Development Goals in Western Africa

47 indicators covering development goals for Western Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 264.83 per 100,000 people 2025 up 87.2% 21st
Manufacturing value added per capita 200.3 constant US$ 2025 down 8.5% 33rd
Number of transboundary breeds 131 2025 unchanged 28th
Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 127 2025 unchanged 28th
Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 99 2025 down 2.0% 21st
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 171 2025 down 1.2% 24th
Number of local breeds (not extinct) 208 2025 up 6.7% 25th
Number of local breeds kept in the country 216 2025 up 6.4% 26th
Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 2.14 ltpureal 2024 down 0.5% 33rd
Children moderately or severely stunted 19,877 num th 2024 down 1.3% 10th
Children moderately or severely overweight 1,492 num th 2024 up 31.7% 23rd
Annual inflation, consumer prices 4.0% 2024 up 497.1% 13th
Prevalence of undernourishment 16.9% 2025 up 44.4% 7th
Change in maximum river flow 28.1% 2024 up 5,567.5% 3rd
Change in minimum river flow 31.8% 2024 up 279.4% 2nd
River flow maximum 2.09 million m3 per sec 2024 up 27.4% 24th
River flow minimum 196,476 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.6% 26th
Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 2.18 billion tonnes 2022 up 43.2% 24th
Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material 5 tonnes 2022 up 11.3% 32nd
Total official flows for scholarships, by recipient countries 83.95 million constant US$ 2024 up 111.8% 17th
Number of undernourished people 78.4 num m 2025 up 83.2% 10th
Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing 4.6% 2022 up 35.4% 10th
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted) 44.94 µg/m³ 2023 up 17.8% 1st
Worldwide weighted tariff-average, most-favoured-nation status, by 12.9% 2024 down 2.1% 18th
Worldwide weighted tariff-average, preferential status, by type of 11.5% 2024 down 6.0% 12th
Current number of seats in national parliaments 2,277 2026 down 3.6% 21st
Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ 33,335 2024 up 44.3% 31st
Data Sources performance index (Statistical Performance Indicators) 44.12 index 2024 up 21.8% 29th
Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies 13 2025 up 30.0% 14th
Countries with national statistical plans that are under 10 2025 down 16.7% 15th
Countries with national statistical plans that are fully funded 1 2025 unchanged 26th
Land area 606,405 ha th 2025 down 0.0% 24th
Gross receipts by developing countries of official sustainable 11,585 million current US$ 2024 up 14.4% 13th
Gross receipts by developing countries of official concessional 9,424 million current US$ 2024 up 79.0% 13th
Gross receipts by developing countries of mobilised private finance 3,530 million current US$ 2024 up 126.6% 15th
Gross receipts by developing countries of private grants 598.3 million current US$ 2024 up 143.2% 10th
Gross receipts by developing countries of official non-concessional 5,862 million current US$ 2024 up 143.5% 22nd
Beach litter items per unit of surface area 89 num items per 100m2 2024 down 97.3% 6th
Number of local breeds for which sufficient genetic resources are 0 2025 — 25th
Number of transboundary breeds for which sufficient genetic resources 0 2025 — 26th
Mangrove area 17,201 kmsq 2020 down 1.1% 11th
Mangrove total area change -2.0% 2020 down 125.9% 4th
Total deaths and disappearances recorded during migration 928 2025 up 942.7% 11th
Total resource flows for development, by recipient and donor countries 22,473 million current US$ 2024 up 12.7% 17th
Material footprint per capita, by type of raw material 4.18 tonnes 2022 up 20.9% 27th
Material footprint, by type of raw material 1.82 billion tonnes 2022 up 55.5% 24th
Countries with national statistical plans with funding from donors 3 2025 down 66.7% 10th