Africa Statistics Flash
Selected Socio-Economic Indicators on Africa
January 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COUNTRY FOCUS: SUDAN --- 1
AFRICA: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS --- 4
SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS --- 5
COUNTRY: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS --- 6
COUNTRY: CHANGE IN SECTORAL COMPOSITION OF GDP --- 7
COUNTRY: KEY SOCIAL INDICATORS --- 8
INTRA-AFRICAN EXPORT --- 10
AFRICA’S TRADE WITH BRICS --- 11
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT & OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE --- 12
NOTE --- 13
SOURCE LIST --- 14
Sudan key macroeconomic indicators
Indicators 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
GDP per capita (USD) 1,806 1,732 2,087 2,384 2,729 3,068
Real GDP growth (%) 3.5 6.8 7.0 4.3 4.9 5.8
Inflation (annual, %) 18.0 35.6 36.4 36.9 16.9 11.8
Gross investment (% of GDP) 21.7 21.5 20.1 22.4 17.7 20.7
Gross saving (% of GDP) 9.2 7.5 7.1 4.4 4.9 7.0
Current account balance incl. official transfer (% of GDP) -10.3 -8.5 -6.1 -6.8 -4.6 ...
Gross debt (% of GDP) 87.4 84.9 56.0 116.9 91.4 126.0
Share of industry (% of GDP) 17.9 20.9 21.3 20.1 20.8 ...
(of which manufacturing) 9.2 7.8 8.6 8.5 8.3 ...
Debt service ratio (% of export) 2.8 6.6 2.8 3.6 10.0 5.2
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0 2 4 6 8 10 (US$ Billions)12
0.9 %
3.5 %
6.8 % 7.0 %
4.3 %
4.9 %
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (percentage)8
Export/Import and GDP growth rate
Export Import
47.7 48.5 46.6 47.6 47.6
17.9 20.9 21.3 20.1 20.8
34.4 30.6 32.1 32.4 31.7
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0 20 40 60 80 100(% of GDP)
Services Industry Agriculture
Contribution to GDP by selected sectors
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COUNTRY FOCUS: SUDAN
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 -4
-2 0 2 4 6
(percentage)8
Africa North Africa Sudan
GDP growth rate
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000
2,500(USD million)
Inward FDI flow
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COUNTRY FOCUS: SUDAN COUNTRY FOCUS: SUDAN
Top 5 export products (US$ MIllions)
Product 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) 2 068 1733 1462 760 456
Live animals other than animals of division 03 198 204 170 89 53
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (excluding flour) 161 152 122 65 39
Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil 59 73 64 32 20
Petroleum oils, oils from bitumin. materials, crude 1 157 4 575 3 323 1 879 1 068
Total (of the top 5) 3 643 6 737 5 141 2825 1 636
Share of total (%) 90 95 94 95 94
Top 5 import products (US$ MIllions)
Product 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Civil engineering & contractors' plant & 283 307 288 265 176
Medicaments (incl. veterinary medicaments) 330 295 275 253 167
Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % 436 495 453 422 278
Sugar, molasses and honey 500 412 388 356 236
Wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled 391 664 573 551 356
Total (of the top 5) 1940 2173 1977 1847 1213
Share of total (%) 21 22 22 22 22
Top 5 export destinations (US$ MIllions)
Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
China
1 006 3 647 2 693 1 508 863India
82 164 120 68 39Japan
176 522 394 218 126Saudi Arabia
232 234 193 102 61United Arab Emirates
2 057 1 819 1 511 792 473Total (of the top 5) 3 553 6 386 4 911 2 688 1 562
Share of total (%) 87 90 90 90 90
Top 5 import origins (US$ MIllions)
Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
China 2 008 2 104 1 955 1 807 1 193
Egypt 546 576 531 493 325
India 803 762 722 660 438
Saudi Arabia 735 727 682 627 415
United Arab Emirates 528 673 606 569 373
Total (of the top 5) 4 620 4 842 4 496 4 156 2 744
