Appendix D: Sub-Saharan African countries and territories

The following list of countries and territories were used in the analysis as representing the sub-Saharan African region.

Sub-Saharan Africa in this report includes Sudan but does not include Reunion (considered part of France). This differs from previous Pew Research Center reports featuring analyses of sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition to the countries listed above, the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2015 American Community Survey’s other grouped categories such as Western Africa, Eastern Africa and Africa were also considered part of sub-Saharan Africa. Countries known by their earlier names such as Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) were included as sub-Saharan Africa.

Eurostat defines “Other Africa” in the Labor Force Survey to be this list of countries outside of North Africa. These countries are largely similar to the list above.