Rankings
Rank African countries on one measure at a time. Each ranking shows every country’s latest figure with its own date and source.
Popular rankings
- Highest inflationHeadline consumer prices, % change from a year earlier
- Largest economies by GDPGDP in current US$, latest year
- Highest share of people using the internet% of population, latest year
52 rankings.
Currencies & Rates
- Official exchange rate (local currency per US$, annual average)Local currency per US$, official or reference rate
- FX premium% by which the market rate exceeds the official rate
- Policy rate% per year, central-bank policy rate
- 364-day T-bill% yield, latest 364-day Treasury-bill auction
- 10-year bond auction% yield, latest 10-year government bond auction
- Stock index 10-year return% change in the main stock-market index from the first close on record (about ten years), local currency
- FX reserves (includes gold)Current US$, total reserves including gold
- Lending rate% per year, average bank lending rate
- Deposit rate% per year, average bank deposit rate
Economy & Prices
- Inflation% change from a year earlier, headline consumer prices
- Food inflation% change from a year earlier, food prices
- Core inflation% change from a year earlier, core prices
- GDP (current US$)Gross domestic product at current prices, converted to US dollars
- GDP growth% change, real (inflation-adjusted)
- GDP per capita (PPP)Current international $ per person, PPP
- GDP per capita growth% change per person, real
- Unemployment (ILO modeled estimate)% of labour force
- Investment rateGross fixed capital formation, % of GDP
- Agriculture share of GDPAgriculture value added, % of GDP
- Manufacturing share of GDPManufacturing value added, % of GDP
- Services share of GDPServices value added, % of GDP
- Minimum wage (local currency)Local currency per month, national statutory floor
Public Finance & Debt
- Sovereign credit ratingsAgency grade and outlook (S&P, Moody's, Fitch)
- Government revenue / GDPGeneral government revenue, % of GDP
- Budget balance / GDPGeneral government net lending/borrowing, % of GDP
- Debt to GDPGeneral government gross debt, % of GDP
- External debtTotal external debt stocks, current US$
- Debt service / exportsTotal debt service, % of exports and primary income
Trade & Resources
- Imports of goods and servicesGoods and services, current US$
- Trade balanceExports minus imports, current US$
- Exports of goods and servicesGoods and services, current US$
- Exports per capitaCurrent US$ per person (derived)
- Current account / GDPCurrent-account balance, % of GDP
- FDI inflowsForeign direct investment, net inflows, current US$
- RemittancesPersonal remittances received, current US$
- Terms of tradeNet barter terms of trade, index (2015 = 100)
- Crude oil productionCrude oil production, barrels per day
- Proved crude reserves (billion bbl)Proved crude oil reserves, billion barrels
- International tourist arrivalsInternational tourist arrivals per year
People & Society
- PopulationPeople, total
- Life expectancyYears at birth
- Child mortalityUnder-5 deaths per 1,000 live births
- Health expenditure (% of GDP)Current health spending, % of GDP
- Physicians per 1,000Per 1,000 people
- Adult literacy% of people aged 15 and over
- Tertiary enrollment (gross %)Gross enrolment ratio, %
- Poverty ($3/day)% of people below $3.00 a day (2021 PPP)
- Gini indexIncome inequality, 0 (equal) to 100
- Electricity access% of population
- Internet users (% of population)% of population using the internet
- Account ownership (% age 15+)% of people aged 15+ with an account
- Electoral democracyV-Dem electoral democracy index, 0 to 1