TABLE OF CONTENTS
COUNTRY FOCUS: CAMEROON --- 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
Cameroon key macroeconomic indicators
Indicators 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
GDP per capita, (USD) 1 389 1 344 1 457 1 537 1 325 1 346 1 327
Real GDP growth (%) 4.1 4.5 5.4 5.9 5.7 4.5 3.1
Inflation (annual, %) 1.3 2.9 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.7 0.9
Gross investment (% of GDP) 28.0 27.9 28.3 29.3 27.7 27.5 26.2
Gross saving (% of GDP) 25.2 24.6 24.8 25.3 23.9 24.3 23.7
Current account balance incl. official transfer (% of GDP) -2.7 -3.3 -3.6 -4.0 -3.8 -3.2 -2.5
External debt (% of GDP) 11.8 14.4 17.0 16.3 23.6 30.5 ...
Share of industry (% of GDP) 29.0 30.0 29.4 29.1 27.4 26.6 ...
(of which manufacturing) 15.7 16.1 16.0 15.5 15.9 16.0 ...
Debt service ratio (% of export)
...
2.2 2.5 3.0 3.5 6.1 6.02011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0 5 10 (US$ Billions)15
4.1 % 4.5 %
5.4 % 5.9 % 5.7 %
4.5 %
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (percentage)8
Export/Import and GDP growth rate
Export Import
55.4 55.8 55.6 56.5 56.7
30.0 29.4 29.1 27.4 26.6
14.6 14.8 15.3 16.1 16.7
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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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 0
2 4 6
(percentage)8
Africa
Central Africa Cameroon
GDP growth rate
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
0 200 400 600
800(USD million)
Inward FDI flow
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Top 5 export products (USD million)
Product 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cocoa 543.2 451.6 453.6 601.6 609.3 561.9
Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil 318.7 509.7 429.7 395. 244.5 296.7 Petroleum oils, oils from bitumin. materials, crude 1459.7 1631.7 1824.5 2254.9 1434.5 1712.0
Wood in the rough or roughly squared 193.6 176.9 190.3 243.1 265.6 236.0
Wood simply worked, and railway sleepers of wood 362.3 338. 317.5 359.5 346.5 327.6
Total (of the top 5) 2877.4 3107.9 3215.6 3854.0 2900.4 3134.3
Total (%) 63.7 72.7 71.1 74.7 71.6 73.3
Top 5 import products (USD million)
Product 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen" 268.6 204.1 220.5 226.9 243.1 214.8 Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil" 79.9 410. 349.9 390.2 244.2 289.8 Petroleum oils, oils from bitumin. materials, crude 729.5 1118.5 865.8 1214. 621.5 838.6
Rice 267.2 293. 349.9 263.4 262.3 240.1
Telecommunication equipment, n.e.s.; & parts, n.e.s. 126.3 110. 192.8 272.3 181.4 207.3
Total (of the top 5) 1471.5 2135.6 1978.9 2366.7 1552.5 1790.6
Total (%) 21.6 32.8 29.7 31.3 25.7 28.8
Top 5 export destinations (USD million)
Country 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
China 472.0 643.6 271.5 624.2 562.1 550.5
India 216.2 249.2 234.3 481.2 579.7 492.3
Netherlands 428.7 400.6 390.4 440.2 431.0 404.3
Portugal 108.9 391.0 918.1 159.3 223.2 177.5
Spain 600.1 416.8 490.8 722.6 222.2 438.5
Total (of the top 5) 1825.9 2101.2 2305.1 2427.4 2018.3 2063.0
Total (%) 40.4 49.2 51.0 47.0 49.8 48.3
Top 5 import origins (USD million)
