The metropolitan area of Lagos in Nigeria counted over 14 million middle-class people as of 2018. This was the highest number in Africa. Addis Ababa in Ethiopia followed with 2.7 million individuals belonging to the middle class. The middle-class population included people who had a disposable income of over 75 percent of their salary, were employed, had a business activity, or were in education, and had at least a secondary school degree.
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Ipsos. (February 1, 2018). Number of middle-class people in selected cities in Africa as of 2018 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254370/number-of-middle-class-people-in-selected-cities-in-africa/
Ipsos. "Number of middle-class people in selected cities in Africa as of 2018 (in millions)." Chart. February 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254370/number-of-middle-class-people-in-selected-cities-in-africa/
Ipsos. (2018). Number of middle-class people in selected cities in Africa as of 2018 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254370/number-of-middle-class-people-in-selected-cities-in-africa/
Ipsos. "Number of Middle-class People in Selected Cities in Africa as of 2018 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254370/number-of-middle-class-people-in-selected-cities-in-africa/
Ipsos, Number of middle-class people in selected cities in Africa as of 2018 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254370/number-of-middle-class-people-in-selected-cities-in-africa/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of middle-class people in selected cities in Africa as of 2018 (in millions) [Graph], Ipsos, February 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254370/number-of-middle-class-people-in-selected-cities-in-africa/