Africa Statistics Flash
Selected Socio-Economic Indicators on Africa
August 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COUNTRY FOCUS: BURKINA FASO --- 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
Burkina Faso key macroeconomic indicators
Indicators 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
GDP per capita (current, USD) 666 673 699 698 576 619 677
Real GDP growth (%) 6.6 6.5 5.8 4.3 3.9 5.9 6.7
Inflation (annual, %) 5.1 1.7 0.1 -0.2 1.3 -1.6 2.0
Gross investment (% of GDP) 15.4 14.9 18.7 21.5 13.8 15.8 17.7
Gross saving (% of GDP) 11.5 8.2 7.5 13.4 5.3 8.5 9.3
Current account balance (% of GDP) -4.0 -6.7 -11.3 -8.1 -8.5 -7.3 -8.3
External debt (% of GDP) 28.1 28.2 28.8 30.4 35.8 38.3 38.1
Share of industry (% of GDP) 26.8 24.5 20.7 21.6 20.8 20.6 20.2
(of which manufacturing) 7.6 7.4 5.9 6.9 7.3 7.2 6.5
Debt service ratio (% of export) 4.2 5.9 7.0 10.5 15.6 25.1 13.4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000(USD Million)
6.5 %
5.8 %
4.3 %
3.9 %
5.9 %
6.7 %
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (percentage)8
Export Import
44.3 44.1 46.0 47.7 48.4
20.7 21.6 20.8 20.6 20.2
35.0 34.3 33.2 31.7 31.3
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
0 20 40 60 80 100(% of GDP)
Services Industry Agriculture
GDP growth rate (%), Export and Import (millions)
Contribution to GDP by sectors (%)
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COUNTRY FOCUS: BURKINA FASO
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 0
2 4 6 8
(percentage)
Africa West Africa Burkina Fasso
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
0 100 200 300 400 500(USD million)
GDP growth rate
Inward FDI flow
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COUNTRY FOCUS: BURKINA FASO COUNTRY FOCUS: BURKINA FASO
Top 5 export products (USD million)
Product 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 40.2 58.7 52.4 97.2 127.2 171.0 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds
and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 109.8 208.2 195.6 219.1 155.1 134.2 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their
distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 141.7 231.4 275.3 0.2 10.7 13.5
Cotton 306.3 454.7 506.0 302.0 428.1 368.1
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals cladwith precious metal, and articles
thereof; imitation jewellery; coin 1582.6 1484.4 1462.9 1345.9 1550.8 1790.1
Total (of the top 5) 2 180 2 437 2 492 1 964 2 272 2 477
Total percentage of export 90.4 92.0 87.6 90.2 90.2 88.8
Top 5 import products (USD million)
Product 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their
distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 922.4 1141.1 1120.8 767.3 666.2 926.2
Pharmaceutical products 121.3 203.5 196.2 184.8 211.6 166.7
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and
mechanical appliances; parts thereof 445.9 540.3 277.8 300.1 413.7 468.4
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
202.3 219.4 176.9 159.2 201.1 316.9
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-
stock, and parts and accessories thereof 306.8 373.0 264.7 267.7 256.9 310.4
Total (of the top 5) 1,999 2,477 2,036 1,679 1,750 2,189
Total percentage of import 56.0 56.7 57.0 56.3 52.3 58.9
Top 5 export destinations (USD million)
Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Côte d'Ivoire 47.0 60.6 149.2 77.4 107.8 184.8