Country 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Belgium 293.1 274.3 302.9 283.5 214.7 227.6
China 934.8 888.5 1144. 1620. 1491.8 1421.8
France 1034.2 838.9 818. 821.1 665.6 679.3
Nigeria 782.5 1008.9 905.3 1141.8 579.2 786.3
United States 258.8 245.5 276.2 282.8 222.3 230.8
Total (of the top 5) 3303.4 3256.2 3446.3 4149.2 3173.5 3345.7
Total (%) 48.6 50.0 51.8 54.9 52.6 53.9
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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
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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)
2 2154.5 2183.1 1621.8 1528.0 1555.5 662.5 713.7 706.1 709.9 798.3Inflation (annual, %)
3 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 million)
3065.0 2956.6 6243.9 5797.6 4026.6 8530.0 8552.6 8646.2 9063.6 9119.0FDI outward flow (USD million)
-356.6 -160.6 -162.6 32.8 -99.0 526.4 411.9 564.1 348.7 404.9International 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 million)
13870.2 12546.1 13554.9 14611.5 13520.6 11970.2 16788.5 19236.5 11786.2 4128.4FDI outward flow (USD million)
410.8 797.3 1364.3 1514.9 1332.5 13753.1 10384.5 6854.7 7151.0 8561.6International 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)
1 2044.4 2144.6 1841.7 1576.9 1484.4 2129.1 2153.3 1937.4 1800.5 1837.8Inflation (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 million)
13354.2 11646.7 9677.3 12423.2 10977.7 50789.5 52490.5 57358.7 53682.2 41772.3FDI outward flow (USD million)
1738.3 2165.4 2224.0 2186.9 1878.3 16072.0 13598.5 10844.5 11234.4 12078.3International 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
A F R I C A S T A T I S T I C S F L A S H | A p r i l 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 (% of exports)
Algeria 631.2 5.6 48.9 -6.4 1.0 (2016)
Angola 190.3 31.7 26.5 15.1 26.5 (2016)
Benin 25.3 0.1 28.4 -7.8 3.6 (2015)
Botswana 39.8 3.3 28.1 8.1 1.9 (2016)
Burkina Faso 35.9 0.4 17.7 -0.6 4.4 (2015)
Burundi 8.4 16.6 7.0 -13.9 16.7 (2016)
Cabo Verde 3.7 0.8 38.4 -37.3 5.8 (2016)
Cameroon 88.9 0.6 26.2 0.6 6.3 (2015)
Central African Republic 3.4 3.8 13.2 -13.8 ...
Chad 28.9 -0.9 21.2 9.5 ...
Comoros 1.3 1.0 21.2 -14.7 0.6 (2014)
Congo 28.2 0.5 23.7 16.3 1.8 (2007)
Côte d'Ivoire 96.0 0.8 21.1 6.1 6.4 (2015)
DR Congo 72.2 41.5 12.0 -0.3 4.3 (2016)
Djibouti 0.0 0.7 36.4 -24.3 7.1 (2015)
Egypt 1129.9 23.5 15.2 -14.9 18.9 (2016)
Equatorial Guinea 31.5 0.7 7.0 21.9 ...
Eritrea 0.0 9.0 7.8 -8.1 ...
Eswatini 11.6 6.3 11.7 9.7 2.1 (2016)
Ethiopia 199.3 9.9 39.0 -14.5 21.0 (2016)
Gabon 36.8 3.0 31.5 13.1 ...
Gambia, The 3.6 8.0 27.7 -32.3 15.2 (2016)
Ghana 133.8 12.4 13.6 3.9 10.5 (2016)
Guinea 29.1 8.9 22.3 -26.5 2.6 (2016)
Guinea-Bissau 3.2 1.1 8.9 2.0 0.7 (2015)
Kenya 163.3 8.0 17.0 -13.4 10.6 (2016)
Lesotho 7.0 5.6 32.3 -29.3 4.2 (2016)
Liberia 3.9 12.4
...
-37.7 2.9 (2016)Libya 125.1 28.0 39.7 -1.8 ...
Madagascar 39.8 8.1 15.9 -5.8 3.7 (2016)
Malawi 22.4 11.5 13.7 -11.6 5.0 (2016)
Mali 41.0 1.8 18.9 -4.6 4.2 (2015)
Mauritania 17.5 2.3 36.9 -8.0 13.2 (2016)
Mauritius 28.2 3.7 20.5 -20.1 18.2 (2016)
Morocco 298.2 0.8 34.0 -16.6 10.9 (2016)
Mozambique 37.0 15.3 44.0 -3.7 12.7 (2016)
Namibia 26.5 6.1 22.7 -13.3 ...
