GNI, PPP (current international $) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: PPP GNI (formerly PPP GNP) is gross national income (GNI) converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GNI as a U.S. dollar has in the United States. Gross national income is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Data are in current international dollars. For most economies PPP figures are extrapolated from the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP) benchmark estimates or imputed using a statistical model based on the 2011 ICP. For 47 high- and upper middle-income economies conversion factors are provided by Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Source: World Bank, International Comparison Program database.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Egypt 1,250,030,000,000.00 2020
2 Nigeria 1,030,120,000,000.00 2020
3 South Africa 779,114,000,000.00 2020
4 Algeria 486,497,000,000.00 2020
5 Ethiopia 277,027,000,000.00 2020
6 Morocco 272,323,000,000.00 2020
7 Kenya 242,046,000,000.00 2020
8 Angola 193,969,000,000.00 2020
9 Ghana 184,342,000,000.00 2020
10 Sudan 169,108,000,000.00 2020
11 Tanzania 159,876,000,000.00 2020
12 Côte d'Ivoire 139,760,000,000.00 2020
13 Tunisia 124,717,000,000.00 2020
14 Uganda 103,202,000,000.00 2020
15 Cameroon 100,442,000,000.00 2020
16 Dem. Rep. Congo 99,591,010,000.00 2020
17 Libya 78,933,410,000.00 2020
18 Zambia 61,778,150,000.00 2020
19 Senegal 57,227,140,000.00 2020
20 Zimbabwe 50,817,940,000.00 2020
21 Mali 45,599,160,000.00 2020
22 Burkina Faso 44,171,410,000.00 2020
23 Benin 42,055,170,000.00 2020
24 Madagascar 41,500,110,000.00 2020
25 Mozambique 39,212,600,000.00 2020
26 Botswana 36,430,340,000.00 2020
27 Guinea 33,835,230,000.00 2020
28 Gabon 31,836,970,000.00 2020
29 Niger 29,856,620,000.00 2020
30 Malawi 29,679,030,000.00 2020
31 Mauritius 28,322,130,000.00 2020
32 Rwanda 28,017,030,000.00 2020
33 Mauritania 24,727,320,000.00 2020
34 Chad 24,179,200,000.00 2020
35 Namibia 23,339,440,000.00 2020
36 Somalia 19,696,460,000.00 2020
37 Equatorial Guinea 18,722,340,000.00 2020
38 Togo 18,448,240,000.00 2020
39 Congo 16,872,730,000.00 2020
40 Sierra Leone 13,512,500,000.00 2020
41 Eswatini 9,254,096,000.00 2020
42 Burundi 9,216,665,000.00 2020
43 Liberia 6,590,155,000.00 2020
44 Lesotho 5,858,335,000.00 2020
45 Djibouti 5,546,030,000.00 2020
46 The Gambia 5,406,914,000.00 2020
47 Eritrea 5,164,760,000.00 2011
48 Central African Republic 4,923,810,000.00 2020
49 Guinea-Bissau 3,900,858,000.00 2020
50 Cabo Verde 3,458,017,000.00 2020
51 Comoros 2,723,939,000.00 2020
52 Seychelles 2,377,455,000.00 2020
53 São Tomé and Principe 931,509,900.00 2020

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Development Relevance: Because development encompasses many factors - economic, environmental, cultural, educational, and institutional - no single measure gives a complete picture. However, the total earnings of the residents of an economy, measured by its gross national income (GNI), is a good measure of its capacity to provide for the well-being of its people.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Because exchange rates do not always reflect differences in price levels between countries, GNI and GNI per capita estimates are converted into international dollars using purchasing power parity (PPP) rates. PPP rates provide a standard measure allowing comparison of real levels of expenditure between countries, just as conventional price indexes allow comparison of real values over time. PPP rates are calculated by simultaneously comparing the prices of similar goods and services among a large number of countries. In the most recent round of price surveys conducted by the International Comparison Program (ICP) in 2011, 199 economies participated. The PPP conversion factors come from three sources. For 47 high- and upper middle-income countries conversion factors are provided by Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). For the remaining 2011 ICP countries the PPP estimates are extrapolated from the 2011 ICP benchmark results, which account for relative price changes between each economy and the United States. For countries that did not participate in the 2011 ICP round, the PPP estimates are imputed using a statistical model. More information on the results of the 2011 ICP is available at www.worldbank.org/data/icp.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Periodicity: Annual