List of African countries by GDP per capita
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This is a list of African countries by GDP per capita at Purchasing Power Parity. GDP (PPP) per capita data are in 2010 US Dollars.
2010 ranks are compared with (2005 figures in the brackets). Most important sectors of economy for each country is bolded. Source: CIA World Factbook.
GDP (PPP) per capita 2010; African/World rank 2010; (African/World rank 2005) Nation GDP by agriculture 2010 GDP by industry 2010 GDP by services 2010 Total GDP (PPP) 2010; African/World rank 2010; (African/World rank 2005) GDP real growth rate 2010
$ 36,600 001/028 (001/041)  Equatorial Guinea 02.2% 93.9% 03.8% $ 23,820,000,000 019/116 (021/113) minus 0.80%
$ 23,200 002/056 (003/057)  Seychelles 02.9% (2009) 30.8% (2009) 66.2% (2009) $ 2,053,000,000 048/185 (052/172) 6.20%
$ 14,500 003/080 (009/089)  Gabon 04.5% 62.7% 32.8% $ 22,480,000,000 021/120 (033/138) 5.70%
$ 14,000 004/082 (002/054)  Mauritius 04.8% 24.6% 70.5% $ 18,060,000,000 026/129 (026/120) 4.00%
$ 14,000 005/083 (005/063)  Libya 02.6% 63.8% 33.6% $ 90,570,000,000 009/074 (008/067) 4.20%
$ 14,000 006/084 (006/064)  Botswana 02.3% (2009) 45.8% (2009) 51.9% (2009) $ 28,490,000,000 017/110 (023/116) 8.60%
$ 10,700 007/104 (004/062)  South Africa 03.0% 31.2% 65.8% $ 524,000,000,000 001/026 (001/021) 2.80%
$ 9,400 008/114 (007/075)  Tunisia 10.6% 34.6% 54.8% $ 100,000,000,000 007/070 (007/062) 3.70%
$ 8,200 009/121 (015/129)  Angola 09.6% (2008) 65.8% (2008) 24.6% (2008) $ 107,300,000,000 006/068 (012/079) 1.60%
$ 7,300 010/128 (008/087)  Algeria 08.3% 61.5% 30.2% $ 251,100,000,000 004/049 (003/038) 3.30%
$ 6,900 011/132 (010/091)  Namibia 09.0% 32.7% 58.2% $ 14,600,000,000 030/138 (028/128) 4.40%
$ 6,200 012/138 (014/115)  Egypt 13.5% 37.9% 48.6% $ 497,800,000,000 002/027 (002/032) 5.10%
$ 4,800 013/151 (012/100)  Morocco 17.1% 31.6% 51.4% $ 151,400,000,000 005/058 (005/053) 3.20%
$ 4,500 014/154 (013/105)  Swaziland 08.6% 42.0% 49.4% $ 6,067,000,000 037/156 (038/148) 2.00%
$ 4,100 015/158 (033/167)  Republic of the Congo 04.4% 63.7% 32.0% $ 17,110,000,000 028/132 (043/156) 9.10%
$ 3,800 016/159 (011/093)  Cape Verde 09.0% 16.2% 74.8% $ 1,908,000,000 049/187 (047/161) 5.40%
$ 2,800 017/172 (024/151)  Djibouti 03.2% (2006) 14.9% (2006) 81.9% (2006) $ 2,105,000,000 047/184 (049/168) 4.60%
$ 2,500 018/175 (016/133)  Ghana 33.7% 24.7% 41.6% $ 61,970,000,000 012/086 (010/073) 5.70%
$ 2,500 019/178 (036/171)  Nigeria 31.9% 32.9% 35.2% $ 377,900,000,000 003/032 (004/046) 8.40%
$ 2,300 020/184 (020/140)  Cameroon 20.0% 30.9% 49.1% $ 44,330,000,000 014/095 (013/082) 3.00%
$ 2,300 021/185 (017/136)  Sudan 32.1% 29.0% 38.9% $ 100,000,000,000 008/071 (006/060) 5.10%
$ 2,100 022/188 (019/139)  Mauritania 12.5% (2008) 46.7% (2008) 40.7% (2008) $ 6,655,000,000 036/154 (037/146) 4.70%
$ 1,900 023/191 (022/148)  The Gambia 30.1% 16.3% 53.6% $ 3,494,000,000 043/170 (046/160) 5.70%
$ 1,900 024/192 (025/153)  Senegal 14.9% 21.4% 63.6% $ 23,880,000,000 018/114 (020/111) 4.20%
$ 1,800 025/194 (029/158)  São Tomé and Príncipe 14.7% 22.9% 62.4% $ 311,000,000 053/212 (053/187) 4.50%
$ 1,800 026/195 (031/162)  Côte d'Ivoire 28.2% 21.3% 50.6% $ 37,020,000,000 016/100 (016/097) 2.60%
$ 1,700 027/197 (021/142)  Lesotho 07.1% 34.6% 58.2% $ 3,303,000,000 046/173 (040/152) 2.40%
$ 1,600 028/198 (027/156)  Chad 50.5% 07.0% 42.5% $ 17,360,000,000 027/131 (027/125) 5.10%
$ 1,600 029/199 (039/174)  Kenya 22.0% 16.0% 62.0% $ 66,030,000,000 011/083 (015/088) 5.00%
$ 1,500 030/200 (038/173)  Benin 33.2% (2007) 14.5% (2007) 52.3% (2007) $ 13,990,000,000 031/139 (035/142) 2.50%
$ 1,500 031/201 (042/178)  Zambia 19.7% 33.7% 46.6% $ 20,040,000,000 023/124 (032/136) 7.60%
$ 1,400 032/202 (050/188)  Tanzania 42.0% 18.0% 40.0% $ 58,440,000,000 013/088 (018/099) 6.50%
$ 1,300 033/204 (026/155)  Uganda 23.6% 24.5% 51.9% $ 42,150,000,000 015/097 (011/075) 5.20%
$ 1,200 034/206 (035/170)  Burkina Faso 30.1% (2009) 20.7% (2009) 49.2% (2009) $ 19,990,000,000 024/126 (024/117) 5.80%
$ 1,200 035/208 (040/176)  Mali 45.0% (2001) 17.0% (2001) 38.0% (2001) $ 16,770,000,000 029/134 (029/129) 4.50%
$ 1,100 036/209 (032/164)  Rwanda 42.1% 14.3% 43.6% $ 12,160,000,000 033/142 (030/131) 6.50%
$ 1,100 037/210 (048/184)  Guinea-Bissau 62.0% (1999) 12.0% (1999) 26.0% (1999) $ 1,784,000,000 050/189 (050/169) 3.50%
$ 1,000 038/211 (034/169)  Mozambique 28.8% 26.0% 45.2% $ 21,810,000,000 022/122 (019/101) 7.00%
$ 1,000 039/212 (028/157)  Comoros 40.0% (2001) 04.0% (2001) 56.0% (2001) $ 800,000,000 052/205 (051/171) 2.10%
$ 1,000 040/213 (047/183)  Ethiopia 42.9% 13.7% 43.4% $ 86,120,000,000 010/076 (009/069) 8.00%
$ 1,000 041/214 (023/150)  Guinea 25.8% 45.7% 28.5% $ 10,810,000,000 035/150 (022/113) 1.90%
$ 900 042/216 (030/161)  Togo 47.4% (2009) 25.4% (2009) 27.2% (2009) $ 5,974,000,000 038/157 (034/140) 3.40%
$ 900 043/218 (043/179)  Madagascar 26.5% 16.7% 56.8% $ 19,410,000,000 025/127 (025/119) minus 2.00%
$ 900 044/219 (044/180)  Sierra Leone 49.0% (2005) 31.0% (2005) 21.0% (2005) $ 4,720,000,000 041/163 (041/153) 5.00%
$ 800 045/220 (053/191)  Malawi 33.4% 21.7% 44.9% $ 12,980,000,000 032/140 (036/145) 6.60%
$ 700 046/221 (037/172)  Central African Republic 55.0% (2001) 20.0% (2001) 25.0% (2001) $ 3,446,000,000 044/171 (042/154) 3.30%
$ 700 047/222 (046/182)  Niger 39.0% (2001) 17.0% (2001) 44.0% (2001) $ 11,050,000,000 034/147 (031/134) 7.50%
$ 600 048/223 (041/177)  Eritrea 11.8% 20.4% 67.7% $ 3,625,000,000 042/169 (045/158) 2.20%
$ 600 049/224 (052/190)  Somalia 65.0% (2005) 10.0% (2005) 25.0% (2005) $ 5,896,000,000 039/158 (044/157) 2.60%
$ 500 050/225 (018/138)  Zimbabwe 19.5% 24.0% 56.5% $ 5,457,000,000 040/159 (017/098) 9.00%
$ 500 051/226 (045/181)  Liberia 76.9% (2002) 05.4% (2002) 17.7% (2002) $ 1,691,000,000 051/190 (048/163) 5.10%
$ 300 052/227 (051/189)  Democratic Republic of the Congo 37.4% (2008) 26.0% (2008) 36.6% (2008) $ 23,120,000,000 020/119 (014/083) 7.20%
$ 300 053/228 (049/186)  Burundi 31.6% 21.4% 47.0% $ 3,397,000,000 045/172 (039/149) 3.90%


