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. 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. 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.

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. On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. The 2026 estimates are as follows:

Rank Country Nominal GDP(million US$) Population Per capita(US$)1 479,964 63,970,000 7,5032 429,645 110,058,000 3,9043 377,365 242,578,000 1,5564 317,173 47,851,000 6,6285 194,333 38,050,000 5,1076 152,354 40,584,000 3,7547 147,265 54,269,000 2,7148 123,406 110,020,000 1,1229 121,527 112,370,000 1,08110 118,293 35,698,000 3,31411 112,115 33,838,000 3,31312 94,889 69,653,000 1,36213 73,370 49,706,000 1,47614 65,135 30,646,000 2,12515 60,745 12,415,000 4,89316 56,713 17,728,000 3,19917 52,453 7,534,000 6,96218 44,688 51,729,000 86419 41,243 22,522,000 1,83120 40,469 19,700,000 2,05421 33,847 26,020,000 1,30122 32,513 24,648,000 1,31923 29,930 16,198,000 1,84824 27,786 15,357,000 1,80925 25,628 19,491,000 1,31526 24,813 30,204,000 82227 23,363 2,356,000 9,91828 23,275 36,826,000 63229 21,937 2,584,000 8,49030 21,185 32,319,000 65631 18,152 24,750,000 73332 17,336 14,471,000 1,19833 17,314 3,107,000 5,57334 17,119 1,239,000 13,81235 17,028 6,668,000 2,55436 14,352 4,732,000 3,03337 14,174 17,438,000 81338 13,722 1,683,000 8,15239 13,437 10,020,000 1,34140 8,270 9,002,000 91941 8,137 14,903,000 54642 6,069 12,436,000 48843 5,792 1,176,000 4,92744 5,642 5,854,000 96445 4,725 1,069,000 4,42146 3,492 5,699,000 61347 3,448 517,000 6,67048 2,985 2,060,000 1,44949 2,972 2,394,000 1,24150 2,792 2,930,000 95351 2,251 127,000 17,67552 1,982 (2019) 3,497,000 (2019) 567 (2019)53 1,814 930,000 1,95154 1,161 245,000 4,739-- Total 3,119,4161,523,869,000 2,047

List of African countries by GDP (nominal)

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