List of African countries by GDP (nominal)

This is a list of the countries in Africa in order of Nominal Gross domestic product (GDP).

GDP (Nominal)

Map of Africa by 2008 nominal GDP (billions USD):

  above 200

  100-200

  50-100

  20-50

  10-20

  5-10

  1-5

  below 1

This is a list of African countries sorted by their nominal gross domestic product (GDP), the marketvalue of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. The GDP dollar values presented here are calculated at market or government official exchange rates by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff. 2009, 2010, and some of 2008 values are estimates. GDP of Africa is 2.5% of the total GDP of the world in 2008, and to be estimated as 2.3% of the world GDP in 2009.

Rank	Country	2008 (billion USD)	2009 (billion USD)	2010 (billion USD)
	World	61,268.094	57,920.270	62,909.274
	Africa	1,561.807	1,476.179	1,730.072
1	South Africa	275.596	283.977	357.259
2	Egypt	162.435	188.608	218.466
3	Nigeria	207.116	168.846	216.803
4	Libya	170.228	139.763	160.270
5	Algeria	128.879	151.374	143.482
6	Angola	84.178	75.508	85.312
7	Morocco	88.888	93.239	99.232
8	Sudan	58.028	55.802	68.441
9	Tunisia	44.878	43.523	44.290
10	Kenya	30.031	29.394	32.163
11	Ghana	28.528	25.988	31.084
12	Ethiopia	26.642	32.249	29.717
13	Côte d'Ivoire	23.508	22.909	22.823
14	Tanzania	20.668	22.159	22.671
15	Cameroon	23.732	21.820	22.478
16	Uganda	14.440	15.804	17.011
17	Zambia	14.654	12.805	16.192
18	Equatorial Guinea	18.525	11.175	14.485
19	Botswana	13.461	10.808	14.030
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.595	11.108	13.125
21	Gabon	14.535	10.936	13.056
22	Senegal	13.350	12.610	12.877
23	Namibia	8.835	9.039	11.865
24	Republic of the Congo	10.774	8.632	11.530
25	Mozambique	9.897	9.654	9.893
26	Mauritius	8.738	9.156	9.729
27	Mali	8.774	8.757	9.268
28	Burkina Faso	8.116	7.780	8.781
29	Madagascar	9.463	8.974	8.345
30	Chad	8.400	6.974	7.848
31	Zimbabwe	4.416	5.836	7.474
32	Benin	6.712	6.401	6.649
33	Rwanda	4.459	5.011	5.622
34	Niger	5.382	5.323	5.577
35	Malawi	4.268	4.909	5.053
36	Guinea	4.517	4.436	4.633
37	Mauritania	3.161	3.241	3.799
38	Swaziland	2.840	2.929	3.553
39	Togo	2.890	2.771	3.194
40	Lesotho	1.618	1.624	2.127
41	Eritrea	1.479	1.694	2.117
42	Central African Republic	1.997	1.983	2.018
43	Sierra Leone	1.953	2.064	1.905
44	Cape Verde	1.744	1.755	1.651
45	Burundi	1.097	1.410	1.489
46	Djibouti	0.982	1.089	1.140
47	The Gambia	1.035	0.983	1.067
48	Liberia	0.850	0.868	0.974
49	Seychelles	0.822	0.656	0.936
50	Guinea-Bissau	0.461	0.438	0.837
51	Comoros	0.532	0.525	0.534
52	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.175	0.189	0.196

GDP (Nominal) per capita

Map of Africa by 2008 nominal GDP per capita (USD)

Countries by GDP per person, converted to US dollar through estimated IMF exchange rates.

Rank	Country	GDP - per capita (USD) 2008	Estimation of 2009
1	Libya	24,941	12,759
2	Equatorial Guinea	14,479	9,570
3	Gabon	9,998	7,414
4	Seychelles	9,640	7,683
5	Botswana	7,554	5,995
6	Mauritius	6,872	7,146
7	South Africa	5,685	5,635
8	Angola	5,054	4,027
9	Algeria	4,588	3,816
10	Namibia	4,278	4,341
11	Tunisia	3,995	3,794
12	Cape Verde	3,464	3,419
13	Republic of the Congo	2,952	2,298
14	Morocco	2,827	2,847
15	Swaziland	2,778	2,854
16	Egypt	2,162	2,450
17	Sudan	1,522	1,388
18	Nigeria	1,401	1,089
19	Djibouti	1,252	1,354
20	Zambia	1,248	1,027
21	Cameroon	1,224	1,095
22	Côte d'Ivoire	1,132	1,071
23	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,094	1,160
24	Senegal	1,066	984
25	Mauritania	1,042	1,044
26	Chad	863	699
27	Kenya	838	842
28	Benin	828	765
29	Comoros	816	788
30	Ghana	739	639
31	Lesotho	660	651
32	Mali	657	641
33	Burkina Faso	578	542
34	Tanzania	520	547
35	The Gambia	497	434
36	Mozambique	477	456
37	Madagascar	468	432
38	Rwanda	465	512
39	Central African Republic	459	446
40	Uganda	455	472
41	Guinea	439	418
42	Togo	436	408
43	Niger	391	375
44	Ethiopia	333	418
45	Sierra Leone	332	342
46	Malawi	313	352
47	Eritrea	295	328
48	Zimbabwe	268	303
49	Guinea-Bissau	264	244
50	Liberia	216	210
51	Democratic Republic of the Congo	185	171
52	Burundi	138	174

See also

• Economy of Africa

Source

• Source: World Economic Outlook Database for April 2011