Share of total (%) 50 49 49 49 49
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COUNTRY FOCUS: SUDAN
Libya
Equatorial Guinea Chad
MaliSwaziland LiberiaCongo NigeriaTunisia Angola South Africa South SudanZimbabweSeychellesComorosNamibiaBurundiSomalia Guinea-BissauMoroccoUgandaMalawiEgypt Sao Tome and PrincipeMozambiqueCabo VerdeMauritiusLesothoGambiaZambiaGuineaAlgeriaGhanaEritreaSudanDRC Central African RepublicBurkina FasoSierra LeoneMadagascarCote dIvoireMauritaniaCameroonBotswanaTanzaniaEthiopiaRwandaDjiboutiSenegalGabonKenyaBeninNigerTogo
-20 -10 0 10
-20 -10 0 10
GDP growth rate (2016, %)
Sao Tome and PrincipeGuinea-BissauCabo VerdeSeychellesComorosDjiboutiSomaliaGambia Central African RepublicEquatorial GuineaMozambiqueSouth SudanBurkina FasoSierra LeoneCote dIvoireSouth AfricaMadagascarMauritaniaZimbabweCameroonSwazilandBotswanaMauritiusTanzaniaMoroccoNamibiaEthiopiaLesothoBurundiRwandaSenegalUgandaZambiaNigeriaMalawiGuineaTunisiaAngolaAlgeriaLiberiaGabonCongoGhanaEritreaSudanKenyaEgyptBeninNigerLibyaChadTogoMaliDRC
0 100 200 300 400 500
0 100 200 300 400 500
GNI (2016, billion USD)
0.30.6
0.81.21.31.41.71.81.81.92.63.03.33.84.14.34.84.95.66.17.87.99.510.411.511.712.212.412.612.613.313.614.015.315.717.125.526.931.131.432.935.541.145.247.953.560.785.3107.5132.7 208.6 279.4 340.5 510.5 -14.3 -9.0 -6.7-5.7-4.4-3.5-1.9-1.6-1.1-0.7 0.40.40.50.81.01.31.51.92.32.32.42.42.42.72.73.03.03.13.33.63.73.73.83.83.83.94.14.34.44.54.85.15.35.45.45.96.16.26.56.67.18.08.7 12.3
Indicators 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
GDP, PPP (current international $ billion)1 4,720 5,034 5,304 5,577 5,819
GDP per capita (current, USD) 1 2,087 2,171 2,199 2,209 1,966
Real GDP growth (%) 1.6 5.2 3.8 3.8 3.4
Inflation (annual, growth rate%) 1 9.0 2 8.6 6.4 7.1 7.0
General govt. net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -3.2 -3.2 -5.0 -6.3 -7.4
Total investment (% of GDP) 3 22.2 22.6 22.6 23.2 23.0
Gross national saving (% of GDP) 4 21.6 20.3 19.6 19.0 16.4
Real export growth (%) 0.3 19.5 -0.7 0.0 2.1
Trade balance (% of GDP) 2.0 1.0 -0.8 -3.3 -6.8
Share of Africa’s export (%) 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.4
Terms of trade index (2000=100) 185.6 191.7 188.0 180.4 153.7
Current account balance (% of GDP) 23 -0.3 -0.7 -2.3 -4.5 -7.0
FDI (inward flow; USD million)
66,018 77,501 74,551 71,254 61,495
FDI (outward flow; USD million) 5
23,201 34,480 37,901 28,277 18,045
International reserve (USD billion) 6 532.3 575.0 571.3 508.5 351.8
Total external debt (% of GNI) 7 20.4 21.8 22.4 21.8 ...
Share of industry (% of GDP) 1 33.3 33.4 32.3 31.9 30.1
(of which manufacturing) 1 10.4 10.2 10.4 10.8 11.0
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AFRICA: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
Central Africa Eastern Africa
Indicators 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Real GDP growth (%) 4.2 6.5 0.4 5.6 2.1 6.2 2.5 7.0 6.7 6.4
GDP per capita (current, USD)
92,107 2,030 2,028 2,032 1,543 558
2617 668 710 673
Inflation (annual, %)
92.8 4.3 2.2 2.4 3.0 18.8 15.2 5.9 5.7 8.6
Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP) 2.3 -0.9 -2.9 -4.0 -5.5 -2.4 -3.2 -3.4 -3.9 -3.7
Total investment (% of GDP)
929.8 29.1 30.3 32.1 31.3 24.7 25.9 25.3 25.7 27.4
Gross national saving (% of GDP)
927.2 26.5 24.7 25.6 20.3 19.5 17.8 16.7 17.2 18.0
Current account balance (% of GDP)
91.8 -0.3 -1.9 -4.5 -7.8 -7.7 -8.5 -8.2 -8.7 -10.2 FDI inward flow (USD million) 5,557 5,381 5,370 6,763 3,942 7,270
29,735 8,546 8,868 8,065
FDI outward flow (USD million)
10, 24-129 -12 -361 -159 -87 107 638 526 411 565
International reserve (USD billion)
1115.2 17.0 17.7 14.9 9.5 15.2 18.8 20.4 20.8 19.1
Total external debt (% of GDP)
1217.4 18.9 23.7 23.2 ... 26.0 24.3 25.7 26.5 ...
