Nigeria, the world’s poverty capital, is ranking 20th in Africa on per capita income, far behind Seychelles, Mauritius and Equatorial Guinea which ranked first, second and third respectively.
The data was based on a 2019 survey conducted across all African countries.
The list below shows African countries by GDP (PPP) per capita as 2019 winds down.
Rank Country GDP per capita (Int$) Year
- Seychelles 30,516.7 2019
- Mauritius 23,882.4 2019
- Equatorial Guinea 19,379.2 2019
- Botswana 18,552.8 2019
- Libya 15,845.7 2019
- Gabon 15,611.6 2019
- South Africa 13,034.2 2019
- Egypt 12,283.8 2019
- Algeria 12,019.9 2019
- Tunisia 11,231.6 2019
- Namibia 10,063.6 2019
- Eswatini 9,003.4 2019
- Morocco 7,826.2 2019
- Cabo Verde 7,489.2 2019
- Angola 6,965.5 2019
- Djibouti 5,779.7 2019
- Ghana 5,652.2 2019
- Côte d’Ivoire 5,443.2 2019
- Mauritania 5,427.1 2019
- Nigeria 5,362.8 2019