| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ↑ | Seychelles | 34.96 | 2018 | 2 | 31.99 |
| 2 ↓ | Lesotho | 32.88 | 2019 | 1 | 32.35 |
| 3 | Namibia | 30.46 | 2019 | 3 | 29.18 |
| 4 ↑ | Mozambique | 26.9 | 2019 | 7 | 21.44 |
| 5 ↓ | South Africa | 24.22 | 2019 | 4 | 24.12 |
| 6 | Morocco | 21.42 | 2019 | 6 | 21.87 |
| 7 ↓ | Botswana | 21.27 | 2019 | 5 | 21.89 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 20.12 | 2012 | 8 | 20.17 |
| 9 ↑ | Cape Verde | 20.09 | 2017 | 10 | 18.6 |
| 10 ↓ | Mauritius | 19.95 | 2019 | 9 | 19.12 |
| 11 ↑ | Gambia | 18.2 | 1990 | 39 | |
| 12 ↓ | Zambia | 16.68 | 2019 | 11 | 16.59 |
| 13 ↓ | Senegal | 16.38 | 2018 | 12 | 15.91 |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 15.5 | 2019 | 14 | 15.29 |
| 15 | Kenya | 15.07 | 2019 | 15 | 14.36 |
| 16 ↑ | Rwanda | 14.59 | 2019 | 17 | 14.24 |
| 17 ↑ | Mali | 14.5 | 2019 | 27 | 11.67 |
| 18 ↓ | Burundi | 13.6 | 1999 | 16 | 14.35 |
| 18 ↓ | Zimbabwe | 13.6 | 2018 | 13 | 15.87 |
| 20 ↓ | Togo | 13.16 | 2019 | 18 | 12.71 |
| 21 | Egypt | 12.52 | 2015 | 21 | 12.22 |
| 22 ↑ | Cameroon | 12.35 | 2018 | 23 | 11.88 |
| 23 ↑ | Uganda | 12.24 | 2019 | 26 | 11.68 |
| 24 ↓ | Ghana | 12.04 | 2019 | 20 | 12.24 |
| 25 | Ivory Coast | 12.03 | 2019 | 25 | 11.77 |
| 26 ↑ | Niger | 11.76 | 1980 | 29 | 10.91 |
| 27 ↓ | Malawi | 11.72 | 2020 | 22 | 12 |
| 28 ↓ | Tanzania | 11.7 | 2018 | 24 | 11.83 |
| 29 ↑ | Gabon | 11.48 | 2019 | 33 | 10.22 |
| 30 | Guinea | 10.84 | 1992 | 30 | 10.75 |
| 31 ↓ | Benin | 10.79 | 1979 | 19 | 12.26 |
| 32 ↑ | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.7 | 1989 | 34 | 9.32 |
| 33 ↓ | Madagascar | 10.53 | 2019 | 32 | 10.28 |
| 34 ↓ | Guinea-Bissau | 9.46 | 2019 | 31 | 10.32 |
| 35 ↑ | Equatorial Guinea | 9.26 | 2019 | 38 | 6.17 |
| 36 ↑ | Central African Republic | 8.64 | 2018 | 37 | 7.08 |
| 37 ↓ | Republic of the Congo | 7.75 | 2018 | 28 | 11.37 |
| 38 ↓ | Sudan | 7.39 | 2016 | 35 | 8.19 |
| 39 ↓ | Ethiopia | 6.66 | 2019 | 36 | 7.52 |
| 40 ↓ | Somalia | 0 | 2019 | 39 | 0 |
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