Went Without a Cash Income (Afrobarometer)

Share who went without a cash income at least once in the past year. Afrobarometer Round 9, 2023.

Source: Afrobarometer (Round 9) Licence: Afrobarometer terms — public aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

Period: Round 9 (2021–2023). Method: Weighted by within-country weight (withinwt_ea); share giving the stated response.

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Avg (2023)
80.8%
single period
Improving
0
of 39 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
39
±0.5pp band

Went without a cash income at least once in the past year

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Went Without a Cash Income (Afrobarometer) — full ranking

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39 entities, 2023. Highest first.
#EntityWent without a cash income at least once in the past year
1🇲🇬 Madagascar98%
2🇳🇬 Nigeria95.7%
3🇹🇬 Togo95.4%
4🇨🇬 Congo-Brazzaville94.6%
5🇧🇯 Benin93.9%
6🇳🇪 Niger93.3%
7🇨🇲 Cameroon93.2%
8🇺🇬 Uganda93.2%
9🇲🇼 Malawi93.1%
10🇿🇼 Zimbabwe92.8%
11🇧🇫 Burkina Faso92.2%
12🇬🇳 Guinea92.2%
13🇰🇪 Kenya90.9%
14🇲🇷 Mauritania90.8%
15🇬🇦 Gabon90.2%
16🇿🇲 Zambia90.2%
17🇸🇳 Senegal90%
18🇸🇱 Sierra Leone87.8%
19🇪🇹 Ethiopia87.2%
20🇱🇸 Lesotho85.7%
21🇹🇿 Tanzania85.4%
22🇲🇱 Mali84.5%
23🇲🇿 Mozambique82.7%
24🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire82.2%
25🇦🇴 Angola81.3%
26🇱🇷 Liberia79.4%
27🇬🇲 Gambia79%
28🇬🇭 Ghana78.6%
29🇸🇿 Eswatini77.8%
30🇳🇦 Namibia77.3%
31🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe72.2%
32🇸🇩 Sudan69.6%
33🇧🇼 Botswana69%
34🇿🇦 South Africa65.4%
35🇨🇻 Cabo Verde62.9%
36🇹🇳 Tunisia57.3%
37🇲🇺 Mauritius45.9%
38🇲🇦 Morocco38.9%
39🇸🇨 Seychelles20%