Western Africa
Key facts
- continent: Africa
- number of countries: 16
- land area: 6,063,663 km²
- population: 438,868,363 people
Classified as: place
Summary
Western Africa is a region. It is located in Africa. It comprises 16 countries for a land area of 6,063,663 km² and a population of 438,868,363 people.
Environment
Western Africa is one of the regions in Africa and 22 regions in our database.
- Agricultural land: 2,862,428.90 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 1.42 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 214.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Access to electricity: 52.96 % of population
- Electricity production from coal sources: 5.95 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 28.98 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 23.78 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 37.94 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.63 % of total
- Net energy imports: 2.76 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 70.61 births per woman
- Forest area: 838,429 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 23.04 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 753.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 230.80
- Methane emissions: 432.78 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 83.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 218,094,955 people
- Male population: 220,773,409 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 60.76 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 6,010,448.58 km²
- Rural population: 221,188,417 people
- Urban land area: 46,342.08 km²
- Urban population: 217,679,946 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 54.56 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Western Africa by population
Cities in Western Africa
Countries in Western Africa
Global density of countries in Western Africa
Relationship between agricultural land and population in Western Africa
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Western Africa
Relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time in Western Africa
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Western Africa
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Africa
Relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Western Africa
Relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Western Africa
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Western Africa
Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time in Western Africa
Relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time in Western Africa
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time in Western Africa
Relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time in Western Africa
Relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time in Western Africa
Relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Western Africa
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Western Africa
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Western Africa
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Western Africa
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Western Africa
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Western Africa
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Western Africa
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Western Africa
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time in Western Africa
Relationship between median age and fertility rate over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical forest area in Western Africa
Relationship between rural land area and forest area over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Western Africa
Relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Western Africa
Relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical land area in Western Africa
Evolution of median age in Western Africa
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Western Africa
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between population and methane emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Western Africa
Relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical population in Western Africa
Relationship between urban land area and population over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical female population in Western Africa
Evolution of historical male population in Western Africa
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Western Africa
Evolution of historical rural land area in Western Africa
Evolution of historical rural population in Western Africa
Relationship between urban land area and rural population over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical urban land area in Western Africa
Relationship between urban population and urban land area over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical urban population in Western Africa
Evolution of urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Western Africa
Relationship between date and population over time in Western Africa
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Western Africa
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Health
- Birth rate: 526.58 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 133.40 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 1,188.38 current US$
- Health expenditure: 5.74 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 4.50 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 10.88 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 991.00
- Suicide mortality rate: 104.50 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Western Africa
Relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time in Western Africa
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time in Western Africa
Relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time in Western Africa
Relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time in Western Africa
Relationship between median age and birth rate over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical death rate in Western Africa
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time in Western Africa
Evolution of health expenditure per capita in Western Africa
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Western Africa
Evolution of incidence of HIV in Western Africa
Evolution of hospital beds in Western Africa
Evolution of life expectancy at birth in Western Africa
Relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time in Western Africa
Relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Western Africa
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 423,000 people
- Democracy score: 75.27
- Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 6,491,700 people
- Individuals using the internet: 40.10 % of population
- Military expenditure: 1.63 % of GDP
- Net migration: -165,817 people
- Press freedom: 43.59
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 21.76 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Western Africa
Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time in Western Africa
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time in Western Africa
Relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time in Western Africa
Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time in Western Africa
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time in Western Africa
Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Western Africa
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Western Africa
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Western Africa
Evolution of historical net migration in Western Africa
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Western Africa
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Business
- Central government debt: 84.64 % of GDP
- Expense: 17.59 % of GDP
- Gdp: 683,596,399,564.39 current US$
- Self-employed workers: 76.50 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 13.09 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 4.21 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 73.95 % of total employment
Relationship between health expenditure and expense in Western Africa
Evolution of historical central government debt in Western Africa
Evolution of historical expense in Western Africa
Evolution of historical GDP in Western Africa
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time in Western Africa
Evolution of inflation in Western Africa
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Western Africa
Relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time in Western Africa
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Western Africa
Evolution of historical unemployment in Western Africa
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Western Africa
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In literature
There is no book written about Western Africa in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank
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