India 7.4 6.5 31.8 224.2 130.0 277.0
Singapore 112.6 136.8 194.3 218.5 230.1 260.9
South Africa 220.5 144.4 115.2 84.9 90.9 28.2
Switzerland 1407.8 1384.4 1422.3 1101.6 1495.7 1639.7
Total (of the top 5) 1795.2 1732.8 1912.8 1706.5 2054.5 2390.6
Total percentage of export 74.5 65.4 67.2 78.4 81.5 85.7
Top 5 import origins (USD million)
Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
China 316.4 424.3 322.8 330.3 483.1 518.7
Côte d'Ivoire 337.4 387.5 603.6 249.3 287.2 400.6
France 299.7 374.4 397.2 269.2 269.3 318.6
Netherlands 107.2 373.6 46.6 227.7 149.6 262.4
USA 248.8 270.7 83.0 192.4 266.9 259.2
Total (of the top 5) 1309.4 1830.5 1453.1 1269.0 1456.0 1759.5
Total percentage of import 36.7 41.9 40.6 42.6 43.6 47.3
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COUNTRY FOCUS: BURKINA FASO
Mali Congo Equatorial GuineaSwazilandNamibia
SomaliaEritrea South Sudan Chad Gabon NigeriaAngola South AfricaZimbabweMauritaniaCameroonBotswanaComorosBurundiLesothoGambiaAlgeriaTunisiaLiberiaDRC MozambiqueMadagascarCabo VerdeMauritiusUganda Central African RepublicSao Tome and PrincipeGuinea-BissauBurkina FasoSierra LeoneCote dIvoireSeychellesMoroccoTanzaniaEthiopiaRwandaSenegalDjiboutiZambiaMalawiGuineaGhanaSudanKenyaEgyptBeninNigerLibyaTogo
-20 -10 0 10
-20 -10 0 10
GDP growth rate (2017, %)
-5.4-3.4-2.5-2.3-0.8
no data no data no data
0.10.30.71.11.31.61.92.32.42.52.52.93.13.13.13.53.63.73.93.93.94.04.04.14.14.24.44.84.95.25.65.85.85.96.16.26.36.76.76.76.87.07.68.510.2 70.8
Sao Tome and PrincipeGuinea-BissauGambia, TheCabo VerdeSeychellesComorosSomaliaDjibouti Central African RepublicEquatorial GuineaCongo, Dem. Rep.Egypt, Arab Rep.MozambiqueSouth SudanBurkina FasoCote d IvoireSierra LeoneMadagascarSouth AfricaCongo, Rep.MauritaniaZimbabweCameroonBotswanaMauritiusTanzaniaMoroccoNamibiaEswatiniEthiopiaLesothoBurundiRwandaSenegalUgandaZambiaNigeriaMalawiGuineaAngolaAlgeriaLiberiaTunisiaGabonGhanaEritreaSudanKenyaBeninNigerChadLibyaTogoMali
0 100 200 300 400 500
0 100 200 300 400 500
GNI (2017, billion USD)
0.4 1.11.3 1.4 1.41.4 1.71.8
2.02.43.03.63.73.74.85.05.35.86.27.98.38.99.210.210.310.611.812.412.813.113.513.514.917.117.120.324.425.527.234.436.937.038.950.957.074.175.1104.5107.3118.9165.4193.6 338.4356.4
Indicators 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
GDP, PPP (current international $ billion) 5334.4 5608.4 5860.9 6057.8 6376.6
GDP per capita (current, USD) 2129.1 2153.3 1937.4 1800.5 1837.8
Real GDP growth (%) 3.6 3.7 3.4 2.3 3.7
Inflation (annual, growth rate%) 6.7 7.1 7.4 10.2 12.8
General govt. net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -4.8 -5.9 -7.5 -7.1 -6.4
Total investment (% of GDP) 22.9 23.6 24.1 23.0 22.4
Gross national saving (% of GDP) 19.7 19.5 17.2 16.9 17.9
Real export growth (%) -5.9 -8.5 -29.3 -9.6 18.3
Trade balance (% of GDP) -2.5 -15.3 -7.8 -7.0 ...
Share of Africa’s export (%) 3.2 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.4
Terms of trade index (2000=100) 188.0 180.4 153.7 ... ...
Current account balance (% of GDP) -2.4 -4.4 -6.6 -5.4 -3.8
FDI (inward flow; USD million) 50789.5 52490.5 57358.7 53682.2 41772.3
FDI (outward flow; USD million) 16072.0 13598.5 10844.5 11234.4 12078.3
International reserve (USD billion) 563.7 507.8 438.6 395.2 377.1
Total external debt (% of GNI) 10.34 9.94 9.84 10.42 ...
Share of industry (% of GDP) 32.3 31.4 28.8 27.9 ...
(of which manufacturing) 10.2 10.6 10.9 10.8 ...
