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54 countries read on one grammar, with the couplings that cross their borders.

Page GRX-REG-AFREdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Region Africa (UN M49)Values not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
FIG 1 · Africa: 54 profiles in 5 sub-regions
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AndorraAntigua and BarbudaBahrainBarbadosComorosCabo VerdeDominicaMicronesia (Federated States of)GrenadaKiribatiSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaLiechtensteinMonacoMaldivesMarshall IslandsMaltaMauritiusNauruPalauSingaporeSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSeychellesTongaTuvaluHoly SeeSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoa
Equal Earth · Natural Earth 1:110m · UN M49Values when released
Colour shows UN M49 sub-regions, not risk. Select a country to open its profile. Source: UN M49 regions (UN Statistics Division).
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01வெளிப்பாடு

Africa: exposure and coverage

People and coastal exposure are source observations from open grids, not index values; each figure names its source.

People by sub-region
  1. Eastern Africa504.5 m33.3%
  2. Middle Africa212.0 m14.0%
  3. Northern Africa268.4 m17.7%
  4. Southern Africa70.4 m4.7%
  5. Western Africa457.9 m30.3%

GHSL 2025, European Commission JRC (CC BY 4.0), summed over first-level units.

People on land at or below 10 m, by sub-region
  1. Eastern Africa6.0 m1.2%
  2. Middle Africa2.8 m1.3%
  3. Northern Africa36.0 m13.4%
  4. Southern Africa724,5661.0%
  5. Western Africa27.5 m6.0%

GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain) and GHSL 2025 (CC BY 4.0); people on land at or below 10 m.

Administrative units mapped, by level
  1. ADM177954 of 54 countries
  2. ADM25,32252 of 54 countries
  3. ADM321,24327 of 54 countries
  4. ADM426,8485 of 54 countries
  5. ADM514,8151 of 54 countries

geoBoundaries, each country and level on its own licence; share-alike layers kept separate.

02Humanitarian data

Africa: humanitarian figures by country

Latest figure of each theme from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, with its year; 54 countries with data, synced 2026-10-23. The provider and licence of every dataset are on each country’s data page. Source observations, not index values; a dash means HDX holds no admitted figure.

நாடுமக்கள்தொகைDisplaced peopleRefugees hostedRefugees abroadFunding received (US$)
Algeria––184,265 202522,752 2025–
Angola37,205,374 2024–55,856 202544,656 2025560,874 2025
Benin––28,921 20254,687 20253,346,554 2020
Botswana2,418,064 2023–901 20251,203 2025–
Burkina Faso23,558,491 2024–42,953 2025421,031 2025268,631,061 2025
Burundi13,462,695 2022–113,634 2025389,676 202544,686,485 2025
Cabo Verde569,523 2022––94 2025–
Cameroon29,442,318 2025–427,975 2025178,770 202593,642,388 2025
Central African Republic––63,761 2025760,437 2025135,004,701 2025
Chad18,033,749 2023–1,961,266 2025482,133 2025461,191,338 2025
Comoros758,311 2017–19 20252,749 2025–
Congo––83,810 202522,673 202531,046,905 2025
Côte d’Ivoire––82,976 202557,558 2025101,406,953 2012
Democratic Republic of the Congo103,199,358 2020–603,936 2025–682,242,484 2025
Djibouti818,159 2009–35,045 20253,642 20259,514,282 2025
Egypt––1,098,301 202577,642 202559,681,145 2025
Equatorial Guinea––5 2024775 2025–
Eritrea2,908,795 2001–137 2025677,099 202514,467,143 2006
Eswatini1,174,018 2022–4,937 2025704 202514,335,743 2008
Ethiopia102,536,651 2022–2,008,104 20251,200,838 2025100,074,760 2025
Gabon2,290,715 2022–261 20251,395 2025–
Gambia––4,617 202513,467 2025440,225 2016
Ghana30,832,019 2021–21,525 202538,986 20250 2010
Guinea13,989,788 2024–2,331 2025104,452 202514,774,887 2010
Guinea-Bissau––54 20253,155 2025420,644 2010
கென்யா47,562,772 2019–1,237,127 2025422,454 202583,990,351 2025
Lesotho––686 202558 202513,733,857 2020
Liberia4,593,022 2020–2,671 20259,211 20257,507,918 2020
Libya––658,477 202521,038 202515,153,705 2025
Madagascar26,696,210 2018–1,392 20251,034 202564,173,243 2026
Malawi19,809,511 2023–60,497 20252,330 202523,304,509 2025
Mali17,907,114 2018––543,524 2025187,470,469 2025
Mauritania4,372,038 2022–308,991 202572,594 202571,342,209 2018
Mauritius1,265,363 2018–257 2025723 2025–
Morocco––22,337 202535,352 2025–
Mozambique35,163,992 2025–26,465 20257,326 2025117,592,278 2025
Namibia2,777,232 2023–6,853 20251,085 20251,682,185 2011
Niger26,367,847 2024–483,366 2025154,688 2025168,749,821 2025
Nigeria216,798,930 2022–142,407 2025534,473 2025287,184,943 2025
Rwanda362,793 2023–150,520 2025217,991 202517,082,639 2025
Sao Tome and Principe219,577 2022––28 2025–
Senegal17,738,795 2022–19,047 202552,072 20257,540,157 2018
Seychelles90,945 2019––31 2025–
Sierra Leone7,907,338 2020–210 202517,591 202520,093,035 2020
Somalia––47,012 20251,128,984 2025417,527,179 2025
South Africa56,463,617 2020–137,535 20253,899 2025–
South Sudan12,394,970 2022–2,149,085 20254,054,575 2025787,264,389 2025
Sudan47,514,529 2024–954,390 20253,855,036 20251,664,731,242 2025
Togo8,020,081 2021–58,449 202518,017 20255,190,103 2020
Tunisia––7,909 202514,173 202527,227,305 2011
Uganda46,210,758 2022–5,242,968 20253,295,210 2025137,821,202 2025
United Republic of Tanzania58,552,845 2020–226,272 20254,369 202511,817,616 2025
Zambia17,426,623 2020––892 20258,546,447 2025
Zimbabwe2,141,478 2023–18,850 202513,086 202521,628,942 2025
03Indices

Regional pillars, composite and couplings

Regional values aggregate country values with the declared population or exposure weights, plus cross-border couplings: shared basins, trade corridors, energy interconnections, displacement routes and conflict spillover.

Africa composite
Not yet published
Africa coupled composite
Not yet published
06Sub-region

Northern Africa

07Sub-region

Southern Africa

09Cite

Cite and reuse

GCRI Canada (2026). The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk)): Africa regional series (GRX-REG-AFR), Baseline Edition 2026. Preparatory working draft. https://risksindex.com/countries/africa/ UNI NXS-GRX-AR-M002-000001.
Observation key
grix:REG.AFRICA:{YEAR}:A

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