External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).
Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Find indicator:
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabon | 24.94 | 2020 |
| 2 | Guinea | 16.05 | 2020 |
| 3 | Zambia | 14.25 | 2020 |
| 4 | Djibouti | 13.11 | 2020 |
| 5 | Angola | 8.67 | 2020 |
| 6 | South Africa | 4.43 | 2020 |
| 7 | Eswatini | 2.72 | 2020 |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.09 | 2020 |
| 9 | Sudan | 0.09 | 2020 |
| 10 | Tanzania | -1.01 | 2020 |
| 11 | Dem. Rep. Congo | -1.28 | 2020 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | -1.60 | 2020 |
| 13 | Congo | -1.60 | 2020 |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | -3.13 | 2020 |
| 15 | Cameroon | -3.19 | 2020 |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | -3.43 | 2019 |
| 17 | Ghana | -3.60 | 2020 |
| 18 | Benin | -5.09 | 2020 |
| 19 | Uganda | -6.17 | 2020 |
| 20 | Mali | -6.39 | 2020 |
| 21 | Egypt | -7.55 | 2020 |
| 22 | Morocco | -7.63 | 2020 |
| 23 | Nigeria | -7.74 | 2020 |
| 24 | Kenya | -8.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Madagascar | -8.72 | 2020 |
| 26 | Togo | -9.29 | 2020 |
| 27 | Namibia | -9.66 | 2020 |
| 28 | Ethiopia | -9.84 | 2020 |
| 29 | Algeria | -9.84 | 2020 |
| 30 | Eritrea | -11.08 | 2011 |
| 31 | Mauritania | -11.51 | 2020 |
| 32 | Tunisia | -12.94 | 2018 |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | -14.86 | 2020 |
| 34 | Senegal | -14.89 | 2020 |
| 35 | Botswana | -14.98 | 2020 |
| 36 | Chad | -15.14 | 2020 |
| 37 | Niger | -15.60 | 2020 |
| 38 | Rwanda | -16.28 | 2020 |
| 39 | Mauritius | -18.69 | 2020 |
| 40 | Central African Republic | -19.38 | 2020 |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | -21.38 | 2020 |
| 42 | Comoros | -22.25 | 2020 |
| 43 | Burundi | -22.93 | 2020 |
| 44 | Seychelles | -25.86 | 2020 |
| 45 | The Gambia | -28.89 | 2020 |
| 46 | Mozambique | -34.32 | 2019 |
| 47 | Libya | -34.85 | 2020 |
| 48 | Cabo Verde | -34.99 | 2020 |
| 49 | Lesotho | -58.24 | 2020 |
| 50 | Somalia | -66.62 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
