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Eastern Africa — statistics

All indicators in the section for Eastern Africa — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

284 indicators ISO: SR_EAF
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 512M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 65.9 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 4.06 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 32.3 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6.3 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.52 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 31.8 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 163M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 68.2 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 71.1 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 40.3 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 76.8 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -277,309 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.4 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 254M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 258M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 206M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 290M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 15.5M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 63.09 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 68.65 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 91.8 2024 UN DESA
Rural population people 349M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 8.02M 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 1.62 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 4.44M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 4.51M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 889.3 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 95.1 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 186 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 3.45 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 11.98M 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 1.06 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 180,940 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 931,072 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 98,794 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 151,832 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 29.32 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 21 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 37.8 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 49.6 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 242 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 6.8 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 29.7 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 88,975 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 160.9 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 38.9 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.42 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 56.2 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 279.8 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 191.4 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 609B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 1,233 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 6.06 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 1.92T 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 3,892 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 1,222 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 9.53 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 14.5 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 24.9 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 8.5 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 22.9 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 44.7 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 72.4 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 10.7 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 23.8 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 1,033.3 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 6.05 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 4,214 2025 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 13.84 2025 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 524B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,061 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 3.6 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 1.112 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 599B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 148B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 40.98B 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 136B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 267B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 383B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 56.51B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 125B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 20.5 2024 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 8.2 2025 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 1,276 2025 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 1.89T 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 50.9 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 11.14 2021 World Bank
Government revenue % 13.55 2021 World Bank
Government expense % 15.51 2020 World Bank
Budget balance % -3.73 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 300B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 19.07B 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 853M 2017 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 3.31 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 1.1 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 224,523 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 74.85M 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,964 2023 FAO
Food production index index 118.9 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 119 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 49.02 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 10.34 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1455 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 33.5 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 3.36M 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 70.81M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 38.11M 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 119.3 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 28.29 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 1.94M 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 18.65 2023 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 5.66 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 22 2023 WHO
Land area km² 6.85M 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 7.05M 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 870 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 1,836 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 49 2022 FAO
Population in cities over 1 million people 45.67M 2025 UN DESA
Population living in slums % 56.4 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 0.86 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 1.921 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 3.8 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 1.66 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 16.91 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 14.25 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 112.7 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Lithium production t 22,000 2024 USGS
Cobalt production t 2,852 2024 USGS
Graphite production t 124,000 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 27.03M 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 371,843 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 3,090.2 2019 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.55 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 23.85 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 78.7 2023 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.67 2023 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.44 2023 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 121 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 4.74 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 1.82B 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 380M 2023 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 3.23M 2023 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 7.82 2012 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 23,596 2012 UNODC
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.532 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.915 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.518 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 32 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.41 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.