Ranking of African Countries By GDP in 2017
Updated on July 24, 2024.
Based on data from the World Bank, in 2017, Among all African countries, South Africa had the highest GDP ($381.45B), followed by Nigeria ($375.75B), and Egypt ($248.36B).
The chart below shows the top 10 countries with high GDP, and the table below shows the ranking for all countries.
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Data Source: World Bank.
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Ranking of African Countries By GDP in 2017
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| Rank | Country | GDP |
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| 1 | South Africa | 381448814653 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 375745731053 |
| 3 | Egypt | 248362771739 |
| 4 | Algeria | 189880896903 |
| 5 | Morocco | 118540573368 |
| 6 | Kenya | 82036510877 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 81770886826 |
| 8 | Angola | 73690154991 |
| 9 | Libya | 67157452182 |
| 10 | Ghana | 60405924079 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 53274884533 |
| 12 | Ivory Coast | 52512343997 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 42163530591 |
| 14 | Sudan | 41283617976 |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38019264795 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 36098547059 |
| 17 | Uganda | 30744473841 |
| 18 | Zambia | 25873601261 |
| 19 | Senegal | 20996562944 |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 17584890937 |
| 21 | Botswana | 16105155857 |
| 22 | Mali | 15365713048 |
| 23 | Gabon | 14929487485 |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 14106955615 |
| 25 | Mauritius | 13713506131 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 13264640646 |
| 27 | Madagascar | 13176313594 |
| 28 | Namibia | 12895153160 |
| 29 | Benin | 12701655837 |
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 12200913879 |
| 31 | Republic of Congo | 11834473048 |
| 32 | Niger | 11185104252 |
| 33 | Guinea | 10324668271 |
| 34 | Chad | 10000394381 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 9252834120 |
| 36 | Malawi | 8943543677 |
| 37 | Somalia | 8252394373 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 6800135898 |
| 39 | Togo | 6387422518 |
| 40 | Eswatini | 4402969226 |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 3719443418 |
| 42 | Liberia | 3390703400 |
| 43 | Djibouti | 2762581334 |
| 44 | Burundi | 2723586963 |
| 45 | Lesotho | 2306741674 |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 2072349973 |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 1996741540 |
| 48 | Seychelles | 1675370641 |
| 49 | Gambia | 1504909463 |
| 50 | Guinea-Bissau | 1469978606 |
| 51 | Comoros | 1077439757 |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 322002845 |
| 53 | Eritrea | 0 |
| 53 | South Sudan | 0 |