Policy response rate in Africa amidst COVID-19 2020, by policy type

As of 2020, 167 countries in the world responded to the coronavirus pandemic by drawing policies. In Africa, 88 percent of the countries adopted fiscal and monetary policies, which was the highest share compared to other policies adopted in the region. Moreover, 40 percent of the countries adopting policies in the region took measures concerning jobs and training to better approach the pandemic situation. Furthermore, in the region, only four percent of the policy-adopting countries touched on restarting tourism. Overall, the source demonstrates that fiscal and monetary policies were the most popular across all regions of the world.

截至2020年，全球共有167个国家针对新冠疫情采取了相应的政策措施。在非洲地区，88%的国家实施了财政和货币政策，这一比例相较于该区域采取的其他政策而言，占据了最高份额。此外，区域内有40%的国家在政策实施中采取了关于就业与培训的措施，以更好地应对疫情状况。进一步而言，在该区域内，仅有4%的政策实施国家涉及到了旅游业重启的问题。总体而言，该来源表明，财政和货币政策在全球各地区的实施中最为普遍。