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AFRICA: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
Central Africa Eastern Africa
Indicators 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Real GDP growth (%)
0.4 5.6 2.1 ... ... 7.0 6.7 6.4 ... ...GDP per capita (current, USD)
2154.5 2183.1 1621.8 1528.0 1555.5 662.5 713.7 706.1 709.9 798.3 1Inflation (annual, %)
2 2.2 2.4 3.0 ... ... 5.9 5.7 8.6 ... ...Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP)
-3.7 -4.8 -8.9 -8.3 -3.6 -3.3 -4.1 -4.6 -4.4 -4.3Total investment (% of GDP)
29.6 32.7 30.2 26.9 23.2 25.1 27.1 25.4 23.5 24.8Gross national saving (% of GDP)
29.5 30.5 15.4 10.8 18.8 16.3 19.4 19.5 19.3 19.5Current account balance (% of GDP)
0.5 -1.7 -12.8 -13.4 -4.2 -7.4 -7.6 -7.6 -5.8 -5.7FDI inward flow (USD billion)
3.1 3.0 6.2 5.8 4.0 8.5 8.6 8.6 9.1 9.1FDI outward flow (USD billion)
-0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4International reserve (USD billion)
17.7 14.9 9.5 4.1 5.0 22.8 24.3 22.9 14.9 10.2Total external debt (% of GNI)
12.14 11.02 11.38 12.69 ... 11.57 11.87 12.21 12.53 ...Share of industry (% of GDP)
47.6 45.9 39.7 38.2 ... 21.7 22.1 22.4 22.9 ...(of which manufacturing)
8.0 8.3 12.2 12.4 ... 8.0 7.5 7.7 7.6 ...North Africa Southern Africa
Indicators 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Real GDP growth (%)
1.5 2.2 3.9 ... ... 3.4 2.8 2.1 ... ...GDP per capita (current, USD)
3515.0 3496.9 3379.7 3323.1 3055.7 3793.5 3681.0 3151.7 2853.2 3283.2Inflation (annual, %)
10.4 13.3 10.8 ... ... 6.4 6.2 5.7 ... ...Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP)
-7.1 -9.2 -11.9 -10.8 -8.6 -3.3 -4.5 -4.8 -4.6 -5.0Total investment (% of GDP)
25.5 25.9 27.4 28.0 26.3 23.5 23.5 25.2 22.6 22.3Gross national saving (% of GDP)
22.1 21.7 18.9 18.5 18.4 19.4 18.6 19.1 18.3 19.7Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.1 -6.1 -8.0 -7.9 -6.5 -3.6 -4.8 -6.2 -4.2 -2.7FDI inward flow (USD billion)
13.9 12.5 13.6 14.6 13.5 12.0 16.8 19.2 11.8 4.1FDI outward flow (USD billion)
0.4 0.8 1.4 1.5 1.3 13.8 10.4 6.9 7.2 8.6International reserve (USD billion)
365.5 323.7 275.7 246.9 220.8 104.0 99.7 91.4 91.3 90.6Total external debt (% of GNI)
7.60 6.68 6.57 6.90 ... 20.32 20.52 19.60 21.36 ...Share of industry (% of GDP)
37.8 36.7 33.4 31.7 ... 32.8 31.9 30.9 31.5 ...(of which manufacturing)
11.4 12.1 12.3 12.5 ... 11.0 11.2 11.5 11.3 ...West Africa
AfricaIndicators 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Real GDP growth (%)
6.2 5.3 2.8 ... ... 3.6 3.7 3.4 2.3 3.7GDP per capita (current, USD)
2044.4 2144.6 1841.7 1576.9 1484.4 2129.1 2153.3 1937.4 1800.5 1837.83Inflation (annual, %)
2.6 1.6 2.3 ... ... 6.7 7.1 7.4 10.2 12.8Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP)
-3.3 -3.0 -3.8 -4.4 -5.4 -4.8 -5.9 -7.5 -7.1 -6.4Total investment (% of GDP)
16.1 17.1 16.6 14.7 15.0 22.9 23.6 24.1 23.0 22.4Gross national saving (% of GDP)
16.4 15.3 12.3 13.0 14.7 19.7 19.5 17.2 16.9 17.9Current account balance (% of GDP)
0.7 -1.4 -4.2 -1.7 -0.5 -2.4 -4.4 -6.6 -5.4 -3.8FDI inward flow (USD billion)
13.4 11.6 9.7 12.4 11.0 50.8 52.5 57.4 53.7 41.8FDI outward flow (USD billion)
1.7 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.9 16.1 13.6 10.8 11.2 12.1International reserve (USD billion)
53.7 45.1 39.1 38.0 50.4 563.7 507.8 438.6 395.2 377.1Total external debt (% of GNI)
5.63 5.58 5.98 6.19 ... 10.34 9.94 9.84 10.42 ...Share of industry (% of GDP)
25.7 24.9 21.4 20.2 ... 32.3 31.4 28.8 27.9 ...(of which manufacturing)
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SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
(current, USD)
