Real GDP growth
% a year
Annual change in gross domestic product at constant prices: the benchmark measure of economic growth.
Median : 4.5 % · 54 countries · latest available value : 2025
- 1 Libya 13.4 % 2025 +11.5 pp
- 2 Ethiopia 9.8 % 2025 +2.2 pp
- 3 Rwanda 9.4 % 2025 +2.1 pp
- 4 Eritrea 8.7 % 2011* +6.5 pp
- 5 Zimbabwe 8.1 % 2025 +6.4 pp
- 6 Benin 8.1 % 2025 +0.6 pp
- 7 Guinea 7.4 % 2025 +2.1 pp
- 8 Niger 7.0 % 2025 −1.3 pp
- 9 Senegal 6.7 % 2025 +0.2 pp
- 10 Côte d’Ivoire 6.5 % 2025 +0.5 pp
- 11 Djibouti 6.5 % 2025 −0.5 pp
- 12 Uganda 6.3 % 2025 +0.3 pp
- 13 Togo 6.3 % 2025 −0.2 pp
- 14 Cabo Verde 6.3 % 2025 −0.7 pp
- 15 Ghana 6.0 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 16 The Gambia 5.9 % 2025 +0.3 pp
- 17 Tanzania 5.9 % 2025 +0.3 pp
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 5.8 % 2025 +1.4 pp
- 19 Seychelles 5.8 % 2025 +2.5 pp
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.8 % 2025 −0.3 pp
- 21 Mali 5.6 % 2025 +0.6 pp
- 22 Chad 5.6 % 2025 +0.6 pp
- 23 Burkina Faso 5.3 % 2025 +0.5 pp
- 24 Liberia 5.0 % 2025 +1.0 pp
- 25 Kenya 4.6 % 2025 −0.0 pp
- 26 Sierra Leone 4.6 % 2025 +0.3 pp
- 27 Morocco 4.6 % 2025 +0.8 pp
- 28 Central African Republic 4.5 % 2025 +3.0 pp
- 29 Egypt 4.4 % 2025 +2.0 pp
- 30 Burundi 4.2 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 31 Eswatini 4.2 % 2025 +1.2 pp
- 32 Mauritania 4.0 % 2025 −2.3 pp
- 33 Nigeria 4.0 % 2025 −0.1 pp
- 34 Algeria 3.8 % 2025 +0.1 pp
- 35 Zambia 3.8 % 2025 −0.1 pp
- 36 Comoros 3.8 % 2025 +0.5 pp
- 37 Cameroon 3.2 % 2025 −0.3 pp
- 38 Mauritius 3.2 % 2025 −1.8 pp
- 39 Angola 3.1 % 2025 −1.8 pp
- 40 Republic of the Congo 3.1 % 2025 +1.0 pp
- 41 Sudan 3.1 % 2025 +17.0 pp
- 42 Madagascar 3.0 % 2025 −1.3 pp
- 43 Somalia 3.0 % 2025 −1.1 pp
- 44 Tunisia 2.5 % 2025 +0.9 pp
- 45 Gabon 2.5 % 2025 −0.9 pp
- 46 Lesotho 2.0 % 2025 −3.2 pp
- 47 Malawi 1.9 % 2025 +0.2 pp
- 48 Namibia 1.7 % 2025 −2.0 pp
- 49 South Africa 1.1 % 2025 +0.6 pp
- 50 São Tomé and Príncipe 1.0 % 2025 −0.5 pp
- 51 Mozambique -0.5 % 2025 −2.7 pp
- 52 Botswana -0.7 % 2025 +2.0 pp
- 53 Equatorial Guinea -5.8 % 2025 −6.2 pp
- 54 South Sudan -10.8 % 2015* −14.2 pp
Each country is ranked on the latest value published by the source; the year is shown next to the value. * data older than the most recent year available.