Last year, The world Bank published its list of 2015 GDP Ranking for every country in all the 7 Continent. Although the top 5 Countries in the world were United States, China, Japan, Germany and The United Kingdom, we’ve decided to explore even further by taking a look at the ranking of all African Countries by their GDP.
You can scroll down to find out where your country ranks among all 58 African Countries. But if you want to know the top 5 and the lowest 5 by GDP in 2015, here they are:
HIGHEST Five (Starting with the country with the highest GDP):
- Nigeria, (West Africa, $569 Billion)
- South Africa, (Southern Africa, $350 Billion)
- Egypt, (North Africa, $287 Billion)
- Algeria, (North Africa, $214 Billion)
- Angola (Central Africa, $138 Billion)
LOWEST Five (Starting with the country with the lowest GDP):
- São Tomé and Principe, (Central Africa, $1 Billion)
- Comoros, (Eastern Africa, $1 Billion)
- The Gambia, (West Africa, $1 Billion)
- Guinea-Bissau (West Africa, $0.6 Billion)
- Seychelles (Eastern Africa, $0.3 Billion)
***Please note that this report was revised to include Egypt’s 2015 GDP Numbers from the WORLD BANK. Egypt ranking of 3rd highest drops Morocco from the top 5 in our previous report***
Ranking |
Economy |
Billion |
1 | Nigeria | $569 Billion |
2 | South Africa | $350 Billion |
3 | Egypt | $287 Billion |
4 | Algeria | $214 Billion |
5 | Angola | $138 Billion |
6 | Morocco | $110 Billion |
7 | Sudan | $74 Bilion |
8 | Kenya | $61 Billion |
9 | Ethiopia | $56 Billion |
10 | Tunisia | $49 Billion |
11 | Tanzania | $49 Billion |
12 | Libya | $41 Billion |
13 | Ghana | $39 Billion |
14 | Yemen, Rep. | $36 Billion |
15 | Côte d’Ivoire | $34 Billion |
16 | Bahrain | $34 Billion |
17 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | $33 Billion |
18 | Cameroon | $32 Billion |
19 | Zambia | $27 Billion |
20 | Uganda | $27 Billion |
21 | Gabon | $18 Billion |
22 | Papua New Guinea | $17 Billion |
23 | Mozambique | $16 Billion |
24 | Botswana | $16 Billion |
25 | Senegal | $16 Billion |
26 | Equatorial Guinea | $16 Billion |
27 | Zimbabwe | $14 Billion |
28 | Congo, Rep. | $14 Billion |
29 | Chad | $14 Billion |
30 | South Sudan | $13 Billion |
31 | Namibia | $13 Billion |
32 | Mauritius | $13 Billion |
33 | Burkina Faso | $13 Billion |
34 | Mali | $12 Billion |
35 | Mongolia | $12 Billion |
36 | Madagascar | $11 Billion |
37 | Malta | $10 Billion |
38 | Benin | $10 Billion |
39 | Niger | $8 Billion |
40 | Rwanda | $8 Billion |
41 | Guinea | $7 Billion |
42 | Somalia | $6 Billion |
43 | Mauritania | $5 Billion |
44 | Sierra Leone | $4 Billion |
45 | Togo | $5 Billion |
46 | Swaziland | $4 Billion |
47 | Malawi | $4 Billion |
48 | Burundi | $3 Billion |
49 | Lesotho | $2 Billion |
50 | Liberia | $2 Billion |
51 | Cabo Verde | $2 Billion |
52 | Central African Republic | $2 Billion |
53 | Djibouti | $2 Billion |
54 | Seychelles | $1 Billion |
55 | Guinea-Bissau | $1 Billion |
56 | Gambia, The | $1 Billion |
57 | Comoros | $0.6 Billion |
58 | São Tomé and Principe | $0.3 Billion |
Naija definitely no dey carry last
last buh 1 is ghana u
Nigeria n south Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Moro lest
Ango
Actually that’s wrong!
Angola
Désolé pas son Angola !
NIGERIA OH!
South Africa.
Sorry – but that’s wrong. South Africa was number 2.
Angola do Zé dú
Désolé pas son Angola!
non if the above
Lagos NIGERIA
Ango what?
If dem dey list countries wer get money angola go come out?
Sychelles is the best in Africa for now
We no dey carry last, bt d pple inside dey die of hunger nd poorvety.
Nigeria
akaw ibom
Lagos
Lol, Lagos is not a country… Isn’t it a state?
Richest in what? Specifically…..
GDP – Gross Domestic Product
Ah….that economic measure!
9ja don carry last
Why is Egypt not on the list @bluloft
Good catch. At the time of publication, the GDP numbers for Egypt were not available. The report has now been updated with Egypt which ranks the third highest. This unfortunately bumps Morocco from the Top 5 list
Bluloft thanks a lot. Highly educative
Who told u the slang is “Naija no dey carry last”? You better stop behaving like Brainless Buhari. . . The slang is “Warri no dey carry last”
Nigeria… 9ja for lyf