List of African countries by GDP

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This is a list of the countries in Africa in order of Gross domestic product (GDP), Values are given in Billion USDs.

Note: Data for 2001, 2002 and 2003 are from different sources (see below). Large Differences between these years perhaps indicate different calculation principles. They can also be a result of varying exchange rates between US$ and the currency used in the corresponding country.

Data for Western Sahara is unavailable, as it is under military occupation by Morocco. See also economy of Western Sahara.

[edit] Unadjusted

This list is based on currency, not purchasing power parity, exchange rates.

Pos	Country	GDP 2003 (Billion USD)	GDP 2002	GDP 2001
1	South Africa	160	104	122
2	Egypt	82	89	100
3	Algeria	66	56	51
4	Nigeria	50	44	38
5	Morocco	44	36	35
6	Tunisia	24	21	20
7	Libya	-	19	11
8	Sudan	18	-	11
9	Kenya	14	-	11
10	Côte d'Ivoire	14	-	-
11	Angola	13	-	6
12	Cameroon	12	-	8
13	Tanzania	9.8	-	9.3
14	Zimbabwe	-	8.3	-
15	Ghana	7.6	-	-
15	Botswana	7.4	-	5.3
16	Ethiopia	6.6	-	6.6
17	Senegal	6.5	-	-
18	Uganda	6.2	-	5.9
19	Congo-Kinshasa	5.6	-	4.2
20	Gabon	5.6	-	4.0
21	Madagascar	5.5	-	-
22	Mauritius	5.2	-	-
23	Namibia	4.7	-	3.5
24	Mozambique	4.3	-	3.8
25	Mali	4.3	-	2.6
26	Zambia	4.3	-	-
27	Burkina Faso	4.1	-	-
28	Guinea	3.6	-	1.0
29	Congo-Brazzaville	3.5	-	-
30	Benin	3.5	-	-
31	Equatorial Guinea	2.9	-	-
32	Niger	2.7	-	2.0
33	Chad	2.6	-	1.6
34	Swaziland	1.8	-	1.4
35	Togo	1.8	-	-
36	Malawi	1.7	-	-
37	Rwanda	1.6	-	-
38	Central African Republic	1.2	-	-
39	Lesotho	1.1	-	-
40	Mauritania	1.1	-	1.0
41	Cape Verde	0.8	-	-
42	Sierra Leone	0.8	-	-
43	Seychelles	0.7	-	-
44	Eritrea	0.7	-	-
45	Burundi	0.7	-	-
46	Djibouti	0.6	-	-
47	Liberia	0.4	-	-
48	The Gambia	0.4	-	-
49	Comoros	0.3	-	-
50	Guinea-Bissau	0.2	-	-
51	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.05	-	-
52	Somalia	Unknown	-	-
53	Western Sahara	Unknown	-	-

[edit] PPP adjusted

Numbers are derived from the reporting regions reported GDP, and translated into US dollars through estimated purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