Central Eastern North Southern West 1556
798
3056 3283
1484 Africa avg.
GDP per capita (2017)
Sectoral share of GDP (2016)
West
Central
Southern
Eastern North
Agriculture
Industry (excl. manufacturing) Manufacturing
Services 22.3 %
13.1 %
4.9 %
31.2 % 13.3 %
38.2%
22.9%
31.7%
31.5%
20.2%
12.4%
7.6%
12.5%
11.3%
9.1%
48.4%
44.8%
52.3%
63.5%
57.3%
Central Eastern
North
Southern West
2012 2013 2014 2015
0 2 4 6 8
(percentage)
Real GDP growth
A F R I C A S T A T I S T I C S F L A S H | A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 |
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SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
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Country GDP at current
(2017, bil. int’l $) Inflation
(2017, %) Total investment
(2017, % of GDP) Trade balance
(2017, % of GDP) Debt service ratio (2017, % of exports)
Algeria 631.2 5.5 48.9 -6.4 0.6
Angola 190.3 23.4 26.5 15.1 13.4
Benin 25.3 2.2 28.4 -7.8 4.2
Botswana 39.8 4.4 28.1 8.1 2.5
Burkina Faso 35.9 2.0 17.7 -0.6 3.7
Burundi 8.4 18.6 7.0 -13.9 14.4
Cabo Verde 3.7 1.1 38.4 -37.3 5.9
Cameroon 88.9 1.2 26.2 0.6 10.7
Central African Republic 3.4 3.6 13.2 -13.8 ...
Chad 28.9 0.7 21.2 9.5 ...
Comoros 1.3 1.9 21.2 -14.7 1.9
Congo 28.2 -1.3 23.7 16.3 3.2 (2016)
Côte d'Ivoire 96.0 1.5 21.1 6.1 17.6
DR Congo 72.2 50.0 12.0 -0.3 3.0
Djibouti 0.0 3.0 36.4 -24.3 11.1
Egypt 1129.9 29.8 15.2 -14.9 15.1
Equatorial Guinea 31.5 1.7 7.0 21.9 ...
Eritrea 0.0 9.0 7.8 -8.1 ...
Eswatini 11.6 6.5 11.7 9.7 2.2
Ethiopia 199.3 9.2 39.0 -14.5 20.8
Gabon 36.8 2.5 31.5 13.1 ...
Gambia, The 3.6 7.6 27.7 -32.3 16.9
Ghana 133.8 10.0 13.6 3.9 10.4
Guinea 29.1 8.2 22.3 -26.5 1.4
Guinea-Bissau 3.2 2.5 8.9 2.0 2.4
Kenya 163.3 5.1 17.0 -13.4 14.8
Lesotho 7.0 6.5 32.3 -29.3 3.6
Liberia 3.9 12.4
...
-37.7 3.5Libya 125.1 35.1 39.7 -1.8 ...
Madagascar 39.8 7.7 15.9 -5.8 3.2
Malawi 22.4 11.1 13.7 -11.6 5.7
Mali 41.0 1.0 18.9 -4.6 4.5
Mauritania 17.5 1.6 36.9 -8.0 13.2
Mauritius 28.2 5.0 20.5 -20.1 19.8
Morocco 298.2 1.1 34.0 -16.6 9.8
Mozambique 37.0 14.0 44.0 -3.7 5.0
Namibia 26.5 6.0 22.7 -13.3 ...
