Markets

Fifty-four markets, one reference.

Every African state, on the same page layout: the facts a reader checks first, the figures the World Bank publishes (with their year), a daily exchange rate and the day's headlines from named newsrooms.

North Africa · 6

Algeria
DZD
Algiers · AMU
GDP
$287.0 bn · 2025
Population
47.4 m · 2025
5 headlines today
Egypt
EGP
Cairo · COMESA
GDP
$365.3 bn · 2025
Population
118.4 m · 2025
3 headlines today
Libya
LYD
Tripoli · COMESA · AMU
GDP
$48.1 bn · 2025
Population
7.5 m · 2025
1 headline today
Morocco
MAD
Rabat · AMU
GDP
$182.4 bn · 2025
Population
38.4 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Sudan
SDG
Khartoum · COMESA · IGAD
GDP
$60.2 bn · 2025
Population
51.7 m · 2025
4 headlines today
Tunisia
TND
Tunis · COMESA · AMU
GDP
$57.5 bn · 2025
Population
12.3 m · 2025
1 headline today

West Africa · 16

Benin
XOF
Porto-Novo · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$24.6 bn · 2025
Population
14.8 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Burkina Faso
XOF
Ouagadougou · WAEMU · AES
GDP
$27.6 bn · 2025
Population
24.1 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Cabo Verde
CVE
Praia · ECOWAS
GDP
$3.1 bn · 2025
Population
527,326 · 2025
0 headlines today
Côte d’Ivoire
XOF
Yamoussoukro · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$99.8 bn · 2025
Population
32.7 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Ghana
GHS
Accra · ECOWAS
GDP
$114.2 bn · 2025
Population
35.1 m · 2025
6 headlines today
Guinea
GNF
Conakry · ECOWAS
GDP
$28.3 bn · 2025
Population
15.1 m · 2025
5 headlines today
Guinea-Bissau
XOF
Bissau · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$2.5 bn · 2025
Population
2.2 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Liberia
LRD
Monrovia · ECOWAS
GDP
$5.2 bn · 2025
Population
5.7 m · 2025
1 headline today
Mali
XOF
Bamako · WAEMU · AES
GDP
$30.1 bn · 2025
Population
25.2 m · 2025
1 headline today
Mauritania
MRU
Nouakchott · AMU
GDP
$11.7 bn · 2025
Population
5.3 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Niger
XOF
Niamey · WAEMU · AES
GDP
$21.6 bn · 2025
Population
27.9 m · 2025
4 headlines today
Nigeria
NGN
Abuja · ECOWAS
GDP
$290.8 bn · 2025
Population
237.5 m · 2025
69 headlines today
Senegal
XOF
Dakar · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$37.0 bn · 2025
Population
18.9 m · 2025
3 headlines today
Sierra Leone
SLE
Freetown · ECOWAS
GDP
$7.5 bn · 2025
Population
8.8 m · 2025
1 headline today
The Gambia
GMD
Banjul · ECOWAS
GDP
$2.6 bn · 2025
Population
2.8 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Togo
XOF
Lomé · ECOWAS · WAEMU
GDP
$11.9 bn · 2025
Population
8.6 m · 2025
0 headlines today

Central Africa · 9

Burundi
BIF
Gitega · EAC · ECCAS · COMESA
GDP
$3.4 bn · 2025
Population
14.4 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Cameroon
XAF
Yaoundé · ECCAS · CEMAC
GDP
$58.9 bn · 2025
Population
29.9 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Central African Republic
XAF
Bangui · ECCAS · CEMAC
GDP
$3.1 bn · 2025
Population
5.5 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Chad
XAF
N’Djamena · ECCAS · CEMAC
GDP
$21.5 bn · 2025
Population
21.0 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Democratic Republic of the Congo
CDF
Kinshasa · EAC · ECCAS · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$91.0 bn · 2025
Population
112.8 m · 2025
6 headlines today
Equatorial Guinea
XAF
Malabo · ECCAS · CEMAC
GDP
$12.8 bn · 2025
Population
1.9 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Gabon
XAF
Libreville · ECCAS · CEMAC
GDP
$21.4 bn · 2025
Population
2.6 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Republic of the Congo
XAF
Brazzaville · ECCAS · CEMAC
GDP
$16.3 bn · 2025
Population
6.5 m · 2025
2 headlines today
São Tomé and Príncipe
STN
São Tomé · ECCAS
GDP
$981 m · 2025
Population
240,254 · 2025
0 headlines today