Share of industry (% of GDP)
157.8 57.4 54.7 52.8 46.5 23.7 21.9 22.4 23.0 22.9
(of which manufacturing) 7.6 7.6 8.1 8.6 11.3 9.3 9.1 8.8 8.3 8.3
North Africa Southern Africa
Indicators 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Real GDP growth (%) -3.5 6.0 1.5 2.2 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.1
GDP per capita (current, USD) 3,440 3,705 3,670 3,645 3,493 3,748 3,650 3,491 3,365 2,893
Inflation (annual, %) 9.8 11.2 10.4 13.3 10.8 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.2 5.7
Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP) -5.9 -4.9 -7.5 -10.3 -12.3 -1.8 -2.3 -3.2 -4.2 -4.2
Total investment (% of GDP) 24.9 24.9 25.4 26.2 27.0 19.8 21.0 21.2 21.4 19.2
Gross national saving (% of GDP) 25.4 23.1 22.7 22.8 19.8 18.6 17.8 16.8 16.2 13.1
Current account balance (% of GDP) 1.0
141.6 -2.1 -5.2 -9.3 -0.6 -2.4 -3.5 -5.1 -6.2
22FDI inward flow (USD million) 8,137 16,987 13,870 12,546 13,554 26,716 29,965 33,412 31,402 26,247 FDI outward flow (USD million)
14, 252,173 3,127 1,138 654 1,360 19,211 27,298 34,857 25,263 13,997 International reserve (USD billion)
15349.4 368.2 364.5 323.1 189.6 97.5 105.1 104.0 99.7 90.5
17Total external debt (% of GDP)
16,1818.5 19.7 20.5 16.9 ... 28.7 34.8 36.1 38.9 ...
Share of industry (% of GDP) 39.1 40.4 39.2 38.8 35.3 34.7 34.5 33.6 33.8 32.5
(of which manufacturing) 12.6 12.0 12.1 12.7 12.5 11.9 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.4
West Africa
AfricaIndicators 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Real GDP growth (%) 5.8 5.8 6.2 5.3 2.8 1.6 5.2 3.8 3.8 3.4
GDP per capita (current, USD) 1,801 1,927 2,093 2,184 1,841 2,087 2,171 2,199 2,209 1,966
Inflation (annual, %) 6.0 4.6 2.6 1.6 2.3 9.0 8.6 6.4 7.1 7.0
Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP) -0.9 -1.3 -3.3 -3.1 -4.2 -3.2 -3.2 -5.0 -6.3 -7.4
Total investment (% of GDP)
1917.7 17.5 17.1 17.6 16.6 22.2 22.6 22.6 23.2 23.0
Gross national saving (% of GDP)
1918.3 18.1 17.6 15.6 12.8 21.6 20.3 19.6 19.0 16.4
Current account balance (% of GDP) 0.6 1.1 0.7 -1.6 -3.6 -0.3 -0.7 -2.3 -4.5 -7.0
FDI inward flow (USD million) 18,338 15,433 13,354 11,675 9,687 66,018 77,501 74,551 71,254 61,495 FDI outward flow (USD million)
201,839 3,429 1,740 2,108 2,209 23,201 34,480 37,901 28,277 18,045 International reserve (USD billion)
2155.0 65.8 64.7 50.0 43.1 532.3 575.0 571.3 508.5 351.8
Total external debt (% of GDP) 12.0 10.7 11.1 11.2 ... 20.4 21.8 22.4 21.8 ...
Share of industry (% of GDP) 25.5 24.9 24.0 23.3 21.5 33.3 33.4 32.3 31.9 30.1
(of which manufacturing) 7.4 7.7 8.5 9.0 9.7 10.4 10.2 10.4 10.8 11.0
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SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
Sectoral share of GDP (2015)
Agriculture
Industry (excl. manufacturing) Manufacturing
Services
Central Eastern
North
Southern West
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
(percentage)
Real GDP growth
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
(current USD)
Central Eastern North Southern West 1,543
653
3,493
2,893
Africa avg.
