List of African countries by GDP per capita

Source IMF World Economic Outlook (April-2024)
Date11 Sep 2024

Seychelles is the richest economy in Africa, followed by Mauritius. Only these two economies would have a per capita GDP above $10,000. Burundi is the poorest economy in Africa. Seventeen African economies have a GDP per capita below $1,000.

In 2024, Libya will overtake Equatorial Guinea to become the 5th richest economy in Africa. The Republic of Congo will overtake Mauritania and Angola. None of the African economies are in the top 50 world GDP per capita rankings.

Out of 54 economies, the nominal GDP per capita of 41 economies would increase, and 13 economies would decrease in 2024 compared to 2023. Mauritius will add $1,577 in 2024, followed by Libya ($399), Ethiopia ($399), and Algeria ($398). Nigeria ($-578) and Egypt ($-503) are the top decliners.

In PPP data, four economies have GDP per capita of above 20k Int. Dollars. Fourteen economies would have a per capita GDP above Int. $10,000. Algeria would overtake South Africa to become the 8th richest economy in Africa. None of the African economies is in the top 50 world GDP per capita rankings. South Sudan is the poorest economy in Africa in terms of PPP.

Out of 54 economies, the GDP (PPP) per capita of 51 would increase, and three economies would decrease in 2024 compared to 2023. Libya will add Int. $2,260 in 2023, followed by Mauritius (Int. $2,212) and the Seychelles (Int. $1,971). Sudan, Eritrea, and Equatorial Guinea are the three decliners.

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GDP per capita (Nominal)

Code Country/Economy GDP per capita ($) % of Rank
20232024ChangeAfricaWorld AfricaWorld
DZAAlgeria5,2225,57935729040.38114
AGOAngola2,9672,961-615421.417140
BENBenin1,4331,510777810.928163
BWABotswana7,2507,3419138153.05101
BFABurkina Faso86790842476.5639178
BDIBurundi327321-6172.3253194
CPVCabo Verde5,0835,38830528038.99117
CMRCameroon1,7231,821989513.224157
CAFCentral African Republic51152919273.8350189
TCDChad9821,01330537.3236175
COMComoros1,5411,630898511.827160
CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo67070233365.0745184
COGRepublic of Congo2,3092,3847612417.219148
CIVCôte d'Ivoire2,5372,72018314119.718143
DJIDjibouti3,8954,15526021630.014128
EGYEgypt3,7443,542-20218425.615135
GNQEquatorial Guinea7,7558,10234742058.5493
SWZEswatini4,1744,37520222731.611125
ETHEthiopia1,5111,350-161709.7629166
GABGabon9,0799,25717748066.9386
GMBThe Gambia89398996517.1437176
GHAGhana2,3222,232-9011616.121150
GINGuinea1,5291,6521238611.926159
GNBGuinea-Bissau1,0351,10671577.9933172
KENKenya2,1102,21810811516.022152
LSOLesotho1,0341,06228557.6734173
LBRLiberia80885547446.1843182
LBYLibya6,4226,4826033646.86106
MDGMadagascar53056332294.0649188
MWIMalawi558464-94243.3551191
MLIMali86689833476.4940179
MRTMauritania2,4042,376-2712317.220149
MUSMauritius11,54412,6011,05865491.0277
MARMorocco3,9014,20430221830.413127
MOZMozambique61864527334.6647186
NAMNamibia4,2164,41019422931.910124
NERNiger62169877365.0446185
NGANigeria1,637877-760466.3441180
RWARwanda1,044986-58517.1238177
STPSão Tomé and Príncipe2,9493,42547517824.716137
SENSenegal1,7031,8051029413.025158
SYCSeychelles21,45521,290-1651,105154157
SLESierra Leone754856102446.1942181
SOMSomalia68377188405.5744183
ZAFSouth Africa6,1126,37726533146.17107
SSDSouth Sudan478341-137182.4652193
SDNSudan796606-189314.3848187
TZATanzania1,2491,224-25648.8531169
TGOTogo1,0011,05150557.5935174
TUNTunisia3,9674,26730022130.812126
UGAUganda1,1231,18763628.5732170
ZMBZambia1,3691,226-143648.8630168
ZWEZimbabwe2,1192,114-611015.323155
Africa 2,035 1,927 -108 13.92
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GDP per capita (PPP)

Code Country/Economy GDP per capita (Int. $) % of Rank PPP/Nom
20232024ChangeAfricaWorld AfricaWorld
ERIEritrea 000nan
DZAAlgeria16,90017,71881825272.471023.176
AGOAngola9,6749,80112713940.1151323.310
BENBenin4,2444,5012576418.4271602.980
BWABotswana19,39119,72333228180.66942.687
BFABurkina Faso2,7132,8501374111.6401773.138
BDIBurundi97098616144.03521933.074
CPVCabo Verde10,68211,39771616246.6131242.115
CMRCameroon5,3615,5662057922.7241523.056
CAFCentral African Republic1,2911,2965185.30511922.448
TCDChad2,7582,832754011.6421792.797
COMComoros3,7263,8611355515.8321652.369
CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,7741,84268267.53481892.623
COGRepublic of Congo6,2526,4041519126.2221502.686
CIVCôte d'Ivoire7,2147,64843410931.3191422.812
DJIDjibouti7,9898,60161212235.2161352.070
EGYEgypt20,18120,79961829685.05925.873
GNQEquatorial Guinea20,67621,7511,07530988.94872.685
SWZEswatini12,23212,96373118453.0111192.963
ETHEthiopia3,7844,0452615816.5311642.996
GABGabon23,34624,12978334398.63832.607
GMBThe Gambia3,3183,4911735014.3361713.530
GHAGhana7,7467,97522911332.6181393.573
GINGuinea4,1574,3211656117.7281612.615
GNBGuinea-Bissau2,9553,1101564412.7391742.811
KENKenya6,7727,15738510229.3201443.227
LSOLesotho3,1353,2601254613.3381733.071
LBRLiberia1,8111,90292277.77461872.224
LBYLibya14,78115,35157021862.791122.368
MDGMadagascar1,9111,99078288.13441853.537
MWIMalawi1,6921,71422247.00501913.696
MLIMali2,7632,843814011.6411783.165
MRTMauritania7,8758,23335811733.6171373.465
MUSMauritius29,51132,0632,5514561312682.544
MARMorocco10,18110,61543415143.4141302.525
MOZMozambique1,6651,73065257.07491902.680
NAMNamibia11,35011,73038016747.9121222.660
NERNiger1,8241,978154288.08451862.834
NGANigeria6,3676,5431769326.7211487.460
RWARwanda3,5113,7472365315.3331663.800
STPSão Tomé and Príncipe6,1246,205828825.4231511.812
SENSenegal4,7865,0562707220.7261572.801
SYCSeychelles39,24941,0781,8295841681571.929
SLESierra Leone3,3603,5051455014.3351704.093
SOMSomalia1,7801,84464267.54471882.390
ZAFSouth Africa15,42415,72330022464.381112.466
SSDSouth Sudan1,042763-279113.12531942.237
SDNSudan3,1582,513-6453610.3431824.145
TZATanzania3,9444,1341905916.9301633.377
TGOTogo3,1253,2901654713.4371723.130
TUNTunisia13,89314,33844620458.6101173.360
UGAUganda3,4603,6421825214.9341673.069
ZMBZambia4,1104,190806017.1291623.418
ZWEZimbabwe4,9655,0711057220.7251562.399
Africa 6,831 7,028 197 28.72