Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Net trade in goods is the difference between exports and imports of goods. Trade in services is not included. 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 | 17,759,320,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Angola | 11,394,300,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Libya | 10,549,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 4 | Guinea | 5,203,770,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Zambia | 3,216,008,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,982,160,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Ghana | 2,042,966,000.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Gabon | 1,941,270,000.00 | 2015 |
| 9 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 1,923,442,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 1,329,959,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Mali | 504,018,500.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Eswatini | 240,825,500.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 212,191,100.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 15,309,670.00 | 1994 |
| 15 | Chad | -76,762,680.00 | 1994 |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | -93,481,600.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | São Tomé and Principe | -102,793,400.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | -116,727,000.00 | 1996 |
| 19 | Djibouti | -126,608,600.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Benin | -156,238,600.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Comoros | -217,152,500.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Mauritania | -288,074,300.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Liberia | -390,898,200.00 | 2019 |
| 24 | Seychelles | -431,880,600.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Eritrea | -434,455,000.00 | 2000 |
| 26 | Burundi | -495,923,400.00 | 2018 |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | -572,988,000.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | The Gambia | -575,703,400.00 | 2021 |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | -665,238,800.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Cameroon | -679,366,100.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Congo | -715,359,400.00 | 2016 |
| 32 | Togo | -743,893,200.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Lesotho | -749,631,600.00 | 2021 |
| 34 | Madagascar | -900,228,000.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Namibia | -931,087,200.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Niger | -1,350,853,000.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Tanzania | -1,517,243,000.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Rwanda | -1,650,276,000.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Malawi | -1,784,579,000.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Botswana | -2,047,833,000.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Mauritius | -2,125,791,000.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Mozambique | -2,294,250,000.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Uganda | -2,641,910,000.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Senegal | -3,396,203,000.00 | 2018 |
| 45 | Tunisia | -3,458,450,000.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Sudan | -5,051,335,000.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Kenya | -8,429,949,000.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Ethiopia | -8,509,209,000.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Algeria | -13,001,710,000.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Morocco | -15,507,310,000.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Nigeria | -16,401,760,000.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | Egypt | -29,233,930,000.00 | 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.