GDP per capita (2015)
1,841
North
12.9 %
22.8 %
12.5 % 51.8 %
Eastern
30.0 %
14.5 % 8.3 % 47.1 %
Southern
4.9 % 21.1 %
11.4 % 62.7 %
Central
14.4 %
35.2 %
11.3 % 39.0 %
West
22.3 %
11.8 % 9.7 % 56.2 %
A F R I C A S T A T I S T I C S F L A S H | J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 |
SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
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Country GDP at current
(2017, bil. int’l $) Inflation
(2016, %) Total investment
(2016, % of GDP) Trade balance
(2015, % of GDP) Debt service ratio (% of exports)
Algeria 629.3 6.4 49.0 -7.4 1.7(2015)
Angola 192.0 33 8.4 8.4 15.6(2015)
Benin 25.3 -0.9 24.6 -12.2 3.6(2015)
Botswana 39.6 2.8 21.3 -5.7 3.1(2015)
Burkina Faso 35.7 -0.4 13.6 -9.9 4.4(2015)
Burundi 8.0 5.5 9.0 -20.9 13.5(2015)
Cabo Verde 3.7 0.9 41.8 -35.0 6.2(2015)
Cameroon 81.6 -1.4 20.1 -9.5 6.1(2015)
Central African Republic 3.4 ... 13.5 3.6 …
Chad 29.6 -3.1 20.7 3.0 …
Comoros 1.3 -2 20.9 -37.5 0.6(2014)
Congo 29.2 ... 24.2 -17.8 1.8(2007)
Côte d'Ivoire 96.3 0.7 18.6 3.9 7.4(2015)
DR Congo 68.0 ... 11.4 1.8 3.7(2015)
Djibouti 3.6 2.8 44.3 -35.7 7.2(2015)
Egypt 1,199.013 13.8 15.1 -13.7 13.3(2015)
Equatorial Guinea 29.4 1.4 56.8 3.5 …
Eritrea 9.6 ... 7.4 -11.0 4.3(2000)
Ethiopia 195.8 9.7 38.5 -36.7 7.2(2012)
Gabon 36.8 ... 36.7 22.9 3.4(2005)
Gambia, The 3.6 ... 18.7 -32.3 7.6(2012)
Ghana 130.2 17.5 24.4 -8.8 6.2(2015)
Guinea 26.5 8.7 17.1 3.2 4.1(2015)
Guinea-Bissau 3.1 1.7 11.4 0.3 0.8(2015)
Kenya 163.4 6.3 20.2 -16.5 6.8(2015)
Lesotho 7.4 ... 7.5 -61.3 3.8(2015)
Liberia 3.9 8.8 34.3 -89.2 8.2(2015)
Libya 63.1 ... -20.0 …
Madagascar 39.8 12.4 15.3 -6.8 2.7(2014)
Malawi 22.5 21.7 11.3 -20.2 4.3(2015)
Mali 41.0 -1.8 19.0 -5.5 4.2(2015)
Mauritania 17.4 0.9 39.7 -11.2 12.6(2015)
Mauritius 27.4 1 21.7 -20.2 28.9(2015)
Morocco 300.1 1.6 31.2 -15.6 10.5(2015)
Mozambique 37.4 19.9 38.6 -35.1 9.5(2015)
Namibia 27.0 6.7 27.8 -28.5 …
Niger 21.6 0.2 39.6 -20.1 7.5(2015)
Nigeria 1,118.434 15.7 12.6 0.6 2.9(2015)
Rwanda 24.6 7.2 26.1 -19.1 7.7(2015)
Sao Tome and Principe 0.7 5.1 25.8 -41.1 2.8(2015)
Senegal 43.1 0.8 26.9 -21.4 10.5(2015)
Seychelles 2.7 -0.9 30.3 -36.1 5.7(2013)
Sierra Leone 11.8 ... 16.1 -26.4 2.3(2014)
Somalia 17.5 ... … …
South Africa 757.3 6.6 19.5 -2.8 7.7(2015)
South Sudan 19.8 165 17.2 … (2015)
Sudan 186.8 11.8 16.6 -6.0 10.5(2015)
Swaziland 11.3 ... 12.3 4.2 1.3(2015)
Tanzania 162.8 5.2 27.6 -10.7 3.6(2015)
Togo 12.4 0.9 27.4 -21.9 3.2(2015)
Tunisia 135.9 3.7 22.1 -14.2 12.9(2015)
Uganda 88.6 5.5 25.7 -14.4 1.8(2015)
Zambia 68.9 18.2 38.4 -6.8 6.2(2015)
Zimbabwe 33.9 -1.6 17.2 … 13.4(2015)
COUNTRY: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
A F R I C A S T A T I S T I C S F L A S H | J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 |
Agriculture
(% of GDP) Industry
(% of GDP) (Manufacturing,
% of GDP) Services (% of GDP)
Country 2000 2016 2000 2016 2000 2016 2000 2016
Algeria 8.8 12.7 56.8 36.1 6.2 4.6 34.4 51.1
