Cancer research outputs by individual African countries (2009–2020)
| Country | INT | FRAC | % int'l | Country | INT | FRAC | % int'l |
| Egypt | 11 387 | 7781 | 31.7 | Mozambique | 80 | 27.0 | 66.2 |
| South Africa | 3452 | 2206 | 36.1 | Mauritius | 61 | 25.4 | 58.4 |
| Tunisia | 1894 | 1505 | 20.5 | Mali | 66 | 25.1 | 62.0 |
| Morocco | 1610 | 1293 | 19.7 | Congo | 43 | 16.8 | 60.9 |
| Nigeria | 1486 | 997 | 32.9 | Benin | 39 | 13.1 | 66.4 |
| Algeria | 506 | 274 | 45.9 | Guinea | 19 | 10.2 | 46.2 |
| Ethiopia | 421 | 248 | 41.0 | Angola | 28 | 8.4 | 70.2 |
| Kenya | 578 | 233 | 59.6 | Gambia | 41 | 8.2 | 79.9 |
| Ghana | 452 | 213 | 52.9 | Namibia | 34 | 7.2 | 78.8 |
| Cameroon | 364 | 177 | 51.4 | Central African Republic | 15 | 6.4 | 57.6 |
| Uganda | 427 | 162 | 62.2 | Eritrea | 12 | 6.2 | 48.1 |
| Sudan | 314 | 153 | 51.3 | Mauritania | 8 | 5.5 | 31.2 |
| Tanzania | 306 | 125 | 59.2 | Liberia | 13 | 4.0 | 69.3 |
| Senegal | 200 | 114 | 42.9 | Sierra Leone | 12 | 3.6 | 70.3 |
| Malawi | 206 | 75.6 | 63.3 | Burundi | 11 | 3.4 | 69.4 |
| Libya | 188 | 66.6 | 64.6 | Somalia | 6 | 3.4 | 43.9 |
| Côte D'Ivoire | 113 | 62.0 | 45.2 | Swaziland | 8 | 2.0 | 74.5 |
| Zimbabwe | 130 | 54.4 | 58.1 | Cape Verde | 5 | 1.7 | 66.7 |
| Zambia | 121 | 48.4 | 60.0 | Chad | 5 | 1.3 | 73.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 103 | 46.7 | 54.6 | Lesotho | 2 | 1.0 | 49.4 |
| Botswana | 120 | 44.6 | 62.8 | Djibouti | 2 | 0.45 | 77.5 |
| Rwanda | 103 | 34.2 | 66.8 | Comoros | 2 | 0.34 | 82.9 |
| Togo | 54 | 33.8 | 37.3 | Seychelles | 5 | 0.28 | 94.5 |
| Madagascar | 70 | 32.7 | 53.3 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0.14 | 85.7 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66 | 31.1 | 52.9 | South Sudan | 1 | 0.05 | 94.7 |
North African countries shown in bold.
FR, fractional counts; INT, integer counts; % int'l, percentage with international contribution.