List of African countries by GDP per capita
| Source | International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (October-2019) |
| Date | 29 Feb 2020 |
Top Statistics
| Country/Economy | GDP per capita ($) | % of | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | Change | Africa | World | Africa | World | |
| Algeria | 4,080.9 | 3,980.1 | -100.8 | 212 | 34.7 | 10 | 118 |
| Angola | 3,620.6 | 3,038.0 | -582.6 | 162 | 26.5 | 15 | 133 |
| Benin | 1,241.8 | 1,216.6 | -25.1 | 64.8 | 10.6 | 29 | 163 |
| Botswana | 7,973.1 | 7,859.2 | -114.0 | 418 | 68.6 | 5 | 83 |
| Burkina Faso | 715.8 | 718.0 | 2.2 | 38.2 | 6.26 | 40 | 178 |
| Burundi | 307.0 | 309.9 | 2.9 | 16.5 | 2.70 | 52 | 191 |
| Cabo Verde | 3,578.7 | 3,598.6 | 20.0 | 192 | 31.4 | 11 | 124 |
| Cameroon | 1,555.7 | 1,514.6 | -41.1 | 80.7 | 13.2 | 23 | 154 |
| Central African Republic | 448.7 | 448.0 | -0.7 | 23.9 | 3.91 | 48 | 187 |
| Chad | 884.8 | 861.2 | -23.6 | 45.9 | 7.51 | 34 | 171 |
| Comoros | 1,391.4 | 1,349.8 | -41.6 | 71.9 | 11.8 | 26 | 158 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 495.6 | 500.6 | 4.9 | 26.7 | 4.37 | 45 | 184 |
| Republic of Congo | 2,617.5 | 2,534.5 | -83.0 | 135 | 22.1 | 17 | 140 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1,681.0 | 1,691.3 | 10.3 | 90.1 | 14.8 | 22 | 151 |
| Djibouti | 2,786.8 | 2,936.2 | 149.4 | 156 | 25.6 | 16 | 134 |
| Egypt | 2,573.3 | 3,046.6 | 473.3 | 162 | 26.6 | 14 | 132 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 10,453.1 | 8,927.4 | -1,525.7 | 475 | 77.9 | 3 | 76 |
| Eritrea | 331.9 | 342.6 | 10.7 | 18.2 | 2.99 | 51 | 190 |
| Eswatini | 4,267.1 | 4,176.8 | -90.4 | 222 | 36.4 | 9 | 114 |
| Ethiopia | 852.9 | 953.2 | 100.3 | 50.8 | 8.32 | 32 | 167 |
| Gabon | 8,220.4 | 8,112.3 | -108.1 | 432 | 70.8 | 4 | 82 |
| The Gambia | 712.5 | 755.0 | 42.5 | 40.2 | 6.59 | 39 | 177 |
| Ghana | 2,216.8 | 2,223.4 | 6.6 | 118 | 19.4 | 18 | 143 |
| Guinea | 910.1 | 981.0 | 71.0 | 52.2 | 8.56 | 31 | 166 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 822.0 | 786.3 | -35.7 | 41.9 | 6.86 | 37 | 174 |
| Kenya | 1,830.6 | 1,997.6 | 167.0 | 106 | 17.4 | 20 | 146 |
| Lesotho | 1,333.4 | 1,338.5 | 5.1 | 71.3 | 11.7 | 27 | 159 |
| Liberia | 727.8 | 703.8 | -24.0 | 37.5 | 6.14 | 42 | 180 |
| Libya | 6,287.7 | 5,019.6 | -1,268.1 | 267 | 43.8 | 8 | 104 |
| Madagascar | 459.3 | 463.9 | 4.6 | 24.7 | 4.05 | 47 | 186 |
| Malawi | 349.9 | 370.7 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 3.23 | 50 | 189 |
| Mali | 926.5 | 924.2 | -2.4 | 49.2 | 8.06 | 33 | 169 |
| Mauritania | 1,319.3 | 1,392.5 | 73.2 | 74.1 | 12.1 | 25 | 156 |
| Mauritius | 11,228.1 | 11,360.7 | 132.6 | 605 | 99.1 | 2 | 65 |
| Morocco | 3,365.5 | 3,345.0 | -20.5 | 178 | 29.2 | 12 | 127 |
| Mozambique | 474.5 | 484.4 | 9.9 | 25.8 | 4.23 | 46 | 185 |
