Key Economic Indicators for African Countries (2020)
Indicators
Country |
Population (million) |
Total GDP (million US$) |
GDP real growth rate (%) |
GDP per capita (USD)
|
Inflation rate (%)
|
Exports (million USD) |
Imports (million USD)
|
Current account balance (million USD)
|
Total External Debt (million USD) |
Exchange rate (1 USD to national currency) |
Algeria |
43.7 |
154800 |
-8.4 |
10884 |
2.0 |
20482 |
35242 |
-21493 |
5504 |
126.75 |
Angola |
32.9 |
55891 |
-4.7 |
6425 |
25.5 |
20636 |
9889 |
-552 |
64135 |
649.60 |
Benin |
12.1 |
14400 |
-3.0 |
-- |
1.3 |
2855 |
3617 |
-838 |
4100 |
575.1 |
Botswana |
2.3 |
16516 |
-8.2 |
17020 |
2.2 |
2978 |
5275 |
-1895 |
1770 |
11.4 |
Burkina Faso |
20.9 |
16900 |
-1.5 |
-- |
2.1 |
3313.2 |
4341.9 |
-1549.7 |
3900 |
575.6 |
Burundi |
11.9 |
3000 |
-3.5 |
-- |
7.3 |
121.2 |
714.2 |
-495.4 |
600 |
1915.1 |
Cameroon |
26.5 |
38684 |
-2.9 |
3672 |
2.1 |
4083 |
5949 |
-1695 |
14317 |
575.6 |
Cape Verde |
0.556 |
1676.1 |
-8.1 |
-- |
0.8 |
121.9 |
735.8 |
-210.6 |
-- |
96.69 |
Central African Republic |
4.83 |
2213 |
-- |
-1.1 |
2.5 |
133.6 |
488.5 |
-139.1 |
-- |
575.6 |
Chad |
16.4 |
11400 |
-0.9 |
-- |
4.5 |
2853.3 |
2331.0 |
-888.3 |
-- |
575.59 |
Comoros |
0.9 |
1200 |
-2.1 |
-- |
1.0 |
32.4 |
200.8 |
-67.3 |
-- |
431.7 |
Congo (Brazzaville) |
5.5 |
1120 |
-9.3 |
-- |
2.5 |
5408 |
3197 |
-579 |
-- |
574.46 |
Congo (Kinshasa) |
89.6 |
51224 |
-2.8 |
-- |
14.6 |
10522 |
11120 |
-2089 |
5916 |
1851.1 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
26.4 |
60235 |
-1.9 |
5305 |
2.3 |
11332 |
10061 |
-3495 |
24625 |
656.0 |
Djibouti |
1.0 |
3386.5 |
-2.0 |
-- |
2.3 |
2837.1 |
3313.8 |
-101.3 |
-- |
177.7 |
Egypt |
101.1 |
368100 |
3.6 |
12674 |
5.1 |
24822 |
51438 |
-12942 |
135766 |
15.81 |
Equatorial Guinea |
1.4 |
11300 |
-12.7 |
16367 |
5.6 |
2572 |
1995 |
-1017 |
1377.6 |
534.56 |
Eritrea |
3.5 |
2075 |
-4.1 |
-- |
3.2 |
832.0 |
964.9 |
-147.5 |
786.3 |
15.08 |
Ethiopia |
115.0 |
83600 |
2.3 |
2321 |
20.1 |
2693 |
13069 |
-5704 |
30947 |
34.95 |
Gabon |
2.2 |
14061 |
-3.2 |
14768 |
1.2 |
3427 |
2454 |
-1745 |
7588 |
575.1 |
Gambia |
2.4 |
1838.0 |
-2.1 |
-- |
5.9 |
112.6 |
448.9 |
-104.9 |
-- |
51.5 |
Ghana |
31.1 |
68321 |
-0.2 |
5534 |
9.6 |
14490 |
12780 |
-1669 |
27772 |
5.59 |
Guinea |
13.1 |
13400 |
5.4 |
-- |
10.6 |
5600 |
3283.8 |
1060.9 |
-- |
9650.5 |
Guinea-Bissau |
2.0 |
1438.8 |
-0.5 |
-- |
2.0 |
268.7 |
264.6 |
-61.8 |
-- |
575.10 |
Kenya |
53.8 |
95906 |
-0.5 |
4410 |
5.6 |
5924 |
15560 |
-5118 |
40122 |
109.17 |
Lesotho |
2.1 |
1600 |
-8.2 |
-- |
5.0 |
656.8 |
1329.4 |
-109.0 |
-- |
16.5 |
Liberia |
