Africa experienced seven accidents in 2025. The all-accident rate improved from 12.13 per million sectors in 2024 to 7.86 in 2025, which is below the five-year average of 9.37.

Africa (AFI) recorded the highest accident rate of any region. The fatality risk increased from zero in 2024 to 2.19 in 2025. The most common accident types in 2025 were runway excursions and ‘other end state’. A review of ‘other end state’ cases (where precise categorization cannot be made for various reasons including insufficient information) since 2018 shows that the AFI region accounts for the majority of these events, underscoring the need for improved compliance with state investigation obligations.

Of accidents involving AFI-based operators, 71% involved turboprop aircraft.

Key points:

During 2025 Africa, which accounted for seven accidents:

• saw an improved all-accident rate, coming down from 12.13 per million sectors in 2024 to 7.86 in 2025
• this was below the five-year average of 9.37 for Africa.
• However, Africa (AFI) recorded the highest accident rate of any region.
• with the fatality risk increased from zero in 2024 to 2.19 in 2025.

By comparison, worldwide there were:

• 51 accidents among the 38.7 million flights undertaken
• of which 8 involved fatalities.
• with 394 onboard fatalities vs 244 in 2024 and the 198 over the 2021-25 five-year average

 The worldwide all-accident rate

• reduced to 1.32 per million sectors, i.e. one accident for every 759,646 flights from 1.42 in 2024
• but still above the 2021-25 five-year average of 1.27