Russia is the volume leader with 37.3M carats, nearly 1.5× Botswana’s 25.1M carats.
Botswana punches above its weight: though producing 33% fewer carats than Russia, its output value almost matches Russia's due to higher value per carat price.
Eight of the top 10 producers are African (Botswana, Angola, DR Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Lesotho).
Low-volume producers like Namibia (2.4M ct → $1.2B) highlight how smaller deposits can yield high-value diamonds.
Gabon imposes Africa’s highest international air travel tax at $297.70, followed closely by Sierra Leone at $294 and Nigeria at $180.
Libya charges the lowest air travel tax among the listed African countries at just $1.30, with other low-cost countries including Malawi ($5.00), Lesotho ($5.70), and Algeria ($9.80).
All of the 10 most expensive countries charge over $100 in departure taxes, suggesting a trend of high levies among a subset of African nations.
The gap between the highest and lowest air travel taxes in Africa exceeds $296, revealing significant disparities in passenger costs across the continent.
Mozambique has the fewest individuals requiring support from the United Nations.
The UN plans to help 3.6 million of the 7.8 million people in Nigeria who require assistance.
Sudan is the only Northern African country recorded by the UN as having people in need.
In East and Southern Africa, the countries with the highest and lowest numbers of individuals in need are Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, respectively.
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger have the highest and lowest number of individuals needing assistance, respectively, in West and Central Africa.
Most countries can only target 50-70% of their populations in need.
Sudan has the greatest humanitarian requirements, with 30.44 million people affected, and it is projected that only 69% will receive help, leaving 10 million individuals unsupported.
Myanmar exhibits the largest gap, with over 19.9 million people in need and only 5.5 million targeted for assistance.
The situation in Ukraine leaves nearly 7 million individuals without adequate assistance while targeting approximately 6 million individuals.
Sudan is the highest recipient of UN humanitarian aid among African nations in need of humanitarian support and the only North African country receiving such assistance.
Nigeria is among the top nine African nations that will each receive humanitarian aid worth more than $700 million.
Zambia and Malawi will receive humanitarian support of less than $100 million each.
Six countries among the African countries facing humanitarian crises are to receive UN support worth more than $1 billion each.
