List of African countries by GDP (nominal)

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries in Africa are sorted according to data from the International Monetary Fund. The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency.[1] Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population.[2]

Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than nominal GDP.[3] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.[4]

Map of Africa by 2024 nominal GDP (billions USD):
  >300
  100–200
  50–100
  20–50
  10–20
  5–10
  1–5
  <1

[[File:Map of Africa by 2020 nominal GDP per capita (USD).svg|alt=|thumb|Map of Africa by 2020 nominal GDP per capita (USD)]] The 2023 estimates are as follows:[5]

GDP (Nominal) of Africa 2023

  IVORY Coast (6.5%)
  Angola (6.1%)
  South Africa (4.9%)
  Kenya (4.2%)
  Ethiopia (6.2%)
  Morocco (3.5%)
  Kenya (4.2%)
  Angola (6.1%)
  Tanzania (5.6%)
  Ivory Coast (6.5%)
  Other Countries (%)
Rank Country Nominal GDP
(Billion US$)[5]
Per Capita
(US$)[5]
1  South Africa 405.906 6,190.742
2  Nigeria 398.002 1,755.326
3  Egypt 395.397 3,770.133
4  Algeria 224.107 4,874.706
5  Ethiopia 155.804 1,473.360
6  Kenya 152.749 2,187.648
7  Morocco 147.343 3,979.871
8  Angola 93.796 2,550.001
9  Tanzania 84.033 1,326.634
10  Ivory Coast 79.430 2,728.079
11  Ghana 76.628 2,328.970
12  Democratic Republic of the Congo 67.512 675.477
13  Uganda 52.390 1,163.034
14  Tunisia 51.271 4,190.603
15  Cameroon 49.262 1,721.954
16  Libya 40.194 5,872.222
17  Zimbabwe 32.424 2,005.875
18  Senegal 31.141 1,714.653
19  Zambia 29.536 1,435.890
20  Sudan 25.569 533.845
21  Guinea 23.205 1,542.757
22  Mozambique 21.936 647.135
23  Mali 21.309 912.643
24  Burkina Faso 20.785 888.029
25  Botswana 20.756 7,758.371
26  Benin 19.940 1,449.112
27´  Gabon 19.319 8,831.823
28´  Niger 17.073 630.800
29´  Madagascar 15.763 529.560
30*  Mauritius 14.819 11,751.506
31´ Republic of the Congo Republic of Congo 14.407 2,857.614
32  Rwanda 13.927 1,031.692
33  Malawi 13.176 579.701
34  Namibia 12.647 4,785.679
35  Chad 12.596 702.845
36´  Somalia 11.515 717.406
37  Mauritania 10.357 2,337.914
38’  Equatorial Guinea 10.041 6,502.187
39´  Togo 9.111 1,004.466
40´  South Sudan 6.267 417.438
41  Liberia 4.347 800.213
42´  Djibouti 3.873 3,761.241
43  Sierra Leone 3.519 414.962
44*  Burundi 3.190 245.811
45´  Central African Republic 2.760 539.240
45*  Cape Verde 2.598 4,502.784
46´  The Gambia 2.388 903.293
47*  Seychelles 2.085 20,889.545
48´  Guinea-Bissau 1.991 1,028.223
49´  Eritrea 1.982 (2019)[6] 566.731 (2019)[6]
51*  Comoros 1.364 1,377.022
-- Total 2,869.235 2,029.242
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  6. ^ a b "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". IMF. Retrieved 12 October 2023.