| Western Africa | Population (2017 est.) | GDP (PPP) US$ Billion (2017 est.) | GDP per capita US$ (2017 est.) | School life expectancy | Male | Female | Literacy rate 15 & over % | Male | Female | Education expenditures% of GDP | Urban population % (2020) | Urbanization rate % (2015-2020) |
| Benin | 11,612,983 | 25.39 | 2300 | 13 (2016) | 14 | 11 | 42.4 (2018) | 54 | 31.1 | 4 (2016) | 48.4 | 3.89 |
| Burkina Faso | 19,199,732 | 35.85 | 1900 | 9 (2017) | 9 | 9 | 41.2 (2018) | 50.1 | 32.7 | 4.2 (2015) | 30.6 | 4.99 |
| Cabo Verde | 560,899 | 3.777 | 7000 | 12 (2017) | 12 | 12 | 86.8 (2015) | 91.7 | 82 | 5.2 (2017) | 66.7 | 1.97 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 25,659,816 | 97.16 | 3900 | 10 (2016) | 11 | 9 | 47.2 (2018) | 53.7 | 40.5 | 5.1 (2017) | 51.7 | 3.38 |
| Gambia | 2,051,363 | 5.556 | 2600 | 9 (2010) | 9 | 9 | 50.8 (2015) | 61.8 | 41.6 | 2.1 (2016) | 62.6 | 4.07 |
| Ghana | 27,499,924 | 134 | 4700 | 12 (2017) | 12 | 11 | 76.6 (2015) | 82 | 71.4 | 3.6 (2017) | 57.3 | 3.34 |
| Guinea | 11,534,306 | 27.97 | 2200 | 9 (2014) | 10 | 8 | 30.4 (2015) | 38.1 | 22.8 | 2.2 (2017) | 36.5 | 3.54 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,788,610 | 3.171 | 1900 | .. | .. | .. | 59.9 (2015) | 71.8 | 48.3 | 2.1 (2013) | 44.2 | 3.41 |
| Liberia | 4,689,021 | 6.112 | 1300 | .. | .. | .. | 48.3 (2017) | 62.7 | 34.1 | 3.8 (2017) | 52.1 | 3.41 |
| Mali | 17,885,245 | 41.22 | 2200 | 7 (2015) | 8 | 7 | 35.5 (2018) | 46.2 | 25.7 | 3.1 (2016) | 43.9 | 4.86 |
| Mauritania | 3,758,571 | 17.28 | 4500 | 8 (2017) | 8 | 8 | 53.5 (2017) | 63.7 | 43.4 | 2.6 (2016) | 55.3 | 4.28 |
| Niger | 20,391,729 | 21.86 | 1200 | 6 (2017) | 7 | 6 | 19.1 (2015) | 27.3 | 11 | 3.5 (2017) | 16.6 | 4.27 |