How does Kenya’s obesity rate compare globally?

The World Bank defines literacy as the “percentage of the population ages 15 and older that can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life”. In 2021, Zimbabwe's literacy rate stood at 90%. ...

Africa’s top five fastest growing economies, which are projected to grow by more than 5.5% on average in 2023-2024, are Rwanda (7.9%), Côte d'Ivoire (7.1%), Benin (6.4%), Ethiopia (6.0%), and Tanzania (5.6%). ...

According to the latest crime statistics for the third quarter of 2022/23, the Eastern Cape has the highest murder rate in the country at 22.5 per 100,000 people. This has significantly overtaken the murder rate in KwaZulu Natal. In the same period last year, the two provinces were level at 15 per 1...

Between October and December 2022, South Africa recorded an alarming 12,419 rapes. This equates to a recorded rape rate of 20.3 per 100,000 people (based on the 2022 mid-year population estimates). ...

According to the latest data, 7,555 murders were recorded from October to December 2022. Of these, 1, 101 were women and 6,135 were men. This means that on average of 12 women and 67 men are murdered every day in South Africa. ...

A total of 448 rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2022. The number of rhinos killed in the past year represents a slight decrease of 3 compared to the 451 rhinos poached in South Africa in 2021. ...