Angola 5.7 8.0 73.1 46.0 2.9 4.9 21.2 46.0
Benin 25.5 23.0 31.4 24.1 23.4 14.9 43.1 52.9
Botswana 3.1 2.2 50.5 34.7 6.1 5.7 46.4 63.1
Burkina Faso 32.8 30.3 21.5 25.7 13.2 10.8 45.6 44.0
Burundi 40.5 37.7 18.8 15.3 13.2 10.9 40.7 47.1
Cabo Verde 15.8 9.4 25.6 19.9 7.9 6.7 58.5 70.7
Cameroon 16.5 16.7 33.4 26.6 17.0 16.0 50.1 56.7
Central African Republic 41.4 31.9 18.9 25.5 10.9 19.4 39.7 42.6
Chad 33.3 27.5 13.2 32.6 7.5 10.3 53.5 39.9
Comoros 37.0 42.0 11.5 11.8 6.2 9.1 51.5 46.2
Congo 5.4 9.3 73.9 51.9 3.6 3.3 20.7 38.8
Côte d'Ivoire 24.8 20.9 27.3 32.8 22.5 17.4 47.9 46.3
DR Congo 32.3 20.6 22.6 43.2 10.0 20.3 45.1 36.2
Djibouti 3.5 3.3 15.2 21.8 2.6 2.5 81.3 75.0
Egypt 13.8 11.9 33.3 32.9 18.0 17.1 52.9 55.2
Equatorial Guinea 5.8 2.5 71.1 50.0 11.2 19.7 23.1 47.5
Eritrea 15.1 17.3 23.0 23.5 11.2 6.0 61.9 59.1
Ethiopia 47.8 36.8 12.4 21.0 5.8 4.3 39.8 42.2
Gabon 5.7 4.1 60.2 50.8 3.6 6.6 34.2 45.2
Gambia, The 25.0 20.6 15.1 13.8 6.9 4.8 64.7 65.6
Ghana 30.7 18.9 21.2 24.2 11.1 4.7 48.1 56.9
Guinea 22.7 20.2 32.7 36.9 3.0 6.7 44.6 42.9
Guinea-Bissau 43.4 44.2 14.7 14.7 13.9 12.9 41.9 41.1
Kenya 28.2 34.5 20.6 18.5 14.1 9.7 51.2 47.0
Lesotho 8.2 5.9 36.8 32.4 15.8 11.8 55.0 61.8
Liberia 71.7 72.9 0.6 8.8 0.3 5.4 27.6 18.4
Libya 6.5 0.9 47.6 67.1 5.5 3.7 45.9 32.0
Madagascar 33.3 34.6 11.7 7.9 7.5 4.6 55.0 57.5
Malawi 41.4 25.1 19.5 16.4 14.9 9.2 39.1 58.5
Mali 34.9 39.9 23.7 19.2 14.6 13.2 41.4 41.0
Mauritania 35.9 23.4 27.4 36.1 11.1 8.3 36.8 40.4
Mauritius 6.5 3.5 29.6 20.9 22.5 13.9 63.9 75.6
Morocco 13.3 13.6 30.0 29.6 20.5 17.9 56.7 56.8
Mozambique 22.8 24.1 23.0 21.1 16.8 9.3 54.2 54.8
Namibia 11.9 6.8 26.0 30.9 10.8 11.8 62.1 62.3
Niger 41.2 41.2 12.8 18.0 6.4 6.3 46.1 40.9
Nigeria 21.3 21.2 29.9 18.4 7.8 8.8 48.8 60.4
Rwanda 39.2 31.5 13.4 17.7 7.0 6.3 47.4 50.8
Sao Tome and Principe 20.1 11.5 17.3 16.7 7.6 7.2 62.6 71.9
Senegal 19.1 17.1 23.2 23.4 14.7 11.4 57.6 59.6
Seychelles 4.5 2.0 19.2 12.6 12.6 6.7 76.3 85.4
Sierra Leone 48.3 60.0 9.5 5.8 3.3 1.9 42.2 34.3
Somalia 60.2 60.2 7.3 7.4 2.5 2.5 32.5 32.5
South Africa 3.2 2.4 30.8 28.9 18.6 13.3 66.0 68.6
South Sudan 4.1 39.8 1.9 56.1
Sudan 37.1 31.7 17.3 20.8 5.7 8.3 45.6 47.6
Swaziland 12.7 10.0 40.5 36.9 34.8 31.6 46.8 53.1
Tanzania 31.7 31.2 17.2 27.0 8.1 5.5 51.1 41.9
Togo 27.9 28.7 15.8 17.3 9.3 7.5 56.3 54.0
Tunisia 11.1 9.8 29.8 26.0 18.1 16.1 59.1 64.2
Uganda 31.8 25.5 21.0 22.7 10.1 9.8 47.3 51.8
Zambia 17.4 5.1 25.0 35.8 10.2 7.7 57.6 59.2
Zimbabwe 23.1 11.2 19.2 24.3 13.6 9.9 57.8 64.5
COUNTRY: CHANGE IN SECTORAL COMPOSITION OF GDP
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Country Population
(2017, million)
Infant mortality (2015, per 1,000)
Gross enrol. ratio, primary
Unemployment (2016, %)
Seats held by women in parli.
(2017, %)
Life expectancy (2016)
Adult literacy (2015, %)
Algeria 71.9 21.9 116.2 (2015) 11.2 25.8 76.4 80.2
Angola 45.6 96.0 128.7 (2011) 6.6 38.2 61.8 71.1
Benin 44.9 64.2 129 (2015) 1.0 7.2 61.3 38.5