East Africa · 13

Comoros
KMF
Moroni · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$1.8 bn · 2025
Population
882,847 · 2025
0 headlines today
Djibouti
DJF
Djibouti · COMESA · IGAD
GDP
$4.6 bn · 2025
Population
1.2 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Eritrea
ERN
Asmara · COMESA · IGAD
GDP
n/a
Population
3.6 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Ethiopia
ETB
Addis Ababa · COMESA · IGAD
GDP
$126.4 bn · 2025
Population
135.5 m · 2025
6 headlines today
Kenya
KES
Nairobi · EAC · COMESA · IGAD
GDP
$135.9 bn · 2025
Population
57.5 m · 2025
11 headlines today
Madagascar
MGA
Antananarivo · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$19.6 bn · 2025
Population
32.7 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Mauritius
MUR
Port Louis · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$16.2 bn · 2025
Population
1.2 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Rwanda
RWF
Kigali · EAC · ECCAS · COMESA
GDP
$16.4 bn · 2025
Population
14.6 m · 2025
4 headlines today
Seychelles
SCR
Victoria · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$2.4 bn · 2025
Population
122,730 · 2025
0 headlines today
Somalia
SOS
Mogadishu · EAC · COMESA · IGAD
GDP
$13.0 bn · 2025
Population
19.7 m · 2025
2 headlines today
South Sudan
SSP
Juba · EAC · IGAD
GDP
n/a
Population
12.2 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Tanzania
TZS
Dodoma · EAC · SADC
GDP
$90.1 bn · 2025
Population
70.5 m · 2025
3 headlines today
Uganda
UGX
Kampala · EAC · COMESA · IGAD
GDP
$62.0 bn · 2025
Population
51.4 m · 2025
5 headlines today

Southern Africa · 10

Angola
AOA
Luanda · SADC · ECCAS
GDP
$122.2 bn · 2025
Population
39.0 m · 2025
1 headline today
Botswana
BWP
Gaborone · SADC · SACU
GDP
$19.9 bn · 2025
Population
2.6 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Eswatini
SZL
Mbabane · SADC · SACU · COMESA
GDP
$5.2 bn · 2025
Population
1.3 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Lesotho
LSL
Maseru · SADC · SACU
GDP
$2.6 bn · 2025
Population
2.4 m · 2025
0 headlines today
Malawi
MWK
Lilongwe · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$14.9 bn · 2025
Population
22.2 m · 2025
5 headlines today
Mozambique
MZN
Maputo · SADC
GDP
$22.3 bn · 2025
Population
35.6 m · 2025
2 headlines today
Namibia
NAD
Windhoek · SADC · SACU
GDP
$15.1 bn · 2025
Population
3.1 m · 2025
0 headlines today
South Africa
ZAR
Pretoria · SADC · SACU
GDP
$427.2 bn · 2025
Population
64.7 m · 2025
26 headlines today
Zambia
ZMW
Lusaka · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$28.9 bn · 2025
Population
21.9 m · 2025
4 headlines today
Zimbabwe
ZWG
Harare · SADC · COMESA
GDP
$51.2 bn · 2025
Population
17.0 m · 2025
4 headlines today

World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Figures fetched 2026-08-29 16:58 UTC. Reference facts: ISO 3166 and 4217, the central bank and regulator concerned, and the regional communities' membership lists; checked 2026-08-29.