| Namibia | 6,012.7 | 5,842.1 | -170.7 | 311 | 51.0 | 7 | 96 |
| Niger | 414.3 | 405.1 | -9.2 | 21.6 | 3.53 | 49 | 188 |
| Nigeria | 2,032.9 | 2,222.0 | 189.2 | 118 | 19.4 | 19 | 144 |
| Rwanda | 786.5 | 824.9 | 38.4 | 43.9 | 7.20 | 36 | 173 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,943.5 | 1,933.4 | -10.1 | 103 | 16.9 | 21 | 147 |
| Senegal | 1,441.4 | 1,427.9 | -13.6 | 76.0 | 12.5 | 24 | 155 |
| Seychelles | 16,574.7 | 17,052.2 | 477.5 | 908 | 149 | 1 | 53 |
| Sierra Leone | 539.2 | 546.6 | 7.4 | 29.1 | 4.77 | 44 | 182 |
| South Africa | 6,353.9 | 6,100.4 | -253.5 | 325 | 53.2 | 6 | 94 |
| South Sudan | 353.2 | 275.2 | -78.0 | 14.7 | 2.40 | 53 | 192 |
| Sudan | 816.5 | 714.3 | -102.2 | 38.0 | 6.23 | 41 | 179 |
| Tanzania | 1,039.7 | 1,104.8 | 65.1 | 58.8 | 9.64 | 30 | 164 |
| Togo | 670.3 | 671.4 | 1.1 | 35.8 | 5.86 | 43 | 181 |
| Tunisia | 3,421.8 | 3,287.1 | -134.7 | 175 | 28.7 | 13 | 130 |
| Uganda | 724.2 | 770.1 | 45.9 | 41.0 | 6.72 | 38 | 176 |
| Zambia | 1,503.4 | 1,307.0 | -196.4 | 69.6 | 11.4 | 28 | 160 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,434.1 | 860.0 | -574.1 | 45.8 | 7.50 | 35 | 172 |
| Africa | 1,850.3 | 1,878.0 | 27.7 | 16.4 | |||
| Country/Economy | GDP per capita (Int. $) | % of | Rank | PPP/Nom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | Change | Africa | World | Africa | World | ||
| Algeria | 15,331.7 | 15,696.4 | 364.7 | 281 | 83.6 | 6 | 88 | 3.944 |
| Angola | 6,851.3 | 6,752.4 | -98.9 | 121 | 36.0 | 17 | 134 | 2.223 |
| Benin | 3,267.4 | 3,446.4 | 179.1 | 61.6 | 18.4 | 28 | 160 | 2.833 |
| Botswana | 17,947.8 | 18,558.4 | 610.6 | 332 | 98.8 | 5 | 80 | 2.361 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,982.0 | 2,077.3 | 95.3 | 37.1 | 11.1 | 40 | 178 | 2.893 |
| Burundi | 732.8 | 727.2 | -5.6 | 13.0 | 3.87 | 53 | 192 | 2.347 |
| Cabo Verde | 7,320.5 | 7,729.3 | 408.9 | 138 | 41.2 | 14 | 129 | 2.148 |
| Cameroon | 3,830.1 | 3,955.2 | 125.1 | 70.7 | 21.1 | 24 | 153 | 2.611 |
| Central African Republic | 788.8 | 822.6 | 33.7 | 14.7 | 4.38 | 52 | 191 | 1.836 |
| Chad | 2,442.5 | 2,480.8 | 38.3 | 44.4 | 13.2 | 36 | 170 | 2.880 |
| Comoros | 2,789.5 | 2,799.0 | 9.5 | 50.0 | 14.9 | 31 | 165 | 2.074 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 823.9 | 849.1 | 25.2 | 15.2 | 4.52 | 51 | 190 | 1.696 |
| Republic of Congo | 6,948.5 | 7,174.0 | 225.5 | 128 | 38.2 | 15 | 132 | 2.831 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 4,179.8 | 4,457.2 | 277.3 | 79.7 | 23.7 | 21 | 147 | 2.635 |
| Djibouti | 5,304.9 | 5,567.6 | 262.6 | 99.5 | 29.6 | 19 | 140 | 1.896 |
| Egypt | 13,357.7 | 14,023.2 | 665.5 | 251 | 74.7 | 7 | 96 | 4.603 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 22,717.5 | 21,300.1 | -1,417.4 | 381 | 113 | 3 | 67 | 2.386 |
| Eritrea | 1,028.4 | 1,059.6 | 31.2 | 18.9 | 5.64 | 50 | 189 | 3.093 |
| Eswatini | 10,931.8 | 11,160.8 | 229.0 | 200 | 59.4 | 11 | 110 | 2.672 |
| Ethiopia | 2,333.0 | 2,511.1 | 178.1 | 44.9 | 13.4 | 35 | 169 | 2.634 |
| Gabon | 18,433.6 | 19,057.3 | 623.7 | 341 | 101 | 4 | 76 | 2.349 |
| The Gambia | 2,608.3 | 2,745.4 | 137.1 | 49.1 | 14.6 | 32 | 166 | 3.636 |
| Ghana | 6,491.8 | 6,955.8 | 464.0 | 124 | 37.0 | 16 | 133 | 3.128 |
| Guinea | 2,321.6 | 2,441.2 | 119.6 | 43.6 | 13.0 | 39 | 173 | 2.488 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,937.7 | 2,018.5 | 80.8 | 36.1 | 10.7 | 41 | 179 | 2.567 |
| Kenya | 3,704.8 | 3,874.6 | 169.7 | 69.3 | 20.6 | 25 | 154 | 1.940 |
| Lesotho | 3,479.2 | 3,614.6 | 135.4 | 64.6 | 19.2 | 27 | 157 | 2.700 |
| Liberia | 1,418.1 | 1,413.6 | -4.5 | 25.3 | 7.53 | 46 | 185 | 2.008 |
| Libya | 11,472.5 | 9,358.4 | -2,114.1 | 167 | 49.8 | 12 | 117 | 1.864 |
| Madagascar | 1,630.6 | 1,699.3 | 68.7 | 30.4 | 9.05 | 43 | 182 | 3.663 |
| Malawi | 1,199.8 | 1,240.4 | 40.6 | 22.2 | 6.61 | 48 | 187 | 3.346 |
| Mali | 2,380.0 | 2,470.8 | 90.8 | 44.2 | 13.2 | 37 | 171 | 2.674 |
| Mauritania | 4,598.2 | 4,881.4 | 283.2 | 87.3 | 26.0 | 20 | 145 | 3.506 |
| Mauritius | 23,709.1 | 24,996.0 | 1,286.9 | 447 | 133 | 2 | 63 | 2.200 |
| Morocco | 8,930.7 | 9,235.2 | 304.5 | 165 | 49.2 | 13 | 118 | 2.761 |
| Mozambique | 1,291.5 | 1,303.1 | 11.6 | 23.3 | 6.94 | 47 | 186 | 2.690 |
| Namibia | 11,298.3 | 11,265.8 | -32.5 | 201 | 60.0 | 10 | 109 | 1.928 |
| Niger | 1,061.9 | 1,106.0 | 44.0 | 19.8 | 5.89 | 49 | 188 | 2.730 |
| Nigeria | 5,966.8 | 6,054.8 | 88.0 | 108 | 32.2 | 18 | 138 | 2.725 |
| Rwanda | 2,287.4 | 2,452.0 | 164.6 | 43.8 | 13.1 | 38 | 172 | 2.972 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 3,313.1 | 3,387.3 | 74.2 | 60.6 | 18.0 | 30 | 162 | 1.752 |
| Senegal | 3,671.2 | 3,853.0 | 181.8 | 68.9 | 20.5 | 26 | 156 | 2.698 |
| Seychelles | 30,383.0 | 31,693.0 | 1,310.1 | 567 | 169 | 1 | 51 | 1.859 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,616.5 | 1,690.4 | 73.9 | 30.2 | 9.00 | 44 | 183 | 3.092 |
| South Africa | 13,629.8 | 13,753.8 | 124.0 | 246 | 73.2 | 8 | 100 | 2.255 |
| South Sudan | 1,503.8 | 1,602.3 | 98.5 | 28.6 | 8.53 | 45 | 184 | 5.823 |
| Sudan | 4,229.3 | 4,071.7 | -157.6 | 72.8 | 21.7 | 23 | 150 | 5.700 |
| Tanzania | 3,273.0 | 3,402.4 | 129.4 | 60.8 | 18.1 | 29 | 161 | 3.080 |
| Togo | 1,749.7 | 1,825.8 | 76.1 | 32.6 | 9.72 | 42 | 181 | 2.719 |
| Tunisia | 12,384.4 | 12,661.3 | 276.9 | 226 | 67.4 | 9 | 102 | 3.852 |
| Uganda | 2,497.3 | 2,630.5 | 133.2 | 47.0 | 14.0 | 34 | 168 | 3.416 |
| Zambia | 4,117.8 | 4,148.0 | 30.2 | 74.2 | 22.1 | 22 | 149 | 3.174 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,908.3 | 2,702.0 | -206.3 | 48.3 | 14.4 | 33 | 167 | 3.142 |
| Africa | 5,461.1 | 5,593.6 | 132.5 | 29.8 | 2.978 | |||