Botswana 58.0 34.8 108.6 (2013) 18.4 9.5 68.1 88.5
Burkina Faso 31.5 60.9 88 (2015) 3.0 11 60.9 36.0
Burundi 12.7 54.1 123.8 (2015) 1.6 36.4 58.0 85.6
Cabo Verde 66.8 20.7 109.9 (2015) 10.5 23.6 73.1 87.6
Cameroon 55.5 57.1 117.1 (2015) 4.5 31.1 58.8 75.0
Central African Republic 40.7 91.5 93.5 (2012) 6.9 8.6 53.3 36.8
Chad 22.8 85.0 101.4 (2013) 5.8 12.8 53.3 40.2
Comoros 28.5 55.1 103.2 (2014) 20.0 6.1 64.0 77.8
Congo 66.2 33.2 110.9 (2012) 11.2 11.3 65.3 79.3
Côte d'Ivoire 55.6 66.6 93.6 (2015) 9.3 10.6 54.4 43.1
DR Congo 43.5 74.5 107 (2014) 3.6 8.9 60.2 …
Djibouti 77.5 54.2 66.3 (2015) 6.6 10.8 62.7 …
Egypt 43.3 20.3 103.9 (2014) 12.0 14.9 71.8 75.2
Equatorial Guinea 40.3 68.2 79.1 (2015) 7.3 24 58.0 95.3
Eritrea 23.6 34.1 49.6 (2015) 7.3 22 65.7 73.8
Ethiopia 20.4 41.4 100.1 (2014) 5.7 38.8 66.0 49.1
Gabon 87.6 36.1 142 (2011) 18.5 17.1 66.7 83.2
Gambia, The 60.8 47.9 91.6 (2015) 29.7 10.3 61.5 55.6
Ghana 55.3 42.8 109.9 (2015) 5.8 12.7 63.2 76.6
Guinea 38.2 61.0 91.3 (2014) 6.8 21.9 60.9 30.4
Guinea-Bissau 50.8 60.3 113.7 (2010) 6.5 13.7 58.0 59.9
Kenya 26.5 35.5 109 (2015) 11.0 21.8 67.3 78.0
Lesotho 28.4 69.2 105.5 (2015) 27.4 22.9 54.7 79.4
Liberia 50.5 52.8 93.9 (2015) 4.0 12.3 63.3 47.6
Libya 79.0 11.4 114.5 (2006) 19.2 16 72.3 91.0
Madagascar 36.4 35.9 148.9 (2015) 2.1 19.2 66.5 64.7
Malawi 16.7 43.4 145.5 (2015) 6.7 16.7 63.8 65.8
Mali 41.4 74.5 75.8 (2015) 8.1 8.8 58.7 38.7
Mauritania 61.0 65.1 102.5 (2015) 11.7 25.2 63.4 52.1
Mauritius 39.5 11.8 103 (2015) 7.8 11.6 74.9 90.6
Morocco 61.2 23.7 114.7 (2015) 10.0 20.5 76.2 72.4
Mozambique 32.8 56.7 105.8 (2015) 24.4 39.6 59.2 58.8
Namibia 48.6 32.8 111.4 (2013) 25.6 41.3 65.0 81.9
Niger 19.3 57.1 72.5 (2015) 2.6 17 60.5 19.1
Nigeria 49.4 69.4 93.7 (2013) 5.0 5.6 54.1 59.6
Rwanda 30.7 31.1 133.6 (2014) 2.5 61.3 67.6 70.5
Sao Tome and Principe 66.2 34.6 113.6 (2015) 13.6 18.2 66.8 74.9
Senegal 44.4 41.7 82.2 (2015) 9.5 41.8 67.6 55.7
Seychelles 54.5 11.7 102.3 (2015) … 21.2 73.9 …
Sierra Leone 40.7 87.1 127.6 (2015) 3.0 12.4 52.3 48.1
Somalia 40.5 85.0 29.2 (2007) 6.6 24.4 56.9 …
South Africa 65.8 33.6 99.7 (2014) 25.9 42 63.7 94.3
South Sudan 19.3 60.3 64.1 (2015) ... 28.5 57.5 31.9
Sudan 34.2 47.6 70.4 (2013) 13.3 30.5 64.8 75.9
Swaziland 21.3 44.5 112.8 (2014) 25.3 6.2 58.5 87.5
Tanzania 33.0 35.2 81.7 (2015) 2.6 36.4 66.7 80.3
Togo 41.0 52.3 121.8 (2015) 6.8 17.6 60.5 66.6
Tunisia 67.3 12.1 114.2 (2015) 14.8 31.3 76.1 81.8
Uganda 16.8 37.7 101.1 (2015) 2.3 34.3 60.3 73.9
Zambia 41.8 43.3 103.7 (2013) 7.5 18 62.3 63.4
Zimbabwe 32.2 46.6 99.9 (2013) 5.1 32.6 61.9 86.5
COUNTRY: KEY SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS
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INTRA-AFRICAN EXPORTS
Intra African exports (2016, USD million)
AMU CEN-SAD COMESA EAC ECCAS ECOWAS IGAD SADC World
From
AMU 3,058 4,567 2,061 81 316 1,123 337 225 73,824
CEN-SAD 3,533 13,980 5,217 1,740 2,183 9,202 2,368 5,870 152,329
COMESA 1,473 4,861 6,878 3,125 1,787 371 3,582 6,499 67,165
