List of African countries by GDP

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

GDP (Nominal)

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 estimates presented here are calculated at market or government official exchange rates by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff. 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	GDP (Million USD) 2008	GDP (Million USD) 2009
	World	60,689,812	54,863,551
	Africa	1,518,911	1,276,928
1	South Africa	277,188	243,315
2	Nigeria	214,403	168,422
3	Egypt	162,164	188,059
4	Algeria	159,669	128,588
5	Libya	100,071	62,933
6	Morocco	86,394	84,646
7	Angola	83,384	65,911
8	Sudan	57,911	52,214
9	Tunisia	40,348	39,766
10	Kenya	30,236	29,771
11	Ethiopia	25,658	34,762
12	Côte d'Ivoire	23,508	22,011
13	Cameroon	23,243	20,380
14	Tanzania	20,721	21,836
15	Equatorial Guinea	18,525	10,413
16	Ghana	16,124	16,071
17	Uganda	14,529	16,026
18	Gabon	14,519	10,045
19	Zambia	14,323	12,992
20	Botswana	13,461	9,761
21	Senegal	13,350	12,510
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11,589	11,223
23	Republic of the Congo	10,774	7,742
24	Mozambique	9,654	10,224
25	Madagascar	9,254	8,560
26	Mali	8,783	8,388
27	Mauritius	8,738	9,096
28	Namibia	8,456	7,458
29	Chad	8,390	6,387
30	Burkina Faso	8,103	7,842
31	Benin	6,940	7,340
32	Niger	5,379	5,121
33	Guinea	4,542	4,498
34	Rwanda	4,459	4,949
35	Malawi	4,268	4,786
36	Mauritania	3,161	3,241
37	Togo	2,890	2,637
38	Swaziland	2,843	2,544
39	Central African Republic	1,997	1,892
40	Sierra Leone	1,955	2,105
41	Cape Verde	1,723	1,616
42	Lesotho	1,620	1,437
43	Eritrea	1,476	1,572
44	Burundi	1,097	1,378
45	Djibouti	982	1,089
46	Liberia	836	846
47	Seychelles	834	662
48	Gambia	808	725
49	Comoros	532	524
50	Guinea-Bissau	461	425
51	São Tomé and Príncipe	176	189
-	Western Sahara	N/A

GDP (Nominal) per capita

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

Rank	Country	GDP - per capita (USD) 2008	Esitmation of 2009
1	Libya	16,115	9,936
2	Equatorial Guinea	14,941	8,161
3	Seychelles	10,112	7,986
4	Gabon	9,987	6,810
5	Botswana	7,554	5,414
6	Mauritius	6,872	7,099
7	South Africa	5,693	4,943
8	Angola	4,961	3,807
9	Algeria	4,588	3,640
10	Namibia	4,135	3,617
11	Tunisia	3,907	3,812
12	Cape Verde	3,422	3,147
13	Republic of the Congo	2,952	2,061
14	Swaziland	2,781	2,479
15	Morocco	2,748	2,655
16	Egypt	2,161	2,456
17	Sudan	1,519	1,334
18	Nigeria	1,451	1,108
19	Djibouti	1,252	1,354
20	Cameroon	1,199	1,022
21	Zambia	1,150	1,019
22	Côte d'Ivoire	1,132	1,029
23	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,101	1,158
24	Senegal	1,066	975
25	Mauritania	1,042	1,043
26	Chad	862	640
27	Kenya	857	829
28	Benin	856	877
29	Comoros	816	787
30	Ghana	716	695
31	Lesotho	661	575
32	Mali	657	613
33	Burkina Faso	577	545
34	Tanzania	521	538
35	Gambia	496	433
36	Rwanda	465	505
37	Mozambique	465	483
38	Central African Republic	459	425
39	Madagascar	458	412
40	Uganda	453	482
41	Guinea	442	423
42	Togo	436	388
43	Niger	391	360
44	Sierra Leone	332	348
45	Ethiopia	324	427
46	Malawi	313	343
47	Eritrea	295	304
48	Guinea-Bissau	264	236
49	Liberia	212	204
50	Democratic Republic of the Congo	184	173
51	Burundi	138	169
-	Western Sahara	-	-

See also

Africa portal

• Economy of Africa
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of Arab Countries by GDP Nominal
• List of Asian countries by GDP
• List of European countries by GDP
• List of Latin American countries by GDP

Source

• Source: World Economic Outlook Database for April 2009