5.1 |
3500 |
-3.0 |
-- |
17.0 |
162.9 |
933.8 |
-915.1 |
1552.8 |
191.8 |
Libya |
6.9 |
21405 |
-25.6 |
9876 |
17.2 |
3776 |
11580 |
-8409 |
2539 |
1.39 |
Madagascar |
27.4 |
15074 |
-3.8 |
-- |
4.2 |
2156.8 |
3023.1 |
-331.5 |
-- |
3788 |
Malawi |
19.1 |
8153 |
-1.0 |
1086 |
7.6 |
889 |
2498 |
-1375 |
2808 |
769.62 |
Mali |
19.1 |
17900 |
-2.5 |
-- |
0.4 |
3731.4 |
3878.0 |
-542.7 |
-- |
575.6 |
Mauritania |
4.6 |
8000 |
-3.0 |
-- |
3.3 |
2039.2 |
2922.9 |
-1023.3 |
5700 |
37.4 |
Mauritius |
1.27 |
12153 |
-10.4 |
21770 |
2.7 |
1683 |
3911 |
-1026 |
12967 |
39.53 |
Morocco |
37.3 |
117546 |
-7.0 |
7371 |
0.7 |
22195 |
37831 |
-6389 |
63072 |
9.5 |
Mozambique |
31.3 |
13800 |
-0.9 |
1298 |
2.5 |
3364 |
5934 |
3991 |
21544 |
72.17 |
Namibia |
2.5 |
11078 |
-7.2 |
9484 |
2.4 |
2842 |
4090 |
-736 |
9520 |
14.65 |
Niger |
24.2 |
12900 |
-2.8 |
-- |
1.2 |
925 |
2251 |
-1033 |
-- |
575.6 |
Nigeria |
206.1 |
488400 |
-3.6 |
5043 |
12.9 |
39041 |
44785 |
-10750 |
65625 |
356.35 |
Rwanda |
13.0 |
11300 |
-1.9 |
-- |
9.9 |
789.2 |
2403.1 |
-1226.0 |
-- |
943.3 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
0.219 |
536.0 |
-7.0 |
10.0 |
-- |
8.7 |
99.0 |
-56.6 |
-- |
21.5 |
Senegal |
16.7 |
24184.6 |
-0.4 |
3443 |
8.0 |
4032 |
6878 |
-3030 |
15873 |
575.10 |
Seychelles |
0.1 |
1200 |
-13.8 |
-- |
1.2 |
431.6 |
917.6 |
-426.7 |
-- |
17.62 |
Sierra Leone |
8.0 |
4300 |
-3.2 |
-- |
13.4 |
464.5 |
1335 |
-1029.6 |
-- |
9829.9 |
Somalia |
15.9 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
South Africa |
59.3 |
313568 |
-7.3 |
12252 |
3.6 |
83631 |
69950 |
1857 |
181110 |
14.65 |
Sudan |
43.9 |
50874 |
-8.7 |
3729 |
269.3 |
2860 |
7471 |
-5447 |
59443 |
55.27 |
South Sudan |
11.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
30.0 |
2100 |
3200 |
-- |
-- |
165.9 |
Swaziland |
1.16 |
3900 |
-5.6 |
-- |
3.6 |
1680 |
1555 |
-11 |
600 |
16.6 |
Tanzania |
59.7 |
65946 |
1.9 |
2718 |
3.2 |
6184 |
7583 |
-1272 |
20911 |
2300 |
Togo |
8.3 |
5640 |
-3.6 |
-- |
1.8 |
654 |
1769 |
-402 |
-- |
575.10 |
Tunisia |
11.8 |
41659 |
-8.9 |
10157 |
5.7 |
14318 |
18304 |
-2899 |
38397 |
2.81 |
Uganda |
45.5 |
32517 |
-1.4 |
2229 |
3.8 |
3925 |
6429 |
-3025 |
15556 |
3711 |
Zambia |
18.4 |
21372 |
-1.8 |
3751 |
19.2 |
7403 |
5153 |
1270 |
29350 |
21.17 |
Zimbabwe |
14.9 |
20400 |
-10.2 |
22287 |
383.2 |
4201 |
4659 |
-242 |
13006 |
80.00 |
Note: Countries are sorted alphabetically; GDP per capita values are calculated in purchasing power parity; all indicators in the table are estimates. Source: EIU, Country Report, 2021 for African countries in the first quarter of the relevant issues.