Rank	Country	GDP (Million USD)	Date of Information
1	South Africa	$ 427,700	2002 est.
2	Egypt	$ 289,800	2002 est.
3	Algeria	$ 173,800	2002 est.
4	Morocco	$ 121,800	2002 est.
5	Nigeria	$ 112,500	2002 est.
6	Tunisia	$ 67,130	2002 est.
7	Sudan	$ 52,900	2002 est.
8	Ethiopia	$ 48,530	2002 est.
9	Ghana	$ 41,250	2002 est.
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$ 34,000	2002 est.
11	Libya	$ 33,360	2002 est.
12	Kenya	$ 32,890	2002 est.
13	Uganda	$ 30,490	2002 est.
14	Cameroon	$ 26,840	2002 est.
15	Zimbabwe	$ 26,070	2002 est.
16	Côte d'Ivoire	$ 24,030	2002 est.
17	Tanzania	$ 20,420	2002 est.
18	Mozambique	$ 19,520	2002 est.
19	Guinea	$ 18,690	2002 est.
20	Angola	$ 18,360	2002 est.
21	Senegal	$ 15,640	2002 est.
22	Burkina Faso	$ 14,510	2002 est.
23	Botswana	$ 13,480	2002 est.
24	Namibia	$ 13,150	2002 est.
25	Madagascar	$ 12,590	2002
26	Mauritius	$ 12,150	2002 est.
27	Mali	$ 9,775	2002 est.
28	Chad	$ 9,297	2002 est.
29	Rwanda	$ 8,920	2002 est.
30	Niger	$ 8,713	2002 est.
31	Zambia	$ 8,240	2002 est.
32	Togo	$ 7,594	2002 est.
33	Benin	$ 7,380	2002 est.
34	Malawi	$ 6,811	2002 est.
35	Swaziland	$ 5,542	2002 est.
36	Lesotho	$ 5,106	2002 est.
37	Mauritania	$ 4,891	2002 est.
38	Central African Republic	$ 4,296	2002 est.
39	Somalia	$ 4,270	2001 est.
40	Eritrea	$ 3,300	2002 est.
41	Burundi	$ 3,146	2002 est.
42	Liberia	$ 3,116	2002 est.
43	Sierra Leone	$ 2,826	2002 est.
44	The Gambia	$ 2,582	2002 est.
45	Republic of the Congo	$ 2,500	2002 est.
46	Equatorial Guinea	$ 1,270	2002 est.
47	Guinea-Bissau	$ 901.4	2002 est.
48	Seychelles	$ 626	2002 est.
49	Djibouti	$ 619	2002 est.
50	Cape Verde	$ 600	2002 est.
51	Comoros	$ 441	2002 est.
52	São Tomé and Príncipe	$ 200	2002 est.
53	Western Sahara	-	-

[edit] GDP (PPP) per capita

Countries by GDP per person, converted to USD through estimated PPP exchange rates.

Rank	Country	GDP - per capita (USD)	Date of Information
1	South Africa	10,000	2002 est.
2	Botswana	8,500	2002 est.
3	Seychelles	7,800	2002 est.
4	Namibia	6,900	2002 est.
5	Tunisia	6,800	2002 est.
6	Gabon	6,500	2002 est.
7	Libya	6,200	2002 est.
8	Algeria	5,400	2002 est.
9	Swaziland	4,800	2002 est.
10	Egypt	4,000	2002 est.
11	Morocco	3,900	2002 est.
12	Lesotho	2,700	2002 est.
13	Equatorial Guinea	2,700	2002 est.
14	Guinea	2,100	2002 est.
15	Zimbabwe	2,100	2002 est.
16	Ghana	2,000	2002 est.
17	The Gambia	1,800	2002 est.
18	Angola	1,700	2002 est.
19	Mauritania	1,700	2002 est.
20	Cameroon	1,700	2002 est.
21	Senegal	1,500	2002 est.
22	Cape Verde	1,400	2002 est.
23	Côte d'Ivoire	1,400	2002 est.
24	Sudan	1,400	2002 est.
25	Togo	1,400	2002 est.
26	Djibouti	1,300	2002 est.
27	Central African Republic	1,200	2002 est.
28	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,200	2002 est.
29	Uganda	1,200	2002 est.
30	Rwanda	1,200	2002 est.
31	Benin	1,100	2002 est.
32	Kenya	1,100	2002 est.
33	Mozambique	1,100	2002 est.
34	Burkina Faso	1,100	2002 est.
35	Chad	1,000	2002 est.
36	Liberia	1,000	2002 est.
37	Republic of the Congo	900	2002 est.
38	Mali	900	2002 est.
39	Nigeria	900	2002 est.
40	Zambia	800	2002 est.
41	Niger	800	2002 est.
42	Madagascar	800	2002 est.
43	Comoros	700	2002 est.
44	Eritrea	700	2002 est.
45	Ethiopia	700	2002 est.
46	Guinea-Bissau	700	2002 est.
47	Democratic Republic of the Congo	600	2002 est.
48	Tanzania	600	2002 est.
49	Malawi	600	2002 est.
50	Somalia	600	2002 est.
51	Burundi	500	2002 est.
52	Sierra Leone	500	2002 est.
53	Western Sahara	-	-

[edit] See also

• Economy of Africa
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of Arab Countries by GDP Nominal

[edit] Source

2003: World Development Indicators database, World Bank, July 2004 World Bank, [1]