Prostitution in Africa

Prostitution in Africa - overview of the legality and practice of prostitution in Africa. Article “Prostitution in Africa” in English Wikipedia has 82.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 431 references and 64 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Prostitution in Africa” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Prostitution in Africa”, its content was written by 96 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 166 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 701 times in English Wikipedia and cited 773 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #24886 in September 2014
• Global: #54965 in February 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #72777 in March 2012
• Global: #133233 in March 2012

There are 7 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Prostitution in Africa		82.8571
2	French (fr) Prostitution en Afrique		82.1053
3	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na África		81.8182
4	Italian (it) Prostituzione in Africa		57.7732
5	Uzbek (uz) Afrikada fohishabozlik		55.4796
6	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في إفريقيا		32.016
7	Croatian (hr) Prostitucija u Africi		2.6965

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Prostitution in Africa" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Prostitution in Africa		886 592
2	Italian (it) Prostituzione in Africa		69 275
3	French (fr) Prostitution en Afrique		54 817
4	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في إفريقيا		33 850
5	Croatian (hr) Prostitucija u Africi		3 892
6	Uzbek (uz) Afrikada fohishabozlik		1 607
7	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na África		578

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Prostitution in Africa" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Prostitution in Africa		5 188
2	French (fr) Prostitution en Afrique		1 698
3	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في إفريقيا		1 372
4	Italian (it) Prostituzione in Africa		306
5	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na África		305
6	Uzbek (uz) Afrikada fohishabozlik		52
7	Croatian (hr) Prostitucija u Africi		14

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Prostitution in Africa" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Prostitution in Africa		96
2	French (fr) Prostitution en Afrique		31
3	Italian (it) Prostituzione in Africa		26
4	Croatian (hr) Prostitucija u Africi		4
5	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na África		4
6	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في إفريقيا		3
7	Uzbek (uz) Afrikada fohishabozlik		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Prostitution in Africa" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Prostitution in Africa		2
2	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na África		1
3	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في إفريقيا		0
4	French (fr) Prostitution en Afrique		0
5	Croatian (hr) Prostitucija u Africi		0
6	Italian (it) Prostituzione in Africa		0
7	Uzbek (uz) Afrikada fohishabozlik		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Prostitution in Africa" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Prostitution in Africa		701
2	Italian (it) Prostituzione in Africa		51
3	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في إفريقيا		10
4	French (fr) Prostitution en Afrique		9
5	Croatian (hr) Prostitucija u Africi		1
6	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na África		1
7	Uzbek (uz) Afrikada fohishabozlik		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الدعارة في إفريقيا
en	English Prostitution in Africa
fr	French Prostitution en Afrique
hr	Croatian Prostitucija u Africi
it	Italian Prostituzione in Africa
pt	Portuguese Prostituição na África
uz	Uzbek Afrikada fohishabozlik

Best Rank

English: #72777 03.2012

Global: #133233 03.2012

Best Rank

English: #24886 09.2014

Global: #54965 02.2023

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