EAC 33 1,550 3,685 2,746 1,512 64 1,941 2,022 13,517
ECCAS 71 649 425 132 978 208 95 1,580 53,793
ECOWAS 271 8,282 428 28 1,206 7,780 39 4,495 73,319
IGAD 33 1,817 2,854 2,274 966 57 2,260 1,171 13,497
SADC 269 3,057 11,269 1,929 2,575 1,372 1,336 29,439 143,146
AMU (Arab Maghreb Union), CEN-SAD (Community of Sahel-Saharan States), COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), EAC (East African Community), ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States), ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development), SADC (Southern African Development Community)
Imports from BRICS (USD million) Exports to BRICS (USD million)
Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Brazil 13,217 11,265 10,274 8,427 7,768 14,995 17,232 17,191 8,409 4,912 China 74,820 83,102 93,791 89,901 79,981 75,854 74,514 66,277 38,042 34,504 India 25,925 30,286 29,845 23,063 20,400 38,611 36,483 40,341 27,950 23,652 Russian Federation 10,119 7,947 9,664 8,963 7,655 1,540 1,594 1,574 1,314 1,316 South Africa 30,790 29,427 29,329 26,388 23,305 16,943 14,918 16,248 12,083 10,821 Total 154,871 162,027 172,903 156,740 139,109 147,943 144,741 141,631 87,797 75,206
0 20 40 60 80 100(percentage)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
8.5 7.0 5.9 5.4 5.6
6.5 4.9 5.6 5.7 5.5
16.7 18.7 17.3 14.7 14.7
48.3 51.3 54.2 57.4 57.5
19.9 18.2 17.0 16.8 16.8
10.1 11.9 12.1 9.6 6.5
1.0 1.1 1.1
1.5 1.7
26.1 25.2 28.5 31.8
31.4
51.3 51.5 46.8 43.3 45.9
11.5 10.3 11.5 13.8 14.4
South Africa China India Russian Federation Brazil
Imports Exports
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AFRICA’S TRADE WITH BRICS
Top 10 Inward FDI flows (USD million)
Country 2016
Angola 14 363.6
Egypt 8,106.8
Nigeria 4448.7
Ghana 3485.3
Ethiopia 3196.4
Mozambique 3093.4
Morocco 2321.8
South Africa 2270.4
Congo 2006.0
Algeria 1546.0
Africa total 59,373.0
Top 10 ODA recepients (as % of GNI)
Country 2014
Liberia 44.3
Central African Republic 35.9
Somalia 21.1
Sierra Leone 18.9
South Sudan 16.6
Burundi 16.2
Malawi 15.8
Rwanda 13.3
Cabo Verde 12.9
Mozambique 12.6
Net ODA
Liberia CAR
SomaliaSierra Leone South Sudan
Burundi Malawi
RwandaCabo Verde Mozambique 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0 50 100 150
(% of GNI)
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FOREGIN DIRECT INVESTMENT & OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSITANCE
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NOTE
Note
1 Excluding Somalia
2 Excluding South Sudan
3 Excluding Somalia and Liberia 4 Excluding Somalia, Libya and Liberia
5 Excluding Central Africa Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Lesotho, Sierra Leone and Sudan
6 Excluding Eritrea (from 2012), Ethipia, Somalia, South Sudan (2011), Mauritania (from 2013), Libya (2015), Tunisia (2015), Malawi (2015), Ghana (from 2014), Gambia (2015) and Liberia (2015)
