The list of top 10 richest countries in Africa
Top 10 Richest Countries in Africa
The list of the Richest Countries in Africa is drafted on the basis of report given by the International Monetary Fund assessments on the basis of the report given by the United Nation Organisation and CIA “World Fact Book” on the world population by gender and female to male ratio are given below:
10. Ethiopia
GDP: $51 Billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $3.147 Billion
It is popularly known as the ‘Horn of Africa’. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. As per the IMF, It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
9. Kenya
GDP: $53.40 Billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $9.698 Billion
It is located in the eastern part of Africa. It has the most powerful economy of East Africa and is also a middle income country with a fast growing middle class.
8. Sudan
GDP: $63 billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $504.9 Million
It is also known as North Sudan since South Sudan’s independence and officially the Republic of the Sudan is located in the Northeast part of Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest.
7. Libya
GDP: $76.52 Billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $69.35 Billion
It is located in the North part of Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. The economy of this country is depended primarily upon the revenues from the oil sector, which account for over half of GDP and 97% of exports.
6. Morocco
GDP: $114.7 Billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $22.97 Billion
It is a unitary sovereign state located in Northwest Africa. It has liberal economy governed by the law of supply and demand.
5. Angola
GDP: $129.785 billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $23.63 Billion
It is located in the west-coast of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
4. Algeria
GDP: $219.453 billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $114.653 Billion
It is located in the Northern part of Africa on the Mediterranean coast. It is classified as an upper middle income country by the World Bank.
3. Egypt
GDP: $275.748 Billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $38.210 Billion
It is located in the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. The economy of this country is dependent upon agriculture, media, petroleum imports, natural gas, and tourism.
2. South Africa
GDP: $341.216 billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $50.501 Billion
It is located in the southernmost of Africa and stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland; and it surrounds the kingdom of Lesotho. It has mixed economy and also ranked in the top 10 countries in the world for income inequality, measured by the Gini coefficient.
1. Nigeria
GDP: $594.257 Billion
Foreign Exchange Reserve: $40.560 Billion
It is located in the West part of Africa and bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. It is classified as a mixed economy emerging market. It is the United States’ largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa and supplies a fifth of its oil (11% of oil imports).