Niger 21.8 2.4 36.6 -11.2 6.3 (2015)
Nigeria 1118.8 16.5 12.9 3.5 6.3 (2016)
Rwanda 24.9 4.8 23.4 -9.5 8.3 (2016)
Sao Tome and Principe 0.7 5.5 32.2 -30.0 2.9 (2016)
Senegal 43.0 1.4 26.3 -12.0 10.5 (2015)
Seychelles 2.8 2.9 30.7 -39.7 5.7 (2013)
Sierra Leone 11.5 18.0 19.1 -6.3 6.7 (2015)
Somalia 0.0
5.3 ...
-44.3 ...South Africa 765.6 187.9 18.6 1.5 13.2 (2016)
South Sudan 0.0 32.4 8.4 -13.9 8.6 (2014)
Sudan 198.8 -0.7 12.6 -3.7 6.4 (2016)
Tanzania 163.9 5.3 27.9 -3.8 5.4 (2016)
Togo 12.2 5.6 23.4 -20.1 3.2 (2015)
Tunisia 137.4 5.3 22.5 -13.1 10.7 (2016)
Uganda 79.9 6.6 25.0 -6.3 18.8 (2016)
Zambia 69.2 1.3 41.9 1.4 8.6 (2016)
Zimbabwe 34.5 0.06 19.6 -8.6 13.4 (2015)
COUNTRY: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
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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
Eswatini 12.7 10.0 40.5 36.9 34.8 31.6 46.8 53.1
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
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
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COUNTRY: CHANGE IN SECTORAL COMPOSITION OF GDP
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Country Population
(2017, million)
Infant mortality (2017, 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 20.6 113.7 (2016) 11.2 25.8 75.3 80.2
Angola 45.6 53.8 118.7 (2011) 6.6 38.2 53.1 71.1
Benin 44.9 63.5 132.5 (2015) 1.0 7.2 60.0 38.5
Botswana 58.0 30.8 105.4 (2014) 18.4 9.5 64.6 88.5
Burkina Faso 31.5 51.2 91.1 (2016) 3.0 11 59.4 36.0
Burundi 12.7 42.5 130.9 (2016) 1.6 36.4 57.5 85.6
Cabo Verde 66.8 15.0 96.7 (2016) 10.5 23.6 73.8 87.6
Cameroon 55.5 55.1 119.2 (2016) 4.5 31.1 56.4 75.0
Central African Republic 40.7 87.6 105.7 (2016) 6.9 8.6 52.2 36.8
Chad 22.8 73.4 88.1 (2016) 5.8 12.8 52.2 40.2
Comoros 28.5 52.2 105.0 (2014) 20.0 6.1 63.8 77.8
Congo 66.2 34.7 104.2 (2012) 11.2 11.3 63.4 79.3
Côte d'Ivoire 55.6 64.2 96.7 (2016) 9.3 10.6 52.3 43.1
DR Congo 43.5 70.0 108.0 (2015) 3.6 8.9 59.4 …
Djibouti 77.5 51.5 63.9 (2017) 6.6 10.8 62.5 …
Egypt 43.3 18.8 103.6 (2016) 12.0 14.9 71.5 75.2
Equatorial Guinea 40.3 65.3 61.6 (2015) 7.3 24 58.2 95.3
Eritrea 23.6 32.1 54.1 (2015) 7.3 22 64.6 73.8
Eswatini 21.3 40.8 107.9 (2015) 25.3 6.2 48.9 87.5
Ethiopia 20.4 41.0 101.9 (2015) 5.7 38.8 65.1 49.1
Gabon 87.6 35.1 138.7 (2011) 18.5 17.1 65.4 83.2
Gambia, The 60.8 41.4 97.1 (2017) 29.7 10.3 60.7 55.6
Ghana 55.3 35.7 104.8 (2017) 5.8 12.7 61.7 76.6
Guinea 38.2 56.4 93.9 (2014) 6.8 21.9 59.6 30.4
Guinea-Bissau 50.8 55.6 113.7 (2010) 6.5 13.7 55.8 59.9
Kenya 26.5 33.6 105.3 (2016) 11.0 21.8 62.7 78.0
Lesotho 28.4 66.5 103.9 (2016) 27.4 22.9 50.3 79.4
Liberia 50.5 55.9 94.1 (2015) 4.0 12.3 61.5 47.6
Libya 79.0 10.6 114.5 (2006) 19.2 16 71.9 91.0
