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Infrastructure and real estate in Africa

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Urban population (2025)

  1. Gabon: 92.1%
  2. Libya: 87.9%
  3. Cabo Verde: 77.6%
  4. Algeria: 75.8%
  5. Djibouti: 73%
  6. Equatorial Guinea: 71.6%
  7. Angola: 71.5%
  8. Tunisia: 70.7%
  9. São Tomé and Príncipe: 69.2%
  10. Botswana: 68%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Access to electricity (2024)

  1. Algeria: 100%
  2. Egypt: 100%
  3. Mauritius: 100%
  4. Morocco: 100%
  5. Seychelles: 100%
  6. Tunisia: 100%
  7. Cabo Verde: 98.4%
  8. Gabon: 95.1%
  9. Ghana: 91.9%
  10. Comoros: 91.7%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Industry (including construction), value added (2025)

  1. Libya: 73.2%
  2. Gabon: 47.2%
  3. Equatorial Guinea: 41.4%
  4. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 39.7%
  5. Zimbabwe: 37.1%
  6. Republic of the Congo: 35.6%
  7. Zambia: 35.3%
  8. Algeria: 34.8%
  9. Sudan: 33.6%
  10. Eswatini: 33.6%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators