List of African countries by GDP
| Source | International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (April - 2018) |
| Date | 04 Jun 2018 |
| Country | GDP (Nominal) (billions of $) | Rank (Nominal) | GDP (PPP) (billions of Int. $) | Rank (PPP) | PPP/Nom | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2017 | change | Africa | World | 2016 | 2017 | change | Africa | World | ||
| Algeria | 159.049 | 178.287 | 19.238 | 4 | 55 | 609.610 | 632.904 | 23.294 | 4 | 36 | 3.550 |
| Angola | 95.337 | 124.209 | 28.872 | 5 | 59 | 185.587 | 190.290 | 4.703 | 7 | 66 | 1.532 |
| Benin | 8.576 | 9.238 | 0.662 | 32 | 139 | 23.565 | 25.331 | 1.766 | 33 | 138 | 2.742 |
| Botswana | 15.660 | 17.168 | 1.508 | 20 | 115 | 37.361 | 38.857 | 1.496 | 22 | 117 | 2.263 |
| Burkina Faso | 11.310 | 12.569 | 1.259 | 26 | 128 | 33.023 | 35.777 | 2.754 | 25 | 123 | 2.846 |
| Burundi | 3.138 | 3.396 | 0.258 | 43 | 160 | 7.849 | 7.990 | 0.141 | 44 | 159 | 2.353 |
| Cabo Verde | 1.640 | 1.741 | 0.101 | 49 | 170 | 3.529 | 3.735 | 0.206 | 47 | 167 | 2.145 |
| Cameroon | 32.230 | 34.006 | 1.776 | 15 | 97 | 84.601 | 88.861 | 4.260 | 14 | 88 | 2.613 |
| Central African Republic | 1.756 | 1.928 | 0.172 | 48 | 168 | 3.185 | 3.373 | 0.188 | 50 | 170 | 1.749 |
| Chad | 10.091 | 9.872 | -0.219 | 30 | 137 | 28.962 | 28.557 | -0.405 | 29 | 131 | 2.893 |
| Comoros | 0.615 | 0.652 | 0.037 | 53 | 183 | 1.259 | 1.313 | 0.054 | 53 | 180 | 2.014 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.324 | 41.441 | 2.117 | 12 | 89 | 65.020 | 68.453 | 3.433 | 17 | 100 | 1.652 |
| Republic of Congo | 7.787 | 8.513 | 0.726 | 34 | 142 | 29.735 | 28.875 | -0.860 | 28 | 130 | 3.392 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 36.375 | 40.360 | 3.985 | 13 | 92 | 88.339 | 96.917 | 8.578 | 13 | 85 | 2.401 |
| Djibouti | 1.889 | 2.029 | 0.140 | 47 | 167 | 3.344 | 3.632 | 0.288 | 48 | 168 | 1.790 |
| Egypt | 332.484 | 237.073 | -95.411 | 3 | 45 | 1,132.069 | 1,201.188 | 69.119 | 1 | 21 | 5.067 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 10.178 | 10.725 | 0.547 | 29 | 136 | 31.183 | 30.352 | -0.831 | 27 | 128 | 2.830 |
| Eritrea | 5.005 | 5.813 | 0.808 | 38 | 150 | 8.776 | 9.382 | 0.606 | 43 | 156 | 1.614 |
| Ethiopia | 73.151 | 80.874 | 7.723 | 7 | 67 | 177.404 | 200.210 | 22.806 | 6 | 64 | 2.476 |
| Gabon | 14.020 | 15.206 | 1.186 | 23 | 120 | 35.777 | 36.727 | 0.950 | 24 | 120 | 2.415 |
| The Gambia | 0.965 | 1.009 | 0.044 | 52 | 178 | 3.418 | 3.602 | 0.184 | 49 | 169 | 3.570 |
| Ghana | 42.787 | 47.032 | 4.245 | 11 | 87 | 121.154 | 133.742 | 12.588 | 12 | 79 | 2.844 |
| Guinea | 8.476 | 9.721 | 1.245 | 31 | 138 | 24.375 | 26.467 | 2.092 | 32 | 136 | 2.723 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1.165 | 1.350 | 0.185 | 51 | 175 | 2.921 | 3.137 | 0.216 | 51 | 172 | 2.324 |
| Kenya | 70.527 | 79.511 | 8.984 | 8 | 68 | 152.902 | 163.136 | 10.234 | 9 | 74 | 2.052 |
