African Need

Data Collected From EartTrends Searchable Database
World Resources Institute
http://www.wri.org/

  Statistics from Target Countries    
  Date Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea Gambia Ghana  Abidjan-Code'Voire Total
Population: Total, both sexes 2004              
Units: Thousands of People   5168 3487 8620 1462 21377 16897 57011
Population: Total Under 15 2004              
Units: Thousands of People   2292 1630 3782 591 8395 6898 23588
% of Population Under 15 2004 44% 47% 44% 40% 39% 41% 41%
Literacy rate, all adults   NA 55.9% NA NA 73.8% NA  
Rural population 2005 3192 1877 5583 1101 11721 9305 32779
Units: Thousands of People                
% of Rural Population   61.8% 53.8% 64.8% 75.3% 54.8% 55.1% 57.5%
               
Development Assistance: Assistance per capita 2002 $68 $16 $32 $44 $32 $65 $43
               
Life expectancy, both sexes   34.2 41.4 49.1 54.1 57.9 41  
Population living on less than $2/day 1985-2002 74.5% NA NA 82.9% 78.5% 50.4%  
Meat Consumption: Per capita 2002              
Units: Kilograms per person   71.1 28.6 13 26 78.7 49.9  
               
 GDP: Percent from agriculture 2002 52.6% NA 24.2% 25.8% 36.0% 26.2%  
 Arable land 2002              
Units: Thousand hectares   535 380 900 250 4181 3100  
hectares per capita   0.10 0.11 0.10 0.17 0.20 0.18  
               
Livestock: Chicken stocks 1998              
Units: Thousand head   6000 3500 8700 740 13300 31059  
Units Per Capita   1.2 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 1.8  
Livestock: Swine stocks 1998              
Units: Thousand head   50 120 53 14 395 271.1 903.1
Units Per Capita   0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02
               
Grain fed to livestock as a percent of total grain consumed 2003-2004 0 NA NA 0 3.2 1.9  
Fertilizer consumption 2001              
Units: Thousand metric tons   0.03 NA 3.2 0.8 31 68.7  
Units Per hectacre of Arable Land   0.06   3.56 3.20 7.41 22.16  
  Date Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea Gambia Ghana  Abidjan-Code'Voire Total

 

 

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