Niger 21.8 2.0 36.6 -11.2 15.6
Nigeria 1118.8 16.0 12.9 3.5 6.8
Rwanda 24.9 7.0 23.4 -9.5 3.9
Sao Tome and Principe 0.7 5.5 32.2 -30.0 3.4
Senegal 43.0 2.1 26.3 -12.0 14.2
Seychelles 2.8 3.0 30.7 -39.7 5.7 (2013)
Sierra Leone 11.5 12.0 19.1 -6.3 3.8 (2016)
Somalia 0.0 2.9 ... -44.3 ...
South Africa 765.6 5.2 18.6 1.5 12.2
South Sudan 0.0 111.4 8.4 -13.9 8.6 (2014)
Sudan 198.8 21.0 12.6 -3.7 4.2
Tanzania 163.9 5.0 27.9 -3.8 8.4
Togo 12.2 0.5 (2016) 23.4 -20.1 5.8
Tunisia 137.4 4.5 22.5 -13.1 17.2
Uganda 79.9 5.9 25.0 -6.3 3.8
Zambia 69.2 5.8 41.9 1.4 18.1
Zimbabwe 34.5 7.0 19.6 -8.6 8.4
COUNTRY: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
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Agriculture
(% of GDP) Industry
(% of GDP) (Manufacturing,
% of GDP) Services (% of GDP)
Country 2006 2017 2006 2017 2006 2017 2006 2017
Algeria 7.8 12.7 60.5 38.6 4.3 4.5 31.8 48.6
Angola 5.0 8.8 55.6 43.6 3.5 6.0 39.4 47.5
Benin 27.7 27.0 29.0 25.7 20.5 14.6 43.3 47.3
Botswana 2.3 2.2 48.0 33.3 5.8 5.6 49.8 64.5
Burkina Faso 36.4 31.3 17.6 20.2 11.3 6.5 46.1 48.4
Burundi 43.1 37.5 16.2 16.6 11.0 11.7 40.7 45.9
Cabo Verde 11.3 7.0 20.8 21.1 5.6 7.4 67.9 71.9
Cameroon 14.3 15.7 32.2 27.6 15.4 16.5 53.5 56.8
Central African Republic 43.7 31.1 20.2 25.8 13.8 19.5 36.1 43.0
Chad 27.0 32.2 37.1 25.4 6.6 7.8 35.9 42.4
Comoros 37.2 30.8 10.7 12.6 5.7 9.0 52.0 56.6
Congo 4.0 7.5 76.9 47.9 3.6 7.7 19.1 44.6
Côte d'Ivoire 24.3 23.7 25.2 27.1 15.8 13.5 50.5 49.2
DR Congo 22.2 20.8 31.2 43.5 16.2 20.6 46.6 35.7
Djibouti 3.6 2.8 16.8 19.9 2.6 5.2 79.6 77.3
Egypt 14.1 11.7 38.4 34.4 17.0 16.7 47.5 54.0
Equatorial Guinea 1.5 2.3 82.8 55.7 7.1 25.0 15.7 42.0
Eritrea 26.1 17.2 19.3 23.5 6.4 6.0 54.6 59.2
Eswatini 11.4 10.0 40.6 37.4 35.2 32.9 48.0 52.6
Ethiopia 46.2 36.2 12.7 24.4 4.8 6.1 41.1 39.4
Gabon 5.1 6.1 61.4 48.8 4.6 7.9 33.5 45.1
Gambia, The 23.3 24.9 15.5 14.0 7.3 4.8 61.2 61.1
Ghana 30.4 21.2 20.8 33.2 10.2 11.7 48.8 45.6
Guinea 16.2 17.9 35.5 36.2 11.8 10.4 48.3 45.9
Guinea-Bissau 43.3 52.1 14.3 13.4 12.9 11.2 42.4 34.6
Kenya 22.7 33.4 21.5 18.5 14.1 8.9 55.8 48.1
Lesotho 5.4 6.1 39.6 35.4 24.1 15.4 55.0 58.5
Liberia 67.7 72.7 11.1 8.7 6.7 4.5 21.2 18.6
Libya 2.0 0.9 78.0 67.1 4.4 3.7 20.0 32.0
Madagascar 31.3 27.7 15.1 13.5 8.8 6.4 53.5 58.8
Malawi 34.4 31.9 18.2 15.8 13.8 10.3 47.4 52.2
Mali 31.7 40.7 29.3 18.5 18.4 12.2 39.1 40.8
Mauritania 22.6 24.7 45.8 33.2 6.9 9.5 31.6 42.1
Mauritius 5.5 3.5 25.1 20.5 17.8 13.3 69.4 76.0
Morocco 15.1 14.0 27.9 29.5 17.9 17.8 57.0 56.5
Mozambique 26.4 22.7 21.9 26.5 15.8 9.6 51.7 50.8
Namibia 10.5 7.4 32.9 30.3 13.8 11.5 56.6 62.3
Niger 45.8 42.0 12.0 16.8 5.8 6.0 42.1 41.3
Nigeria 24.1 21.1 22.1 22.6 5.8 8.8 53.8 56.4
Rwanda 37.0 33.3 14.5 16.9 6.6 6.4 48.5 49.8
Sao Tome and Principe 18.4 11.7 14.9 15.4 5.3 7.4 66.7 72.9
Senegal 15.0 16.5 23.9 25.6 14.4 17.9 61.1 57.9
Seychelles 3.4 2.4 18.7 13.8 10.3 7.3 77.9 83.9
Sierra Leone 52.3 61.6 10.8 5.3 2.7 2.0 37.0 33.1
Somalia 60.2 60.2 7.4 7.4 2.5 2.5 32.4 32.5
South Africa 2.6 2.6 29.4 28.9 16.4 13.2 68.0 68.6
South Sudan ... 3.3 ... 50.6 ... 2.3 ... 46.2
Sudan 32.5 32.0 23.5 20.7 8.0 8.5 44.0 47.2
Tanzania 28.8 28.4 20.9 18.6 7.4 8.1 50.3 53.0
Togo 32.1 10.2 17.2 24.6 10.0 16.1 50.6 65.2
Tunisia 10.0 26.5 29.2 21.3 17.4 9.3 60.8 52.2
Uganda 26.8 32.1 22.0 28.1 9.9 5.9 51.2 39.9
Zambia 14.0 4.3 32.2 39.9 10.0 8.7 53.8 55.8
Zimbabwe 18.9 11.7 54.5 24.3 27.3 10.0 26.7 64.1
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COUNTRY: CHANGE IN SECTORAL COMPOSITION OF GDP
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Country Population
(2018, million)
Infant mortality (2017, per 1,000)
Gross enrol. ratio, primary
Unemployment (2016, %)
Seats held by women in parli.
(2018, %)
Life expectancy (2017)
Adult literacy (2015, %)
Algeria 42.0 20.6 111.7 (2017) 11.2 25.8 76.3 80.2
Angola 30.8 53.8 113.3 (2015) 6.6 30.5 61.8 71.1
Benin 11.5 63.5 126.6 (2017) 1.0 7.2 61.2 38.5
Botswana 2.3 30.8 105.4 (2014) 18.4 9.5 67.6 88.5
Burkina Faso 19.8 51.2 93.7 (2017) 3.0 11 60.8 36.0
Burundi 11.2 42.5 126.2 (2017) 1.6 36.4 57.9 85.6
Cabo Verde 0.6 15.0 95.9 (2017) 10.5 23.6 73.0 87.6
Cameroon 24.7 55.1 113.2 (2017) 4.5 31.1 58.6 75.0
Central African Republic 4.7 87.6 105.7 (2016) 6.9
8.6
52.9 36.8Chad 15.4 73.4 88.1 (2016) 5.8 15.3 53.2 40.2
Comoros 0.8 52.2 99.5 (2017) 20.0 6.1 63.9 77.8
Congo 5.4 34.7 104.2 (2012) 11.2 11.3 65.1 79.3
Côte d'Ivoire 24.9 64.2 98.8 (2017) 9.3 10.6 54.1 43.1
DR Congo 84.0 70.0 108.0 (2015) 3.6 8.9 60.0 …
Djibouti 1.0 51.5 63.9 (2017) 6.6 26.2 62.6 …
Egypt 99.4 18.8 105.0 (2017) 12.0 14.9 71.7 75.2
Equatorial Guinea 1.3 65.3 61.6 (2015) 7.3 20.0 57.9 95.3
Eritrea 5.2 32.1 49.4 (2017) 7.3 22.0 65.5 73.8
Eswatini 1.4 40.8 105.0 (2016) 25.3 7.2 58.3 87.5
Ethiopia 107.5 41.0 101.9 (2015) 5.7 38.8 65.9 49.1
Gabon 2.1 35.1 138.7(2011) 18.5 17.1 66.5 83.2
Gambia, The 2.2 41.4 97.1 (2017) 29.7 10.3 61.4 55.6
Ghana 29.5 35.7 104.8 (2017) 5.8 12.7 63.0 76.6
Guinea 13.1 56.4 92.4 (2016) 6.8 21.9 60.6 30.4
Guinea-Bissau 1.9 55.6 113.7 (2010) 6.5 13.7 57.8 59.9
Kenya 51.0 33.6 105.3 (2016) 11.0 21.8 67.3 78.0
Lesotho 2.3 66.5 104.8 (2017) 27.4 22.1 54.6 79.4
Liberia 4.9 55.9 93.8 (2016) 4.0 12.3 63.0 47.6
Libya 6.5 10.6 114.5 (2006) 19.2 16.0 72.1 91.0
Madagascar 26.3 32.7 143.8 (2016) 2.1 19.2 66.3 64.7
Malawi 19.2 38.5 140.0 (2017) 6.7 16.7 63.7 65.8
Mali 19.1 65.8 80.1 (2017) 8.1 8.8 58.5 38.7
