Aridity Zones in Africa
Designer: Delphine Digout, UNEP/GRID-Arendal;
Source of Data and Graphics: [3]

Forty percent of Africa's population live in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas. Climate changes may lead to an increase of arid zones that are susceptible to drought.

This graphic shows the locations of humid, moist sub-humid, dry sub-humid, semi-arid, arid and hyper-arid areas in Africa.