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African economies: GDP, investment, trade and remittances

GDP, growth, income per person, exports, remittances, foreign direct investment, reserves, external debt and aid for 54 African countries, 2015 to 2025, ranked and compared. Figures come from the World Bank, IMF and UN Comtrade; a country with no published figure shows not published.

GDP

Gross domestic product in current US dollars. The 15 largest economies.

1South AfricaUS$427.2 billion2025
2EgyptUS$365.3 billion2025
3NigeriaUS$290.8 billion2025
4AlgeriaUS$287.0 billion2025
5MoroccoUS$182.4 billion2025
6KenyaUS$135.9 billion2025
7EthiopiaUS$126.4 billion2025
8AngolaUS$122.2 billion2025
9GhanaUS$114.2 billion2025
10Côte d'IvoireUS$99.8 billion2025
11Democratic Republic of the CongoUS$91.0 billion2025
12TanzaniaUS$90.1 billion2025
13UgandaUS$62.0 billion2025
14SudanUS$60.2 billion2025
15CameroonUS$58.9 billion2025

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2015 to 2025. No figure is published for Eritrea.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Real GDP growth

The 8 fastest-growing economies, then the 6 slowest. A negative figure means the economy shrank.

1Libya13.4%2025
2Ethiopia9.8%2025
3Rwanda9.4%2025
4Zimbabwe8.1%2025
5Benin8.1%2025
6Guinea7.4%2025
7Niger7.0%2025
8Senegal6.7%2025
9South Africa1.1%2025
10São Tomé and Príncipe1.0%2025
11Mozambique-0.5%2025
12Botswana-0.7%2025
13Equatorial Guinea-5.8%2025
14South Sudan-10.8%2015

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2015 to 2025. No figure is published for Eritrea.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

GDP per person

Current US dollars per resident. The 15 highest.

1SeychellesUS$19,4492025
2MauritiusUS$12,9912025
3GabonUS$8,2632025
4BotswanaUS$7,7782025
5Equatorial GuineaUS$6,6152025
6South AfricaUS$6,5982025
7LibyaUS$6,4492025
8AlgeriaUS$6,0512025
9Cabo VerdeUS$5,7962025
10NamibiaUS$4,8762025
11MoroccoUS$4,6722025
12TunisiaUS$4,6572025
13EswatiniUS$4,1082025
14São Tomé and PríncipeUS$4,0842025
15DjiboutiUS$3,9062025

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2015 to 2025. No figure is published for Eritrea.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Exports of goods

Total merchandise exports. Circle area follows the amount. The 15 largest.

South AfricaUS$115.8 billion2025MoroccoUS$88.8 billion2025NigeriaUS$56.1 billion2025AlgeriaUS$51.9 billion2024EgyptUS$51.4 billion2025Democratic Republic of the CongoUS$37.4 billion2024AngolaUS$33.7 billion2025GhanaUS$32.0 billion2025LibyaUS$30.9 billion2024Côte d'IvoireUS$29.4 billion2025TunisiaUS$20.0 billion2024UgandaUS$12.8 billion2025GabonUS$12.7 billion2023ZambiaUS$11.3 billion2024TanzaniaUS$10.1 billion2025

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2023 to 2025. Figures for Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan are as reported by trading partners.

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Remittances received

Personal remittances received, in US dollars. The 15 largest.

1EgyptUS$41.5 billion2025
2NigeriaUS$22.8 billion2025
3MoroccoUS$13.7 billion2025
4EthiopiaUS$7.1 billion2024
5KenyaUS$5.1 billion2025
6TunisiaUS$3.9 billion2025
7ZimbabweUS$3.5 billion2024
8Democratic Republic of the CongoUS$3.3 billion2025
9SenegalUS$3.3 billion2023
10UgandaUS$2.8 billion2025
11GhanaUS$2.4 billion2025
12Côte d'IvoireUS$1.8 billion2024
13AlgeriaUS$1.7 billion2025
14South SudanUS$1.2 billion2023
15TanzaniaUS$1.1 billion2024

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2015 to 2025. No figure is published for Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Remittances as a share of GDP

The same flow measured against the size of the economy. The 15 highest.

1Gambia23.8%2025
2Liberia21.3%2024
3Comoros20.8%2023
4Lesotho20.8%2025
5Cabo Verde11.7%2025
6Egypt11.4%2025
7Senegal10.6%2023
8Guinea-Bissau9.9%2024
9South Sudan9.5%2015
10Togo8.7%2020
11Zimbabwe8.5%2024
12Burundi8.1%2025
13Nigeria7.8%2025
14Morocco7.5%2025
15Tunisia6.7%2025

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2015 to 2025. No figure is published for Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Foreign direct investment, net inflows

The 10 largest net inflows, then the 2 largest net outflows. A negative figure means more investment left than came in.