Mauritania 4.5 53.3 95.4 (2017) 11.7 20.3 63.4 52.1
Mauritius 1.3 11.6 101.6 (2017) 7.8 11.6 74.9 90.6
Morocco 36.2 20.0 112.3 (2017) 10.0 20.5 76.1 72.4
Mozambique 30.5 53.3 105.0 (2017) 24.4 39.6 58.9 58.8
Namibia 2.6 31.8 119.1 (2017) 25.6 46.2 64.9 81.9
Niger 22.3 48.3 75.1 (2017) 2.6 17.0 60.4 19.1
Nigeria 195.9 64.6 84.7 (2016) 5.0 5.6 53.9 59.6
Rwanda 12.5 28.9 133.4 (2017) 2.5 61.3 67.5 70.5
Sao Tome and Principe 0.2 25.2 110.2 (2017) 13.6 18.2 66.8 74.9
Senegal 16.3 32.7 84.1 (2017) 9.5 41.8 67.5 55.7
Seychelles 0.1 12.2 112.8 (2016)
...
21.2 73.8 …Sierra Leone 7.7 81.7 120.9 (2017) 3.0 12.3 52.2 48.1
Somalia 15.2 79.7 29.2 (2007) 6.6 24.4 56.7 …
South Africa 57.4 28.8 102.3 (2016) 25.9 42.3 63.4 94.3
South Sudan 12.9 62.5 66.6 (2015) 25.3 (2013) 28.5 57.3 31.9
Sudan 41.5 43.7 76.4 (2016) 13.3 30.5 64.7 75.9
Tanzania 8.0 38.3 123.1 (2017) 2.6 17.6 60.5 80.3
Togo 11.7 49.2 114.7 (2016) 6.8 31.3 75.9 66.6
Tunisia 44.3 11.2 99.0 (2017) 14.8 34.3 60.2 81.8
Uganda 59.1 35.4 85.3 (2017) 2.3 37.2 66.3 73.9
Zambia 17.6 41.5 102.3 (2013) 7.5 18.0 62.3 63.4
Zimbabwe 16.9 36.5 98.7 (2013) 5.1 31.5 61.7 86.5
COUNTRY: KEY SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS
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INTRA-AFRICAN EXPORT
Intra African exports (2017, USD million)
AMU CEN-SAD COMESA EAC ECCAS ECOWAS IGAD SADC World
From
AMU 2 948 4 658 1 847 58 345 1 494 431 269 85 467
CEN-SAD 3 212 13 846 3 389 468 1 731 10 464 1 544 3 554 167 671
COMESA 1 431 3 920 9 356 3 375 1 947 489 4 256 9 239 81 342
EAC 72 703 3 498 2 746 1 332 59 2 341 1 725 14 188
ECCAS 101 583 2 465 198 1 441 356 164 4 084 64 422
ECOWAS 255 9 516 548 21 1 204 9 150 39 2 996 89 873
IGAD 87 1 499 3022 2 228 837 93 2 708 830 16 913
SADC 223 2 210 14 582 2 351 2 998 1 616 1 805 33 933 171 080
AMU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
ECCAS EAC WAS ECO
IGAD SADC
0 10
0
10
20
30
0
10
20
30 0 0 10
0 10
20 0 10 0 10
20 30
40
50
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)
Intra-African exports between RECs (Billions USD, UNCTAD 2017)
Color of link represents the exporting REC
Import from BRICS (USD million) Export to BRICS (USD million)
Country 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Brazil 17446 17061 8764 4601 5531 11084 9691 8199 7829 9389
China 117454 115631 70258 56690 75926 92576 105839 108317 91991 94508
India 40476 43120 35530 26409 35540 34076 34630 25640 22615 24358
Russian Federation 1868 1890 1643 1613 1880 7223 8450 7354 11420 9493 South Africa 12212 13282 9212 8031 8543 27369 27574 23625 21363 23298
Total 189456 190984 125406 97344 127421 172327 186183 173134 155218 161046
0 20 40 60 80
(percentage)100
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
