Western Africa

Median age

Total

Male

Female

Obesity

Pre. Rate %

Mother’s mean

age at first birth

Maternal Mortality

Rates per 100,000

Contraceptive

Preve. Use %

Benin

17

16.4

17.6

9.6

20.4 (2017/18 est.)

397

15.5 (2017/18)

Burkina Faso

17.9

17

18.7

5.6

19.4 (2010 est.)

320

31.7 (2017/18)

Cabo Verde

26.8

25.9

27.6

11.8

..

..

Cote d’Ivoire

20.3

20.3

20.3

10.3

19.8 (2011/12 est.)

617

23.3 (2018)

Gambia

21.8

21.5

22.2

10.3

20.9 (2013 est.)

597

9 (2013)

Ghana

21.4

21

21.9

10.9

22.3 (2017 est.)

308

30.8 (2017)

Guinea

19.1

18.9

19.4

7.7

19.5 (2018 est.)

576

8.7 (2016)

Guinea-Bissau

18

17.4

18.6

9.5

..

667

16 (2014)

Liberia

18

17.7

18.2

9.9

19.2 (2013 est.)

661

31.2 (2016)

Mali

16

15.3

16.7

8.6

18.9 (2018 est.)

562

15.6 (2015)

Mauritania

21

20.1

22

12.7

..

766

17.8 (2015)

Niger

14.8

14.5

15.1

5.5

18.1 (2012 est.)

509

11 (2018)

Nigeria

18.6

18.4

18.9

8.9

20.3 (2013 est.)

917

27.6 (2018)

Saint Helena

43.2

43.2

43.3

..

..

..

Senegal

19.4

18.5

20.3

8.8

21.9 (2017 est.)

315

27.8 (2017)

Sierra Leone

19.1

18.5

19.7

8.7

19.2 (2013 est.)

1120

22.5 (2017)

Togo

20

19.7

20.3

8.4

21 (2013/14 est.)

396

19.9 (2013/14)

Average

581.9