Madagascar 36.4 32.7 143.8 (2016) 2.1 19.2 65.9 64.7
Malawi 16.7 38.5 139.3 (2016) 6.7 16.7 64.8 65.8
Mali 41.4 65.8 77.1 (2016) 8.1 8.8 59.0 38.7
Mauritania 61.0 53.3 93.9 (2016) 11.7 25.2 63.4 52.1
Mauritius 39.5 11.6 102.5 (2016) 7.8 11.6 74.8 90.6
Morocco 61.2 20.0 110.3 (2016) 10.0 20.5 74.6 72.4
Mozambique 32.8 53.3 106.3 (2015) 24.4 39.6 55.8 58.8
Namibia 48.6 31.8 111.3 (2013) 25.6 41.3 65.2 81.9
Niger 19.3 48.3 73.7 (2016) 2.6 17 62.4 19.1
Nigeria 49.4 64.6 94.1 (2013) 5.0 5.6 53.3 59.6
Rwanda 30.7 28.9 137.0 (2016) 2.5 61.3 65.3 70.5
Sao Tome and Principe 66.2 25.2 110.2 (2017) 13.6 18.2 66.7 74.9
Senegal 44.4 32.7 83.1 (2016) 9.5 41.8 67.3 55.7
Seychelles 54.5 12.2 112.8 (2016)
...
21.2 73.5 …Sierra Leone 40.7 81.7 114.8 (2016) 3.0 12.4 51.7 48.1
Somalia 40.5 79.7 29.2 (2007) 6.6 24.4 56.0 …
South Africa 65.8 28.8 102.8 (2015) 25.9 42 57.8 94.3
South Sudan 19.3 62.5 66.6 (2015) 25.3 (2013) 28.5 56.5 31.9
Sudan 34.2 43.7 73.6 (2015) 13.3 30.5 64.0 75.9
Tanzania 33.0 38.3 80.7 (2015) 2.6 36.4 66.0 80.3
Togo 41.0 49.2 123.9 (2016) 6.8 17.6 60.6 66.6
Tunisia 67.3 11.2 114.7 (2016) 14.8 31.3 75.2 81.8
Uganda 16.8 35.4 99.8 (2016) 2.3 34.3 59.9 73.9
Zambia 41.8 41.5 102.3 (2013) 7.5 18.0 61.5 63.4
Zimbabwe 32.2 36.5 98.7 (2013) 5.1 32.6 60.6 86.5
COUNTRY: KEY SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS
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INTRA-AFRICAN EXPORT
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/UMA
CENSAD
COMESA
CEEAC-ECCAS EAC CEDEAO-ECOWAS
IGAD
SADC
0 10
20 0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 0
10 20 30
40 50 0 60
20 10 10 0
0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20
0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
Intra-African exports between RECs (Billions USD, UNCTAD 2016) Color of link represents the exporting REC
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)
Import from BRICS (USD million) Export 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 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 2017 Africa: Excluding Eritrea,Somalia,South Sudan 2 2017 Eastern Africa: Excluding Eritrea,Somalia,South Sudan 3 Excluding Somalia for Eastern Africa
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14 SOURCE LIST
Page # Indicator Source
Page 1-2 GDP per capita; Real GDP growth; Inflation; Debt service ratio; African Statistical Yearbook 2018 Gross investment; Gross saving; Current account balance;
External debt International Monetary Fund
Inward FDI inflow, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Contribution of sectors to GDP ECA stats
Page 1, 3 Export and import African Statistical Yearbook 2018
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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