9.2 8.9 7.0 4.7 4.3
1.0 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.5
21.4 22.6 28.3
27.1 27.9
62.0 60.5 56.0 58.2 59.6
6.4 7.0 7.3 8.3 6.7
6.4 5.2 4.7 5.0 5.8
4.2 4.5 4.2 7.4 5.9
19.8 18.6
14.8 14.6 15.1
53.7 56.8 62.6 59.3 58.7
15.9 14.8 13.6 13.8 14.5
South Africa China India Russian Federation Brazil
Imports Exports
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AFRICA’S TRADE WITH BRICS
Top 10 FDI inward flow (USD million)
Country 2017
Egypt 7391.7
Ethiopia 3586.4
Nigeria 3503.0
Ghana 3255.0
Morocco 2651.4
Mozambique 2293.1
Gabon 1498.0
Democratic Republic of
the Congo 1340.2
South Africa 1324.7
Algeria 1203.0
Africa total 41772.3
Top 10 ODA recepients (as % of GNI)
Country 2016
South Sudan 64.5
Liberia 44.8
Central African Republic 28.4
Burundi 24.7
Malawi 23.5
Sierra Leone 21.9
Somalia 17.4
Guinea-Bissau 16.5
Mozambique 14.2
Rwanda 13.9
FDI inward
EGYPT
Ethiopia Nigeria Ghana Morocco Mozambique Gabon DR Congo South Africa Algeria
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
(USD million)
Net ODA
South Sudan
Liberia
Central African Republic Burundi
Malawi Sierra Leone Somalia Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Rwanda
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 0
50 100 150(% of GNI)
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FOREGIN DIRECT INVESTMENT & OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSITANCE
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NOTE
Superscript # Note
1 Excluding Eritrea,Somalia,South Sudan 2 Excluding Somalia for Eastern Africa 3 Excluding Eritrea,Somalia,South Sudan 4 2006 Sudan data include South Sudan data
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14 SOURCE LIST
Page # Indicator Source
Page 1-2 GDP per capita; Real GDP growth African Statistical Yearbook 2018 Gross investment; Gross saving; Current account balance;
External debt; Inflation; International Monetary Fund
Inward FDI inflow, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Debt service ratio; World Bank
Contribution of sectors to GDP United Nations Statistics Division
Page 1, 3 Export and import United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Page 4-6 GDP PPP; Inflation International Monetary Fund
GDP per capita; General govt. net lending/borrowin; Total
investment; Gross national saving; Current account balance 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; Inflation; Total investment; Trade balance International Monetary Fund
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
Page 12 FDI United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Net ODA World Bank
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