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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.^[5]

Map of Africa by 2020 nominal GDP (billions USD):

  >200

  100–200

  50–100

  20–50

  10–20

  5–10

  1–5

  <1

The 2025 estimates are as follows:^[1]

GDP (Nominal) of Africa 2025^[1] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile

1. South Africa (14.4%)
2. Egypt (12.2%)
3. Algeria (9.4%)
4. Nigeria (6.6%)
5. Morocco (5.8%)
6. Kenya (4.6%)
7. Ethiopia (4.1%)
8. Angola (4%)
9. Côte d'Ivoire (3.3%)
10. Ghana (3.1%)
11. Other Countries (32.5%)

Rank	Country	Nominal GDP (million US$)[1]	Population[1]	Per capita (US$)[1]
1	South Africa	410,338	64,146,000	6,397
2	Egypt	347,342	109,450,000	3,174
3	Algeria	268,885	47,251,000	5,690
4	Nigeria	188,271	233,343,000	807
5	Morocco	165,835	37,712,000	4,397
6	Kenya	131,673	53,354,000	2,468
7	Ethiopia	117,457	110,148,000	1,066
8	Angola	113,343	39,297,000	2,884
9	Côte d'Ivoire	94,483	32,897,000	2,872
10	Ghana	88,332	35,064,000	2,519
11	Tanzania	85,977	67,175,000	1,280
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	79,119	106,552,000	743
13	Uganda	64,277	48,022,000	1,338
14	Tunisia	56,291	12,432,000	4,528
15	Cameroon	56,011	30,032,000	1,865
16	Libya	47,484	6,982,000	6,801
17	Zimbabwe	38,172	17,360,000	2,199
18	Senegal	34,728	19,173,000	1,811
19	Sudan	31,506	50,418,000	625
20	Guinea	30,094	15,803,000	1,904
21	Zambia	28,910	21,707,000	1,332
22	Burkina Faso	27,056	24,451,000	1,107
23	Mozambique	23,771	35,835,000	663
24	Mali	23,208	24,790,000	936
25	Benin	22,236	14,516,000	1,532
26	Niger	21,874	29,126,000	751
27	Gabon	20,391	2,306,000	8,842
28	Botswana	19,400	2,763,000	7,021
29	Chad	18,792	18,961,000	991
30	Madagascar	18,708	31,444,000	595
31	Mauritius	15,495	1,256,000	12,332
32	Republic of Congo	15,281	6,486,000	2,356
33	Rwanda	14,771	14,162,000	1,043
34	Namibia	14,214	3,049,000	4,661
35	Malawi	13,959	24,057,000	580
36	Somalia	12,994	16,963,000	766
37	Equatorial Guinea	12,684	1,637,000	7,750
38	Mauritania	11,470	4,629,000	2,478
39	Togo	10,023	9,515,000	1,053
40	Sierra Leone	8,386	9,157,000	916
41	Burundi	6,745	13,766,000	490
42	Eswatini	5,483	1,189,000	4,613
43	Liberia	5,166	5,692,000	907
44	Djibouti	4,587	1,056,000	4,343
45	South Sudan	3,998	15,896,000	251
46	Central African Republic	2,932	5,513,000	532
47	Cabo Verde	2,786	514,000	5,421
48	The Gambia	2,771	2,805,000	988
49	Lesotho	2,404	2,190,000	1,098
50	Guinea-Bissau	2,274	2,019,000	1,126
51	Seychelles	2,198	102,000	21,633
52	Eritrea	1,982 (2019)	3,497,000 (2019)	567 (2019)
53	Comoros	1,548	910,000	1,702
54	São Tomé and Príncipe	864	242,000	3,569
--	Total	$ 2,848,979	1,488,812,000	$ 1,914

See also

• Africa portal

• List of African countries by GDP (PPP)
• List of African countries by Human Development Index
• Economy of Africa