Africa is a continent of 54 countries and 1.2 billion people, but some countries have much larger populations than others.
Source: International Monetary Fund; UN World Population Prospects; World Bank; World
Economic Outlook Database, April 2017
Note: Data on map for Somalia and South Sudan came from the World Bank; other country data came from the United Nations.
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Population in 2017, millions of people
Gross domestic product in 2017, $ billion
African gross domestic product for 2017 was more than $3 trillion,
but not all countries share that production equally.
Source: Ibrahim Index of African Governance
Note: Data for South Sudan not available.
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Overall governance trend by classification
Africa’s overall governance score has been slowly improving since 2007.
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Source: World Bank
Note: Data for Lesotho and Swaziland not available.
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Resource exports in 2016, % of all exports
Only a few African economies depend heavily on resource exports.
Source: World Bank
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Unemployment rate in 2018, %
Unemployment is a challenge, but levels vary greatly across the continent.
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Source: International Monetary Fund; UN World Population Prospects; World Bank; World
Economic Outlook Database, April 2017
Note: Data on map for Somalia and South Sudan came from the World Bank; other country data came from the United Nations.
