Core Diamond Mining Areas
Sub-Saharan AfricaEconomicCore area of diamond mining in Sub-Saharan Africa
Info-DiamondA map highlights core diamond mining areas marked in blue. The main regions are located in Southern Africa, specifically in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Core Diamond Mining Areas | Class | Rank | Millions of U.S. dollars | Dense settlements | Pastoral villages | Remote rangelands | Residential rangelands | Populated rangelands | Residential rainfed croplands | Rice villages | Seminatural lands | Remote croplands | Irrigated villages | Wildlands | Rainfed villages | Residential irrigated croplands | Populated croplands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42.3% | 1.86% | 20.3% | 2.39% | 78.2% | 3.09% | 11.3% | 20.7% | |||||||||||
| 21.8% | 1.06% | 5.79% | 8.12% | 56.5% | 7.91% | 1.94% | 26.6% | 3.37% | 1.29% | |||||||||
| 48.1% | 13.6% | 23.4% | 8.16% | 15.9% | 5.49% | 5.85% | 3.48% | 13.3% | ||||||||||
| 6.83% | 28.9% | 8.52% | 18.6% | 7.32% | 8.74% | 18.7% | 1.26% | 6.57% | 4.36% | 7.02% | 1.54% | 1.16% | ||||||
| 1.50% | 10.4% | 8.24% | 2.34% | 5.97% | 8.86% | 4.91% | 75.5% | 2.99% | 18.9% | 5.27% | ||||||||
| 3.62% | 4.78% | 16.9% | 13.4% | 6.51% | 55.6% | 25.9% | 2.39% | 14.1% | 24.8% | 9.85% | 5.11% | 12.6% | ||||||
| 1.03% | 3.58% | 16.3% | 12.7% | 20.0% | 5.26% | 25.9% | 2.26% | 1.50% | 20.4% | 9.83% | 5.03% | 6.03% | ||||||
| 47.1% | 3.63% | 2.09% | 4.40% | 15.9% | 41.1% | 9.67% | 8.54% | 99.1% | ||||||||||
| 2.31% | 18.7% | 8.51% | 6.44% | 8.25% | 9.02% | 4.83% | 62.3% | 1.57% | 1.57% | 6.00% | ||||||||
| 15.9% | 7.75% | 9.29% | 38.3% | 25.0% | 13.5% | 21.3% | ||||||||||||
| 2.84% | 2.10% | 19.8% | 16.5% | 50.0% | 1.79% | 10.7% | 8.00% | 4.35% | 3.73% | |||||||||
| 7.23% | 18.6% | 8.98% | 10.1% | 15.2% | 10.2% | 3.06% | 56.9% | 3.64% | 3.38% | 7.87% | ||||||||
| 35.2% | 2.60% | 1.82% | 17.1% | 19.3% | 24.5% | 13.5% | 28.0% | 2.09% | 27.7% | 15.8% | 4.81% | |||||||
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