
38.42 % of population
- Military expenditure:
1.77 % of GDP
- Net migration:
-153,666 people
- Press freedom:
43.59
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments:
21.76 %
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Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Western Africa
Evolution of historical inflation in Western Africa
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Western Africa
Evolution of historical central government debt in Western Africa
Global density of countries in Western Africa
Geographical distribution of cities in Western Africa by population
Relationship between population and urban land area in Western Africa
Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Western Africa
Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Western Africa
Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Western Africa
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