Eastern Africa
Burundi (5) .. .. 1987 9/1 6.3 1990 1 300
Comoros (5) .. .. 1996 21/11 4.8 1990 950
Djibouti (6) .. .. .. .. 5.3 1990 570
Eritrea (5) .. .. 1995 5/4 (7) 5.7 .. ..
Ethiopia (5) .. .. 1990 4/3 (8,9) 6.3 1990 1 400
Kenya (10) .. .. 1993 33/27 4.4 1990 650
Madagascar (11) .. .. 1992 17/5 5.4 1990 490
Malawi (11) .. .. 1996 22/14 6.8 1990 560
Mauritius (11) .. .. 1991 75/49 (12) 1.9 1990 120
Mozambique
(5,13)		 .. .. 1997 6/5 (14) 6.3 1990 1 500
Rwanda (5) .. .. 1992 21/13 6.2 1990 1 300
Seychelles .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Somalia (11) .. .. .. .. 7.3 1990 1 600
Uganda (10) .. .. 1995 15/8 7.1 1990 1 200
United Republic
of Tanzania (10)		 .. .. 1996 18/13 5.5 1990 770
Zambia 1983 0.4 1996 25/14 (7) 5.6 1990 940
Zimbabwe .. .. 1994 48/42 3.8 1990 570
Middle Africa
Angola (11) .. .. .. .. 6.8 1990 1 500
Cameroon (5) .. .. 1991 16/4 5.3 1990 550
Central African
Republic (11)		 .. .. 1994/95 15/3 4.9 1990 700
Chad (11) .. .. .. .. 6.1 1990 1 500
Congo (11) .. .. .. .. 6.1 1990 890
Dem. Rep. of
Congo (11)		 .. .. 1991 8/2 (15) 6.4 1990 870
Equatorial
Guinea (5)		 .. .. .. .. 5.6 1990 820
Gabon (11) .. .. .. .. 5.4 1990 500
Sao Tome and
Principe (11)		 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Northern Africa
Algeria .. .. 1995 52/49
(7,9,16)		 3.8 1990 160
Egypt (17) .. .. 1995 47/46 (7) 3.4 1990 170
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya		 .. .. 1995 40/26 (7,14) 3.8 1990 220
Morocco (5) .. .. 1995 50/42 3.1 1990 610
Sudan .. .. 1992/93 8/7 (7) 4.6 1990 660
Tunisia 1996 8.6 1994 60/51 (14) 2.5 1990 170
Southern Africa
Botswana .. .. 1988 33/32 4.3 1990 250
Lesotho (18) .. .. 1991/92 23/19
(14,19)		 4.8 1990 610
Namibia .. .. 1992 29/26 4.9 1990 370
South Africa 1997 2.7 1988 50/48 (20) 3.3 1990 230
Swaziland (18) .. .. 1988 20/17 (21) 4.7 1990 560
Western Africa
Benin .. .. 1996 16/3 (14) 5.8 1990 990
Burkina Faso (5) .. .. 1993 8/4 (22) 6.6 1990 930
Cape Verde .. .. .. .. 3.6 .. ..
Côte d'Ivoire .. .. 1994 11/4 5.1 1990 810
Gambia (10) .. .. 1990 12/7 5.2 1990 1 100
Ghana .. .. 1993 20/10 5.2 1990 740
Guinea (5) .. .. 1992/93 2/1 5.5 1990 1 600
Guinea-Bissau
(11)		 .. .. .. .. 5.8 1990 910
Liberia .. .. 1986 6/6 6.3 1990 560
Mali (11) .. .. 1995/96 7/5 6.6 1990 1 200
Mauritania (11) .. .. 1990 3/1 (7) 5.5 1990 930
Niger (11) .. .. 1992 4/2 6.8 1990 1 200
Nigeria (23) .. .. 1990 6/4 5.2 1990 1 000
Senegal (11) .. .. 1997 13/8 (14) 5.6 1990 1 200
Sierra Leone (10) .. .. .. .. 6.1 1990 1 800
Togo (24) .. .. 1988 12/3 (22) 6.1 1990 640

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