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Western Africa
General Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (000, 2021)
412 460
a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)
68
a
Surface area (km2)
6 064 060
b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)
101.4
a,c
Economic indicators
2010
2015
2021
GDP: Gross domestic product
(million current US$)
508 140
684 508
723 523
b
GDP growth rate
(annual %, const. 2015 prices)
7.7
3.7
3.4
b
GDP per capita
(current US$)
1 655.0
1 946.2
1 848.4
b
Employment in agriculture
d
(% of employed)
48.2
42.6
39.9
e
Employment in industry
d
(% of employed)
11.2
13.3
13.9
e
Employment in services
d
(% employed)
40.6
44.2
46.2
e
Unemployment
d
(% of labour force)
4.4
4.6
6
e
Labour force participation rate
d
(female/male pop. %)
57.1 / 69.5
53.1 / 65.2
52.5 / 64.3
e
Agricultural production index
(2014-2016=100)
85
100
112
b
International trade: exports
(million current US$)
113 448
89 100
146 155
e
International trade: imports
(million current US$)
83 254
87 237
166 451
e
International trade: balance
(million current US$)
30 194
1 863
- 20 295
e
Social indicators
2010
2015
2021
Population growth rate
c,f
(average annual %)
2.7
2.7
2.7
e
Urban population
(% of total population)
41.1
44.5
47
b
Urban population growth rate
f
(average annual %)
4.4
4.3
...
Fertility rate, total
c,f
(live births per woman)
5.7
5.5
5.2
e
Life expectancy at birth
c,f
(females/males, years)
53.5 / 51.6
56.0 / 54.1
58.4 / 56.3
e
Population age distribution
c
(0-14/60+ years old, %)
44.2 / 4.5
44.0 / 4.5
42.9 / 4.6
a
International migrant stock
(000/% of total pop.)
6 321.6 / 2.1
7 067.1 / 2.0
7 552.1 / 1.9
e
Infant mortality rate
c,f
(per 1 000 live births)
81.2
68.5
57.3
e
Seats held by women in national parliaments
(%)
11.6
14.5
15.9
g
Environment and infrastructure indicators
2010
2015
2021
Individuals using the Internet
(per 100 inhabitants)
7.7
27.2
14.5
b
Forested area
(% of land area)
14.8
14.3
14.1
h
Pop. using safely managed drinking water
(urban/rural, %)
33.6 / 12.1
33.9 / 14.3
34.3 / 16.5
e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation
(urban/rural %)
20.2 / 16.2
22.9 / 17.8
25.6 / 19.5
e
Footnotes
a
Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b
2019
c
Including Saint Helena.
d
Estimate.
e
2020
f
Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g
Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
h
2018