| Lesotho | 2.442 | 2.768 | 0.326 | 46 | 164 | 6.628 | 6.955 | 0.327 | 45 | 161 | 2.513 |
| Liberia | 3.278 | 3.285 | 0.007 | 44 | 162 | 5.847 | 6.099 | 0.252 | 46 | 165 | 1.857 |
| Libya | 18.539 | 31.331 | 12.792 | 16 | 98 | 37.035 | 64.396 | 27.361 | 18 | 102 | 2.055 |
| Madagascar | 10.001 | 11.463 | 1.462 | 28 | 133 | 37.497 | 39.732 | 2.235 | 21 | 114 | 3.466 |
| Malawi | 5.475 | 6.206 | 0.731 | 37 | 149 | 21.133 | 22.373 | 1.240 | 35 | 141 | 3.605 |
| Mali | 14.039 | 15.318 | 1.279 | 22 | 119 | 38.248 | 41.000 | 2.752 | 20 | 113 | 2.677 |
| Mauritania | 4.755 | 5.116 | 0.361 | 39 | 151 | 16.419 | 17.251 | 0.832 | 39 | 150 | 3.372 |
| Mauritius | 12.150 | 12.428 | 0.278 | 27 | 130 | 25.961 | 27.459 | 1.498 | 30 | 134 | 2.209 |
| Morocco | 103.607 | 109.824 | 6.217 | 6 | 61 | 281.420 | 298.572 | 17.152 | 5 | 57 | 2.719 |
| Mozambique | 11.272 | 12.681 | 1.409 | 25 | 127 | 35.051 | 36.734 | 1.683 | 23 | 119 | 2.897 |
| Namibia | 10.945 | 12.687 | 1.742 | 24 | 126 | 26.347 | 26.511 | 0.164 | 31 | 135 | 2.090 |
| Niger | 7.531 | 8.253 | 0.722 | 35 | 143 | 20.394 | 21.836 | 1.442 | 36 | 142 | 2.646 |
| Nigeria | 405.442 | 376.284 | -29.158 | 1 | 31 | 1,090.102 | 1,118.756 | 28.654 | 2 | 24 | 2.973 |
| Rwanda | 8.475 | 9.137 | 0.662 | 33 | 140 | 22.798 | 24.625 | 1.827 | 34 | 139 | 2.695 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.351 | 0.379 | 0.028 | 54 | 186 | 0.638 | 0.676 | 0.038 | 54 | 185 | 1.784 |
| Senegal | 14.715 | 16.463 | 1.748 | 21 | 118 | 39.637 | 43.241 | 3.604 | 19 | 110 | 2.627 |
| Seychelles | 1.429 | 1.482 | 0.053 | 50 | 174 | 2.561 | 2.718 | 0.157 | 52 | 173 | 1.834 |
| Sierra Leone | 3.785 | 3.641 | -0.144 | 42 | 158 | 10.918 | 11.504 | 0.586 | 41 | 153 | 3.160 |
| Somalia | 6.887 | 7.382 | 0.495 | 36 | 145 | 17.997 | 18.659 | 0.662 | 38 | 148 | 2.528 |
| South Africa | 295.678 | 349.299 | 53.621 | 2 | 33 | 742.238 | 765.568 | 23.330 | 3 | 30 | 2.192 |
| South Sudan | 3.056 | 2.870 | -0.186 | 45 | 163 | 20.707 | 18.741 | -1.966 | 37 | 147 | 6.530 |
| Sudan | 57.649 | 58.239 | 0.590 | 9 | 76 | 178.030 | 187.030 | 9.000 | 8 | 68 | 3.211 |
| Swaziland | 3.848 | 4.491 | 0.643 | 41 | 157 | 11.113 | 11.338 | 0.225 | 42 | 154 | 2.525 |
| Tanzania | 47.653 | 51.725 | 4.072 | 10 | 81 | 150.283 | 162.166 | 11.883 | 10 | 75 | 3.135 |
| Togo | 4.460 | 4.767 | 0.307 | 40 | 154 | 12.179 | 12.943 | 0.764 | 40 | 151 | 2.715 |
| Tunisia | 42.074 | 40.275 | -1.799 | 14 | 93 | 130.542 | 135.416 | 4.874 | 11 | 78 | 3.362 |
| Uganda | 25.307 | 26.349 | 1.042 | 17 | 102 | 83.388 | 88.673 | 5.285 | 15 | 89 | 3.365 |
| Zambia | 20.941 | 25.504 | 4.563 | 18 | 104 | 65.325 | 68.885 | 3.560 | 16 | 99 | 2.701 |
| Zimbabwe | 16.117 | 17.491 | 1.374 | 19 | 114 | 32.386 | 33.959 | 1.573 | 26 | 124 | 1.942 |
| Africa | 2,145.436 | 2,200.861 | 55.425 | - | - | 6,057.770 | 6,376.624 | 318.854 | - | - | 2.897 |