List of 20 Countries by Largest Economies in Africa

Africa’s economies are only fair for a few countries on the African continent; Africa’s economies include trade, industry, and agriculture. The area is made up of 54 separate nations. According to GDP per capita Africa is the world’s poorest continent. The continent’s overall GDP is roughly 2.2 trillion US dollars, with per capita growth of about 5.16 percent from 2004 to 2006, and GDP per capita of 1,200 to 1,500 US dollars. Africa has 100,000 millionaires, accounting for approximately 0.01 percent of the global total. Agriculture, mining and drilling, and manufacturing are expanding sectors of the economy. South Africa has the world’s largest economy, with a GDP of over 555 billion US dollars, the per capita income is low.

The following list of 20 Largest Economy in African Continent referred from the different sources such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund.

Rank	Countries	GDP (In US $ Billions)
1	South Africa	408.074
2	Nigeria	238.92
3	Egypt	235.719
4	Algeria	190.709
5	Angola	100.948
6	Morocco	99.241
7	Sudan	64.75
8	Tunisia	46.36
9	Ghana	37.158
10	Libya	36.874
11	Kenya	34.796
12	Ethiopia	31.256
13	Cameroon	25.759
14	Ivory Coast	24.096
15	Tanzania	23.333
16	Equatorial Guinea	19.805
17	Zambia	19.206
18	Botswana	17.57
19	Uganda	16.81
20	Gabon	16.176
21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.668
22	Republic of the Congo	14.769
23	Senegal	14.461
24	Mozambique	12.827
25	Namibia	12.461