1EgyptUS$15.5 billion2025
2GuineaUS$7.8 billion2025
3MozambiqueUS$5.8 billion2025
4NigeriaUS$4.0 billion2025
5EthiopiaUS$3.8 billion2025
6UgandaUS$3.4 billion2025
7MoroccoUS$3.3 billion2025
8AngolaUS$2.2 billion2025
9Côte d'IvoireUS$2.0 billion2025
10GhanaUS$1.9 billion2025
11Botswana-US$649 million2025
12South Africa-US$2.2 billion2025

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2025 to 2025.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Foreign direct investment as a share of GDP

Every country as one dot, with the highest and lowest named.

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2015 to 2025. No figure is published for Eritrea.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Reserves in months of imports

How many months of imports each country's reserves would pay for. One column per country, highest first.

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2015 to 2025. No figure is published for Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Togo.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

External debt stock

Total external debt of the countries with a published figure is US$1174.4 billion. The bar shows who owes how much of it.

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2024 to 2024. No figure is published for Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Namibia, Seychelles, South Sudan.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Aid received

Net official development assistance. Circle area follows the amount. The 15 largest.

EthiopiaUS$5.4 billion2023Democratic Republic of the CongoUS$4.3 billion2023NigeriaUS$3.6 billion2023TanzaniaUS$3.1 billion2023MozambiqueUS$2.9 billion2023KenyaUS$2.6 billion2023Côte d'IvoireUS$2.4 billion2023SomaliaUS$2.3 billion2023UgandaUS$2.3 billion2023SenegalUS$1.9 billion2023South SudanUS$1.8 billion2023MalawiUS$1.7 billion2023GhanaUS$1.6 billion2023South AfricaUS$1.5 billion2023Burkina FasoUS$1.4 billion2023

Each country shows its latest published year, from 2017 to 2023.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

All 54 countries

Select a column heading to sort. Each figure shows its year underneath. Select a country for the full picture.

