List of African countries by GDP
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This is a list of the countries
in Africa
in order of Nominal Gross domestic product
(GDP).
(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 rate
s 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.
Country
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in Africa
Africa
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in order of Nominal Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....
(GDP).
GDP (Nominal)
This is a list of African countries sorted by their nominal gross domestic productGross domestic product
Gross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....
(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 rate
Exchange rate
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s by the International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
(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 | 275.596 | 283.977 | 357.259 | |
2 | 162.435 | 188.608 | 218.466 | |
3 | 207.116 | 168.846 | 216.803 | |
4 | 170.228 | 139.763 | 160.270 | |
5 | 88.879 | 91.374 | 103.482 | |
6 | 84.178 | 75.508 | 85.312 | |
7 | 88.888 | 60.239 | 74.232 | |
8 | 58.028 | 55.802 | 68.441 | |
9 | 44.878 | 43.523 | 44.290 | |
10 | 30.031 | 29.394 | 32.163 | |
11 | 28.528 | 25.988 | 31.084 | |
12 | 26.642 | 32.249 | 29.717 | |
13 | 23.508 | 22.909 | 22.823 | |
14 | 20.668 | 22.159 | 22.671 | |
15 | 23.732 | 21.820 | 22.478 | |
16 | 14.440 | 15.804 | 17.011 | |
17 | 14.654 | 12.805 | 16.192 | |
18 | 18.525 | 11.175 | 14.485 | |
19 | 13.461 | 10.808 | 14.030 | |
20 | 11.595 | 11.108 | 13.125 | |
21 | 14.535 | 10.936 | 13.056 | |
22 | 13.350 | 12.610 | 12.877 | |
23 | 8.835 | 9.039 | 11.865 | |
24 | 10.774 | 8.632 | 11.530 | |
25 | 9.897 | 9.654 | 9.893 | |
26 | 8.738 | 9.156 | 9.729 | |
27 | 8.774 | 8.757 | 9.268 | |
28 | 8.116 | 7.780 | 8.781 | |
29 | 9.463 | 8.974 | 8.345 | |
30 | 8.400 | 6.974 | 7.848 | |
31 | 4.416 | 5.836 | 7.474 | |
32 | 6.712 | 6.401 | 6.649 | |
33 | 4.459 | 5.011 | 5.622 | |
34 | 5.382 | 5.323 | 5.577 | |
35 | 4.268 | 4.909 | 5.053 | |
36 | 4.517 | 4.436 | 4.633 | |
37 | 3.161 | 3.241 | 3.799 | |
38 | 2.840 | 2.929 | 3.553 | |
39 | 2.890 | 2.771 | 3.194 | |
40 | 1.618 | 1.624 | 2.127 | |
41 | 1.479 | 1.694 | 2.117 | |
42 | 1.997 | 1.983 | 2.018 | |
43 | 1.953 | 2.064 | 1.905 | |
44 | 1.744 | 1.755 | 1.651 | |
45 | 1.097 | 1.410 | 1.489 | |
46 | 0.982 | 1.089 | 1.140 | |
47 | The Gambia | 1.035 | 0.983 | 1.067 |
48 | 0.850 | 0.868 | 0.974 | |
49 | 0.822 | 0.656 | 0.936 | |
50 | 0.461 | 0.438 | 0.837 | |
51 | 0.532 | 0.525 | 0.534 | |
52 | 0.175 | 0.189 | 0.196 |
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 | Estimation of 2009 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 14,941 | 8,759 | |
2 | 14,479 | 9,570 | |
3 | 9,998 | 7,414 | |
4 | 9,640 | 7,683 | |
5 | 7,554 | 5,995 | |
6 | 6,872 | 7,146 | |
7 | 5,685 | 5,635 | |
8 | 5,054 | 4,027 | |
9 | 4,588 | 3,816 | |
10 | 4,278 | 4,341 | |
11 | 3,995 | 3,794 | |
12 | 3,464 | 3,419 | |
13 | 2,952 | 2,298 | |
14 | 2,827 | 2,847 | |
15 | 2,778 | 2,854 | |
16 | 2,162 | 2,450 | |
17 | 1,522 | 1,388 | |
18 | 1,401 | 1,089 | |
19 | 1,252 | 1,354 | |
20 | 1,248 | 1,027 | |
21 | 1,224 | 1,095 | |
22 | 1,132 | 1,071 | |
23 | 1,094 | 1,160 | |
24 | 1,066 | 984 | |
25 | 1,042 | 1,044 | |
26 | 863 | 699 | |
27 | 838 | 842 | |
28 | 828 | 765 | |
29 | 816 | 788 | |
30 | 739 | 639 | |
31 | 660 | 651 | |
32 | 657 | 641 | |
33 | 578 | 542 | |
34 | 520 | 547 | |
35 | The Gambia | 497 | 434 |
36 | 477 | 456 | |
37 | 468 | 432 | |
38 | 465 | 512 | |
39 | 459 | 446 | |
40 | 455 | 472 | |
41 | 439 | 418 | |
42 | 436 | 408 | |
43 | 391 | 375 | |
44 | 333 | 418 | |
45 | 332 | 342 | |
46 | 313 | 352 | |
47 | 295 | 328 | |
48 | 268 | 303 | |
49 | 264 | 244 | |
50 | 216 | 210 | |
51 | 185 | 171 | |
52 | 138 | 174 |