Are there Hindus in Africa?

[callahan]

Hindus have always been in Asian continent by large but now due to migrations to developed countries they are spread around the world in majority of developed nations now what about Africa Are there Hindus in Africa? since its not a developed nation and of what I know their currency value also might be lower than that of India and sub-continent.

 

[jitendra05]

Yes, Hindus are spread to Africa also. Hinduism is practiced in various part of Africa, started primarily from KwaZulu-Natal . Studies and reports claim that about 1.1% of total population of Africa belongs to Hindu community. Actually, Hindus was 1.4% of South Africa's population in 1996 and then decreased to 1.22% in 2001.