This is a list of African countries by GDP per capita at Purchasing Power Parity. All figures are in 2005 International Dollars.
African rank World rank Nation GDP per capita Total GDP world rank
1 41 Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...

$16,507 113
2 54 Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

$13,029 120
3 57 Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

$12,135 172
4 62 South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

$11,035 21
5 63 Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

$11,354 67
6 64 Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

$10,866 116
7 75 Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

$8,223 62
8 87 Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

$7,095 38
9 89 Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

$6,977 138
10 91 Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

$6,658 128
11 93 Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

$6,287 161
12 100 Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

$5,765 53
13 105 Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

$5,181 148
14 115 Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

$4,282 32
15 129 Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

$2,829 79
16 133 Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

$2,601 73
17 136 Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

$2,417 60
18 138 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

$2,413 98
19 139 Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

$2,307 146
20 140 Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

$2,284 82
21 142 Lesotho
Lesotho
Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

$2,163 152
22 148 The Gambia
The Gambia
The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....

$1,999 160
23 150 Guinea
Guinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

$1,986 113
24 151 Djibouti
Djibouti
Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

$1,957 168
25 153 Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

$1,914 111
26 155 Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

$1,817 75
27 156 Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

$1,744 125
28 157 Comoros
Comoros
The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...

$1,717 171
29 158 São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...

$1,638 187
30 161 Togo
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

$1,600 140
31 162 Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

$1,475 97
32 164 Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

$1,431 131
33 167 Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...

$1,379 156
34 169 Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

$1,335 101
35 170 Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

$1,326 117
36 171 Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

$1,188 46
37 172 Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

$1,163 154
38 173 Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

$1,147 142
39 174 Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

$1,125 88
40 176 Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

$1,084 129
41 177 Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

$917 158
42 178 Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

$911 136
43 179 Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

$911 119
44 180 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

$901 153
45 181 Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...

$900 163
46 182 Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

$896 134
47 183 Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

$859 69
48 184 Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....

$856 169
49 186 Burundi
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

$753 149
50 188 Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

$720 99
51 189 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

$675 83
52 190 Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

$600 157
53 191 Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

$596 145


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