7 Excluding Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan, Seychelles, Libya, Tunisia (2014) and Namibia 8 Excluding Equatorial Guinea for Central Africa
9 Excluding Somalia for Eastern Africa
10 Excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Tanzania for Eastern Africa 11 Excluding Eritrea (from 2012), Ethipia, Somalia and South Sudan (2011) for Eastern Africa
12 Excluding Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan and Seychelles for Eastern Africa 13 Excluding Libya for North Africa
14 Excluding Sudan for North Africa
15 Excluding Mauritania (from 2013), Libya (2015) and Tunisia (2015) for North Africa 16 Excluding Libya and Tunisia (2014) for North Africa
17 Excluding Malawi for Southern Africa 18 Excluding Namibia for Souther Africa 19 Excluding Liberia for West Africa 20 Excluding Seirra Leone for West Africa
21 Excluding Ghana (from 2014), Gambia (2015) and Liberia (2015) for West Africa
22 Excluding Zimbabwe
23 Excluding Somalia, South Sudan (2011), Sudan (2011) and Zimbabwe (2015) 24 Excluding Central Africa Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Chad for Eastern Africa 25 Exluding Lesotho for Southern Africa
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SOURCE LIST
Page # Indicator Source
Page 1-2
Real GDP growth; Inflation; GDP per capita ;
Gross investment; External debt; Current account balance incl.
official transfer (% of GDP)
AFRICAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 2018
Gross debt; Gross saving; International Monetary Fund
Debt service ratio; World Development Indicators
Contribution of sectors to GDP United Nations Statistics Division
Inward FDI flows ECA stats
Page 3 Export and import AFRICAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 2018
Page 4-6 GDP; United Nations Statistics Division
GNI PPP World Bank
GDP per capita; General govt. net lending/borrowin; Total investment; Gross national saving; Current account balance;
Inflation
International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook Database
Real GDP growth; Share of industry; Share of manufacturing United Nations Statistics Division International reserve; Total external debt; GNI World Bank
Real export growth; Trade balance; Share of Africa’s export; Terms
of trade index; FDI United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Page 7-9 GDP; Total investment; Trade balance International Monetary Fund
Inflation African Statistical Yearbook 2017
Debt service ratio World Bank
GDP by sector; Infant mortality; Seats held by women in
parliament United Nations Statistics Division
Population; Life expectancy United Nations Population Division
Gross enrolment ratio; Adult literacy United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unemployment International Labour Organization
Page 10 Intra-African Exports United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Page 11 Africa’s trade with BRICS United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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