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Best countries for geomaxxing in Africa

The same ranking, cut to Africa: men per 100 women aged 20–39 from national census counts, beside local mean height, BMI and average net salary. 13 of 103 live markets sit here, from 85.7 in Uganda, 103.5 in Egypt.

The median across these 13 is 97.1, against 101.9 across all 103 live markets. What a market prices, and what your own gap from it means, is on the full ranking; this page is that same table, narrowed to one continent.

13 African countries, sorted your way

Click any column to sort. Opens on the sex ratio, fewest men first.

Uganda85.75′6″ 169 cm · −3.2″23.1 −4.6$1921
Zimbabwe90.75′7″ 171 cm · −2.4″24.3 −3.4$3005
Zambia92.95′6″ 168 cm · −3.7″23.0 −4.7$4642
Kenya935′7″ 170 cm · −2.5″24.0 −3.7$4333
Ghana94.85′7″ 170 cm · −2.6″24.6 −3.1$1751
Morocco96.55′9″ 176 cm · −0.2″25.7 −2.0$5148
Senegal97.15′9″ 176 cm · −0.3″22.9 −4.8$2,2972
Rwanda97.45′5″ 166 cm · −4.3″23.2 −4.5$2781
South Africa98.95′7″ 170 cm · −2.9″28.1 +0.4$1,4517
Tanzania99.85′6″ 167 cm · −3.9″23.7 −4.0$2793
Ethiopia100.15′6″ 169 cm · −3.2″20.9 −6.8$2172
Nigeria101.35′8″ 172 cm · −2.1″23.3 −4.4$1432
Egypt103.55′9″ 175 cm · −0.9″29.9 +2.2$1384

The mean man is 5′5″ in Rwanda and 5′9″ in Morocco; the US mean is 5′10″.

Ratio: national census age-by-sex counts, 20–39 band. Height: NCD-RisC mean at age 19, 13 of 13 countries. BMI: NCD-RisC 2016, women, re-weighted to 20–39, 13 of 13 countries. Salary: Numbeo average net pay after tax, the median across the cities we price in 13 of 13 countries. Full method. Data updated August 6, 2026.