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Ghana’s population was 31.73 million in 2021. ...

South Africa’s official unemployment rate was 33.9% in the second quarter of 2022. It means that 33.9% of the labour force, aged 15 to 64, was without work, available for work and looking for work or trying to start a business. This is also known as the narrow definition of unemployment. The ex...

Kenya's female population stood at 27.6 million in 2021. ...

Yes, of countries with data, South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, ranking first among 164 countries in the World Bank's global poverty database. ...

Yes. With about 117 million people (2021), Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa after Nigeria. ...

From 1994 to the end of February 2022, the South African government's human settlements sector delivered just over 3.4 million housing units. ...

The Gini coefficient is a globally used measure of inequality, among individuals or households within an economy. The coefficient ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 represents perfect equality (all individuals have the same income) and 1 indicates perfect inequality (where one person has all the income and...

The second quarter of 2022 comprised exports valued at N7.4 trillion and imports worth N5.4 trillion. The country's trade balance was therefore N2 trillion. ...

Kenya's economy has demonstrated resilience to the Covid-19 shock, with output in the first half of 2021 rising above pre-pandemic levels. In 2021 as a whole, gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5%, one of the faster recoveries among Sub-Saharan African countries. ...