AlgeriaUS$287.0 billion20253.8%2025US$6,0512025US$51.9 billion2024US$1.7 billion20250.6%2025US$1.5 billion20250.5%202511.6 months2025US$6.9 billion2024US$202 million2023
AngolaUS$122.2 billion20253.1%2025US$3,1292025US$33.7 billion2025US$52 million20250.0%2025US$2.2 billion20251.8%20255.3 months2025US$58.7 billion2024US$147 million2023
BeninUS$24.6 billion20258.1%2025US$1,6582025US$827 million2025US$339 million20231.7%2023US$482 million20252.0%2025not publishedUS$14.2 billion2024US$1.0 billion2023
BotswanaUS$19.9 billion2025-0.7%2025US$7,7782025US$3.9 billion2024US$165 million20250.8%2025-US$649 million2025-3.3%20254.7 months2024US$2.3 billion2024US$285 million2023
Burkina FasoUS$27.6 billion20255.3%2025US$1,1482025US$5.6 billion2024US$595 million20242.6%2024US$312 million20251.1%2025not publishedUS$10.8 billion2024US$1.4 billion2023
BurundiUS$3.4 billion20254.2%2025US$2342025US$170 million2023US$273 million20258.1%2025US$35 million20251.0%20250.7 months2023US$1.0 billion2024US$622 million2023
Cabo VerdeUS$3.1 billion20256.3%2025US$5,7962025US$68 million2024US$357 million202511.7%2025US$154 million20255.0%20258.7 months2025US$2.4 billion2024US$102 million2023
CameroonUS$58.9 billion20253.2%2025US$1,9722025US$5.0 billion2023US$690 million20241.3%2024US$599 million20251.0%20255.3 months2024US$15.8 billion2024US$940 million2023
Central African RepublicUS$3.1 billion20254.5%2025US$5562025US$205 million2024not publishednot publishedUS$44 million20251.4%2025not publishedUS$1.0 billion2024US$738 million2023
ChadUS$21.5 billion20255.6%2025US$1,0222025US$3.5 billion2024, partner datanot publishednot publishedUS$4.3 million20250.0%2025not publishedUS$3.3 billion2024US$1.1 billion2023
ComorosUS$1.8 billion20253.8%2025US$2,0562025US$31 million2025US$306 million202320.8%2023US$9.2 million20250.5%20257.6 months2023US$386 million2024US$166 million2023
CongoUS$16.3 billion20253.1%2025US$2,5152025US$7.4 billion2024US$44 million20210.3%2021US$596 million20253.7%20251.6 months2021US$6.7 billion2024US$378 million2023
Côte d'IvoireUS$99.8 billion20256.5%2025US$3,0502025US$29.4 billion2025US$1.8 billion20242.0%2024US$2.0 billion20252.0%2025not publishedUS$40.6 billion2024US$2.4 billion2023
Democratic Republic of the CongoUS$91.0 billion20255.8%2025US$8072025US$37.4 billion2024US$3.3 billion20253.6%2025US$1.9 billion20252.1%20251.7 months2023US$12.5 billion2024US$4.3 billion2023
DjiboutiUS$4.6 billion20256.5%2025US$3,9062025US$4.8 billion2023US$56 million20241.3%2024US$149 million20253.2%20250.9 months2024US$3.5 billion2024US$222 million2023
EgyptUS$365.3 billion20254.4%2025US$3,0862025US$51.4 billion2025US$41.5 billion202511.4%2025US$15.5 billion20254.2%20254.4 months2025US$156.0 billion2024US$480 million2023
Equatorial GuineaUS$12.8 billion2025-5.8%2025US$6,6152025US$4.6 billion2024, partner datanot publishednot publishedUS$294 million20252.3%2025not publishednot publishedUS$12 million2023
Eritreanot publishednot publishednot publishedUS$816 million2025, partner datanot publishednot publishedUS$82 million2025not publishednot publishedUS$693 million2024US$129 million2023
EswatiniUS$5.2 billion20254.2%2025US$4,1082025US$2.1 billion2023US$39 million20250.7%2025US$53 million20251.0%20251.9 months2024US$1.2 billion2024US$110 million2023
EthiopiaUS$126.4 billion20259.8%2025US$9332025US$2.9 billion2023US$7.1 billion20244.8%2024US$3.8 billion20253.0%20251.8 months2024US$36.5 billion2024US$5.4 billion2023
GabonUS$21.4 billion20252.5%2025US$8,2632025US$12.7 billion2023US$18 million20150.1%2015US$379 million20251.8%20254.2 months2015US$6.8 billion2024US$53 million2023
GambiaUS$2.6 billion20255.9%2025US$9192025US$50 million2024US$617 million202523.8%2025US$274 million202510.6%20254.8 months2024US$1.6 billion2024US$344 million2023
GhanaUS$114.2 billion20256.0%2025US$3,2572025US$32.0 billion2025US$2.4 billion20252.1%2025US$1.9 billion20251.7%20253.8 months2025US$37.4 billion2024US$1.6 billion2023
GuineaUS$28.3 billion20257.4%2025US$1,8772025US$9.8 billion2024, partner dataUS$616 million20242.5%2024US$7.8 billion202527.4%20251.3 months2024US$5.4 billion2024US$532 million2023
Guinea-BissauUS$2.5 billion20255.8%2025US$1,1242025US$218 million2024, partner dataUS$217 million20249.9%2024US$34 million20251.3%2025not publishedUS$1.4 billion2024US$189 million2023
KenyaUS$135.9 billion20254.6%2025US$2,3632025US$8.6 billion2025US$5.1 billion20253.8%2025US$1.1 billion20250.8%20254.6 months2025US$42.9 billion2024US$2.6 billion2023
LesothoUS$2.6 billion20252.0%2025US$1,0892025US$1.0 billion2024US$535 million202520.8%2025US$33 million20251.3%20255.5 months2024US$1.8 billion2024US$172 million2023
LiberiaUS$5.2 billion20255.0%2025US$9152025US$469 million2025US$1.0 billion202421.3%2024US$500 million20259.5%20252.0 months2024US$2.2 billion2024US$563 million2023
