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 values 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 est. (billion USD)
	World	60,917.477	57,228.373
	Africa	1,282.373	1,184.891
1	South Africa	276.764	277.379
2	Egypt	262.617	187.956
3	Nigeria	207.116	165.437
4	Algeria	159.669	134.797
5	Morocco	88.879	90.775
6	Angola	84.945	69.708
7	Libya	59.688	60.159
8	Sudan	58.029	54.294
9	Tunisia	40.843	39.573
10	Kenya	29.564	30.212
11	Ethiopia	26.393	33.920
12	Cameroon	23.732	21.820
13	Côte d'Ivoire	23.508	22.909
14	Tanzania	20.668	22.159
15	Equatorial Guinea	18.525	11.175
16	Ghana	16.654	14.761
17	Zambia	14.654	13.000
18	Uganda	14.565	15.658
19	Gabon	14.535	10.936
20	Botswana	13.461	10.808
21	Senegal	13.350	12.610
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.629	11.104
23	Republic of the Congo	10.774	8.632
24	Mozambique	9.897	9.654
25	Madagascar	9.463	8.974
26	Mali	8.774	8.757
27	Mauritius	8.738	9.156
28	Namibia	8.835	9.039
29	Chad	8.400	6.974
30	Burkina Faso	8.116	7.780
31	Benin	6.712	6.401
32	Niger	5.382	5.323
33	Guinea	4.517	4.436
34	Rwanda	4.459	5.011
35	Malawi	4.268	4.909
36	Mauritania	3.161	3.241
37	Zimbabwe	3.145	3.556
38	Togo	2.890	2.771
39	Swaziland	2.840	2.929
40	Central African Republic	1.997	1.983
41	Sierra Leone	1.953	2.064
42	Cape Verde	1.744	1.755
43	Lesotho	1.618	1.624
44	Eritrea	1.479	1.694
45	Burundi	1.097	1.410
46	Djibouti	0.982	1.089
47	Liberia	0.850	0.868
48	Seychelles	0.822	0.656
49	The Gambia	0.810	0.726
50	Comoros	0.532	0.525
51	Guinea-Bissau	0.461	0.438
52	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.175	0.189

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	Equatorial Guinea	14,941	8,759
2	Libya	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