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Table 1 Sub-Saharan African countries experiencing war and their socio-economic and political indices in zones

From: Hunger influenced life expectancy in war-torn Sub-Saharan African countries

S/N

SSA region

Country

NPU (million)a

CPI 2013b

GHI 2014c

POP (million)d

GFSI 2013e

LE at birth (years)d

Male

Female

1

West Africa

Cote d’Ivoire

3.0

27

15.7

21.1

39.5

49

51

2

Guinea

2.1

24

14.3

11.8

32

55

56

3

Mali

1.1*

28

13.0

15.5

26.8

52

56

4

Nigeria

11.2

25

14.7

150

33

51

52

5

Senegal

2.4

41

14.4

13.5

34.5

62

65

6

Sierra Leone

1.6

30

22.5

6.2

29.0

45

45

7

Togo

1.0

29

13.9

6.2

22.7

55

57

8

East Africa

Ethiopia

3.9

33

24.4

89.2

31.2

61

64

9

Kenya

10.8

27

16.5

44.2

36.4

59

62

10

Rwanda

4.0

53

15.6

11.1

29.3

61

65

11

Uganda

9.7

26

21.5

36.9

38.3

57

59

12

Central Africa

Angola

3.9

23

17.4

21.6

31.8

50

53

13

Chad

4.5

19

24.9

12.2

22.1

49

51

14

Northern Africa

Sudan

11.4**

11

26.0

34.2

25 ± .2

60

63

Mean

5.0 ± 3.9

28.3 ± 9.8

18.2 ± 4.6

33.8 ± 39.9

30.8 ± 5.4

54.7 ± 5.5

57.1 ± 6.2

  1. aFAO, 2014
  2. bTransparency International, 2013
  3. cIFPRI, 2014
  4. dPopulation Reference Bureau, 2013
  5. eThe Economic Intelligent Unit Limited, 2013
  6. *2005–2007 data
  7. **2009–2011 data