Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 15,103,180,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Angola | 5,858,758,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Libya | 3,400,700,000.00 | 2019 |
| 4 | Zambia | 2,722,224,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Guinea | 2,682,530,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 576,815,700.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 571,594,200.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Gabon | 340,696,900.00 | 2015 |
| 9 | Djibouti | 270,104,500.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Eswatini | 112,393,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Central African Republic | -65,381,290.00 | 1994 |
| 12 | São Tomé and Principe | -110,759,700.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | -206,849,900.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Chad | -221,376,000.00 | 1994 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | -226,006,500.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Seychelles | -231,833,900.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Comoros | -274,917,200.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | -296,425,200.00 | 1996 |
| 19 | Eritrea | -402,025,700.00 | 2000 |
| 20 | Benin | -435,724,000.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | The Gambia | -590,781,600.00 | 2021 |
| 22 | Cabo Verde | -593,980,200.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Burundi | -620,189,000.00 | 2018 |
| 24 | Dem. Rep. Congo | -624,339,900.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Tanzania | -625,517,400.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Togo | -667,629,600.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Liberia | -689,782,500.00 | 2019 |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | -716,822,500.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Mauritania | -890,731,400.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Namibia | -992,558,100.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Cameroon | -1,088,013,000.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Mali | -1,143,577,000.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Madagascar | -1,155,970,000.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Lesotho | -1,200,775,000.00 | 2021 |
| 35 | Rwanda | -1,648,607,000.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Malawi | -1,931,163,000.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Mauritius | -2,136,432,000.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Niger | -2,204,291,000.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Ghana | -2,468,298,000.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Botswana | -2,662,682,000.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Congo | -2,689,668,000.00 | 2016 |
| 42 | Tunisia | -3,508,550,000.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Senegal | -3,673,057,000.00 | 2018 |
| 44 | Mozambique | -3,994,035,000.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Uganda | -4,573,024,000.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Sudan | -5,454,158,000.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Kenya | -8,078,135,000.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Morocco | -8,740,429,000.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Ethiopia | -9,455,071,000.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Algeria | -17,492,590,000.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Nigeria | -32,241,260,000.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | Egypt | -32,380,690,000.00 | 2020 |
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Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
