List of African countries by GDP (PPP) per capita

This is a list of African countries by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP). GDP (PPP) per capita is given in international dollars.

Note that the list does not include Mayotte and Réunion, which are both geographically part of Africa but politically overseas departments and regions of France. Additionally, Eritrea is excluded from the list due to a lack of recent data.

List

Rank	Country	2024 GDP (PPP) per capita int'l dollars [1]
1	Mauritius	39,881
2	Seychelles	31,079
3	Gabon	24,118
4	Equatorial Guinea	21,103
5	Egypt	20,750
6	Botswana	19,039
7	Algeria	17,670
8	South Africa	15,654
9	Libya	14,894
10	Tunisia	14,304
11	Eswatini	12,862
12	Namibia	11,844
13	Cabo Verde	11,427
14	Morocco	10,659
15	Angola	10,079
16	Djibouti	8,759
17	Mauritania	8,250
18	Ghana	8,027
19	Côte d'Ivoire	7,645
20	Kenya	7,124
21	Nigeria	6,580
22	Republic of Congo	6,391
23	São Tomé and Príncipe	6,195
24	Cameroon	5,548
25	Zimbabwe	5,076
26	Senegal	5,075
27	Benin	4,509
28	Guinea	4,428
29	Zambia	4,260
30	Tanzania	4,135
31	Ethiopia	4,083
32	Comoros	3,856
33	Rwanda	3,814
34	Uganda	3,684
35	The Gambia	3,494
36	Sierra Leone	3,372
37	Togo	3,291
38	Lesotho	3,286
39	Guinea-Bissau	3,102
40	Chad	2,943
41	Burkina Faso	2,851
42	Mali	2,811
43	Sudan	2,344
44	Niger	1,987
45	Madagascar	1,968
46	Liberia	1,899
47	Somalia	1,845
48	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,810
49	Malawi	1,722
50	Mozambique	1,689
51	Central African Republic	1,302
52	Burundi	1,000
53	South Sudan	750

See also

• List of African countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita

References

1. International Monetary Fund. "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2025". International Monetary Fund. |access-date=15 May 2025