African subregional estimates of the proportion of men reporting sex worker contacts in the last 12 months, using two definitions of commercial sex
| Sex in exchange for money gifts of favours | Paid someone for sex | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Mean | Surveys (n) | Median year | Median | Mean | Surveys (n) | Median year | |
| Western Africa | 8.9 | 8.9 | 7 | 1998 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 5 | 2003 |
| Central Africa | 13.6 | 15.2 | 3 | 1997 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 3 | 2004 |
| Eastern Africa | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2 | 1995 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 5 | 2000 |
| Southern Africa | 7.8 | 12.0 | 3 | 1995 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 5 | 2001 |