LibyaUS$48.1 billion202513.4%2025US$6,4492025US$30.9 billion2024, partner datanot publishednot publishedUS$828 million20251.7%202531.6 months2023not publishedUS$360 million2023
MadagascarUS$19.6 billion20253.0%2025US$5992025US$2.5 billion2025US$616 million20253.1%2025US$889 million20254.5%20255.5 months2024US$6.7 billion2024US$1.3 billion2023
MalawiUS$14.9 billion20251.9%2025US$6722025US$914 million2025US$306 million20252.0%2025US$530 million20253.6%20251.9 months2020US$3.7 billion2024US$1.7 billion2023
MaliUS$30.1 billion20255.6%2025US$1,1932025US$3.6 billion2024US$1.1 billion20244.0%2024US$844 million20252.8%2025not publishedUS$6.4 billion2024US$1.3 billion2023
MauritaniaUS$11.7 billion20254.0%2025US$2,1982025US$4.5 billion2025US$95 million20240.9%2024US$634 million20255.4%20255.4 months2021US$4.5 billion2024US$419 million2023
MauritiusUS$16.2 billion20253.2%2025US$12,9912025US$1.6 billion2025US$287 million20241.9%2024US$804 million20255.0%20255.2 months2024US$20.4 billion2024US$95 million2023
MoroccoUS$182.4 billion20254.6%2025US$4,6722025US$88.8 billion2025US$13.7 billion20257.5%2025US$3.3 billion20251.8%20255.9 months2025US$68.0 billion2024US$772 million2023
MozambiqueUS$22.3 billion2025-0.5%2025US$6272025US$7.8 billion2025US$265 million20251.2%2025US$5.8 billion202525.8%20253.4 months2024US$69.8 billion2024US$2.9 billion2023
NamibiaUS$15.1 billion20251.7%2025US$4,8762025US$6.5 billion2025US$96 million20240.7%2024US$1.4 billion20259.6%20254.0 months2024not publishedUS$272 million2023
NigerUS$21.6 billion20257.0%2025US$7752025US$2.1 billion2025US$650 million20243.3%2024US$257 million20251.2%2025not publishedUS$5.3 billion2024US$1.3 billion2023
NigeriaUS$290.8 billion20254.0%2025US$1,2242025US$56.1 billion2025US$22.8 billion20257.8%2025US$4.0 billion20251.4%20257.1 months2025US$108.8 billion2024US$3.6 billion2023
RwandaUS$16.4 billion20259.4%2025US$1,1242025US$2.2 billion2025US$517 million20243.4%2024US$967 million20255.9%20254.2 months2024US$13.1 billion2024US$1.4 billion2023
São Tomé and PríncipeUS$981 million20251.0%2025US$4,0842025US$31 million2025US$36 million20253.7%2025US$103 million202510.5%20252.7 months2024US$326 million2024US$87 million2023
SenegalUS$37.0 billion20256.7%2025US$1,9552025US$10.0 billion2025US$3.3 billion202310.6%2023US$37 million20250.1%2025not publishedUS$47.1 billion2024US$1.9 billion2023
SeychellesUS$2.4 billion20255.8%2025US$19,4492025US$587 million2025US$13 million20250.5%2025US$239 million202510.0%20253.7 months2024not publishedUS$16 million2017
Sierra LeoneUS$7.5 billion20254.6%2025US$8462025US$1.5 billion2024, partner dataUS$321 million20244.6%2024US$177 million20252.4%20251.8 months2024US$2.3 billion2024US$498 million2023
SomaliaUS$13.0 billion20253.0%2025US$6612025US$650 million2025, partner datanot publishednot publishedUS$834 million20256.4%2025not publishedUS$1.8 billion2024US$2.3 billion2023
South AfricaUS$427.2 billion20251.1%2025US$6,5982025US$115.8 billion2025US$1.0 billion20250.2%2025-US$2.2 billion2025-0.5%20256.2 months2025US$175.9 billion2024US$1.5 billion2023
South SudanUS$12.0 billion2015-10.8%2015US$1,0802015US$3.3 billion2025US$1.2 billion20239.5%2015US$73 million20250.0%20150.2 months2023not publishedUS$1.8 billion2023
SudanUS$60.2 billion20253.1%2025US$1,1652025US$5.0 billion2023, partner dataUS$12 million20250.0%2025US$2 thousand20250.0%20250.2 months2017US$22.0 billion2024US$1.4 billion2023
TanzaniaUS$90.1 billion20255.9%2025US$1,3192025US$10.1 billion2025US$1.1 billion20241.4%2024US$1.7 billion20251.9%20255.4 months2018US$36.3 billion2024US$3.1 billion2023
TogoUS$11.9 billion20256.3%2025US$1,3842025US$1.7 billion2025US$650 million20208.7%2020US$221 million20251.9%2025not publishedUS$4.3 billion2024US$616 million2023
TunisiaUS$57.5 billion20252.5%2025US$4,6572025US$20.0 billion2024US$3.9 billion20256.7%2025US$1.1 billion20252.0%20254.5 months2024US$40.5 billion2024US$1.2 billion2023
UgandaUS$62.0 billion20256.3%2025US$1,2062025US$12.8 billion2025US$2.8 billion20254.5%2025US$3.4 billion20255.4%20252.3 months2024US$20.5 billion2024US$2.3 billion2023
ZambiaUS$28.9 billion20253.8%2025US$1,3182025US$11.3 billion2024US$404 million20251.4%2025US$1.3 billion20254.5%20253.3 months2024US$28.1 billion2024US$1.4 billion2023
ZimbabweUS$51.2 billion20258.1%2025US$3,0212025US$7.4 billion2024US$3.5 billion20248.5%2024US$965 million20251.9%20250.5 months2024US$14.4 billion2024US$792 million2023

FDI is foreign direct investment. Dollar figures are current US dollars. Exports are merchandise exports from UN Comtrade; all other columns are from the World Bank.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method