Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births. The data are 5 year averages.
Source: United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Find indicator:
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 1 | Libya | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 1 | Morocco | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 1 | Seychelles | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 6 | Liberia | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 7 | Ghana | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 8 | Eritrea | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 10 | Niger | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 10 | Comoros | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 10 | Algeria | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 10 | Mali | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 10 | Mauritania | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 16 | Mauritius | 1.04 | 2020 |
| 17 | Benin | 1.04 | 2020 |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 1.04 | 2020 |
| 18 | Sudan | 1.04 | 2020 |
| 20 | Djibouti | 1.04 | 2020 |
| 21 | Senegal | 1.04 | 2020 |
| 22 | South Africa | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 22 | Zambia | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 22 | Botswana | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Central African Republic | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Congo | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Angola | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Burundi | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Gabon | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Malawi | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Madagascar | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | The Gambia | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Kenya | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Tanzania | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Uganda | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Chad | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | Somalia | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 25 | São Tomé and Principe | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 45 | Lesotho | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 46 | Rwanda | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 47 | Eswatini | 1.03 | 2020 |
| 48 | Guinea | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 50 | Togo | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 52 | Mozambique | 1.02 | 2020 |
| 53 | Namibia | 1.01 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
