TABLE OF CONTENTS COUNTRY FOCUS: BENIN

Africa Statistics Flash Selected Socio-Economic Indicators on Africa March 218

TABLE OF CONTENTS COUNTRY FOCUS: BENIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 AFRICA: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5 COUNTRY: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 COUNTRY: CHANGE IN SECTORAL COMPOSITION OF GDP ------------------------------------------------------ 7 COUNTRY: KEY SOCIAL INDICATORS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 INTRA-AFRICAN EXPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 AFRICA S TRADE WITH BRICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT & OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ---------------------------------- 12 NOTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 SOURCE LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 COUNTRY FOCUS: BENIN Benin key macroeconomic indicators Indicators 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 GDP per capita, nominal (US$) 799 88 883 95 778 768 86 Real GDP growth (%) 3. 4.8 7.2 6.4 2.1 4. 5.6 Inflation (annual, %) 2.7 6.7 1. -1.1.3 -.8.6 Gross investment (% of GDP) 24.1 22.6 28.5 24.9 22.4 23.6 23. Gross saving (% of GDP) 16.8 15.2 2.4 2. 17.4 17.2 19.4 Current account balance incl. official transfer (% of GDP) -7.3-7.4-7.4-8.6-8.2-7.4-9.1 External debt (% of GDP) 24. 25.5 22.2 19.8 21.3 22.5 22.1 Share of industry (% of GDP) 23.9 22.6 22.5 22.7 24.5 24.1... (of which manufacturing) 14.7 14. 14.3 14.1 15.4 14.9... Debt service ratio (% of export)... 3.3 3.5 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.9 (US$ Billions) 5 4 Export/Import and GDP growth rate 7.2 % 6.4 % (percentage) 8 7 6 3 2 3. % 4.8 % 2.1 % 4.% 5 4 3 1 2 1 211 212 213 214 215 216 Export Import (% of GDP) 1 8 Contribution to GDP by selected sectors 22.3 21.3 21.5 22.5 23.2 Agriculture 6 2.2 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.1 Industry 4 2 57.5 57.9 57.7 56.9 56.7 Services 212 213 214 215 216 1

March 218 AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH COUNTRY FOCUS: BENIN (percentage) 8 GDP growth rate 6 Benin 4 Africa West Africa 2 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 (USD million) Inward FDI flow 4 3 2 1 211 212 213 214 215 2

AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 COUNTRY FOCUS: BENIN Top 5 export products (USD million) Product 211 212 213 214 215 216 Cotton 123. 6 162. 4 334. 365. 5 456. 2 289. 9 Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried 111. 5 114. 3 166. 4 2. 1 317. 2 2. 7 Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and 132. 6 258. 8 361. 1 31. 8 26. 8 297. 5 Liquefied propane and butane 214. 3 453. 9 4. 4 58. 1 4. 9 2. 4 "Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals 3. 4 138. 4 59. 8 894. 7 96. 5 99. 5 Total (of the top 5) 882. 4 1127. 8 925. 7 1829. 2 1135. 6 89. 1 Total (%) 62.6 78.2 46.7 71.4 63.9 65.7 Top 5 import products (USD million) Product 211 212 213 214 215 216 Cotton fabrics, woven 175. 2 195. 5 289. 1 312. 8 192. 2 129. 8 "Fixed vegetable fats & oils, crude, 83. 8 13. 6 146. 193. 4 119. 118. 3 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons 119. 1 184. 22. 6 288. 8 29. 88. Other meat and edible meat offal 77. 4 141. 2 143. 1 176. 4 121. 2 81. 2 Rice 6. 21. 1 464. 8 535. 5 26. 4 44. 5 Total (of the top 5) 515. 6 825. 4 1245. 5 157. 91. 9 857. 8 Total (%) 24.9 35.6 42.4 4.7 36.4 38.1 Top 5 export destinations (USD million) Country 211 212 213 214 215 216 China 111. 1 182. 2 259. 6 262. 3 13. 1 64. 1 India 151. 2 146. 4 197. 5 215. 1 334. 1 21. 1 Nigeria 124. 4 39. 7 216. 6 148. 9 194. 4 152. Sierra Leone 38. 7 452. 2 424. 4 531. 1 47. 8... United Arab Emirates 13. 9 126. 3 152. 1 226. 2 29. 5 268. 3 Total (of the top 5) 871. 4 946. 9 125. 1 1383. 6 888. 9 694. 5 Total (%) 61.8 65.6 63.1 54. 5. 51.3 Top 5 import origins (USD million) Country 211 212 213 214 215 216 China 528. 1 677. 5 873. 2 1118. 5 849. 5 663. 7 France 25. 6 175. 4 186. 5 193. 3 149. 4 145. 8 India 18. 2 137. 7 314. 6 298. 3 169. 4 241. 8 Thailand 38. 4 83. 9 183. 5 283. 2 13. 8 228. United States 114. 2 159. 7 24. 2 299. 2 185. 8 84. 5 Total (of the top 5) 139. 5 1234. 2 1762. 2192. 6 1484. 8 1363. 8 Total (%) 5.2 53.3 59.9 59.2 6. 6.6 3

AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 AFRICA: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS Indicators 211 212 213 214 215 GDP, PPP (current international $ billion) 1 4,72 5,34 5,34 5,577 5,819 GDP per capita (current, USD) 1 2,87 2,171 2,199 2,29 1,966 Real GDP growth (%) 1.6 5.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 Inflation (annual, growth rate%) 1 9. 2 8.6 6.4 7.1 7. General govt. net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -3.2-3.2-5. -6.3-7.4 Total investment (% of GDP) 3 22.2 22.6 22.6 23.2 23. Gross national saving (% of GDP) 4 21.6 2.3 19.6 19. 16.4 Real export growth (%).3 19.5 -.7. 2.1 Trade balance (% of GDP) 2. 1. -.8-3.3-6.8 Share of Africa s export (%) 3.1 3.2 3. 2.7 2.4 Terms of trade index (2=1) 185.6 191.7 188. 18.4 153.7 Current account balance (% of GDP) 23 -.3 -.7-2.3-4.5-7. FDI (inward flow; USD million) 47,786 2 55,156 52,154 58,3 54,79 FDI (outward flow; USD million) 5 6,122 12,386 15,543 15,163 11,325 International reserve (USD billion) 6 532.3 575. 571.3 58.5 351.8 Total external debt (% of GNI) 7 2.4 21.8 22.4 21.8... Share of industry (% of GDP) 1 33.3 33.4 32.3 31.9 3.1 (of which manufacturing) 1 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.8 11. GDP growth rate (217, %) -2-1 1 Libya Ethiopia Ghana Cote divoire Djibouti Senegal Tanzania Burkina Faso Guinea Seychelles Malawi Rwanda Guinea-Bissau Sudan Sierra Leone Benin Sao Tome and Principe Niger Kenya Togo Egypt Morocco Zambia Central African Republic Cabo Verde Mauritius Madagascar Uganda Mozambique DRC Gambia Mauritania Cameroon Lesotho Zimbabwe Comoros Burundi Botswana Liberia Tunisia Algeria South Africa Angola Nigeria Gabon Chad -.8-2.3-2.5-3.4-5.4 1.2 8.5 7.6 7. 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.1 4. 4. 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.1.7.3.1 Namibia Swaziland Equatorial Guinea Congo Mali no data no data no data South Sudan Eritrea Somalia -2-1 1 7.8 Nigeria South Africa Egypt Algeria Angola Morocco Sudan Kenya Ethiopia Tanzania Tunisia Libya Ghana Cote divoire DRC Cameroon Uganda Zambia Mozambique Botswana Gabon Senegal Zimbabwe Namibia Burkina Faso Congo Mauritius Chad Equatorial Guinea Mali Madagascar Benin Niger Rwanda Guinea Malawi South Sudan Mauritania Sierra Leone Togo Eritrea Swaziland Burundi Lesotho Liberia Central African Republic Cabo Verde Djibouti Seychelles Somalia Guinea-Bissau Gambia Comoros Sao Tome and Principe 4 GNI (216, billion USD) 1 2 3 4 5 132.7 17.5 85.3 6.7 53.5 47.9 45.2 41.1 35.5 32.9 31.4 31.1 26.9 25.5 17.1 15.7 15.3 14. 13.6 13.3 12.6 12.6 12.4 12.2 11.7 11.5 1.4 9.5 7.9 7.8 6.1 5.6 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.3 3. 2.6 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.2.8.6.3 28.6 279.4 34.5 1 2 3 4 5 51.5

March 218 AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS Central Africa Eastern Africa Indicators 211 212 213 214 215 211 212 213 214 215 Real GDP growth (%) 4.2 6.5.4 5.6 2.1 6.2 2.5 7. 6.7 6.4 GDP per capita (current, USD) 9 2,17 2,3 2,28 2,32 1,543 558 2 617 668 71 673 Inflation (annual, %) 9 2.8 4.3 2.2 2.4 3. 18.8 15.2 5.9 5.7 8.6 Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP) 2.3 -.9-2.9-4. -5.5-2.4-3.2-3.4-3.9-3.7 Total investment (% of GDP) 9 29.8 29.1 3.3 32.1 31.3 24.7 25.9 25.3 25.7 27.4 Gross national saving (% of GDP) 9 27.2 26.5 24.7 25.6 2.3 19.5 17.8 16.7 17.2 18. Current account balance (% of GDP) 9 1.8 -.3-1.9-4.5-7.8-7.7-8.5-8.2-8.7-1.2 FDI inward flow (USD million) 5,557 5,381 5,511 6,742 3,678 6,155 2 8,614 8,67 9,439 9,475 FDI outward flow (USD million) 1, 24-129 -22-293 -132-148 96 5 389 416 733 International reserve (USD billion) 11 15.2 17. 17.7 14.9 9.5 15.2 18.8 2.4 2.8 19.1 Total external debt (% of GDP) 12 17.4 18.9 23.7 23.2... 26. 24.3 25.7 26.5... Share of industry (% of GDP) 1 57.8 57.4 54.7 52.8 46.5 23.7 21.9 22.4 23. 22.9 (of which manufacturing) 7.6 7.6 8.1 8.6 11.3 9.3 9.1 8.8 8.3 8.3 North Africa Southern Africa Indicators 211 212 213 214 215 211 212 213 214 215 Real GDP growth (%) -3.5 6. 1.5 2.2 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.1 GDP per capita (current, USD) 3,44 3,75 3,67 3,645 3,493 3,748 3,65 3,491 3,365 2,893 Inflation (annual, %) 9.8 11.2 1.4 13.3 1.8 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.2 5.7 Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP) -5.9-4.9-7.5-1.3-12.3-1.8-2.3-3.2-4.2-4.2 Total investment (% of GDP) 24.9 24.9 25.4 26.2 27. 19.8 21. 21.2 21.4 19.2 Gross national saving (% of GDP) 25.4 23.1 22.7 22.8 19.8 18.6 17.8 16.8 16.2 13.1 Current account balance (% of GDP) 1. 14 1.6-2.1-5.2-9.3 -.6-2.4-3.5-5.1-6.2 22 FDI inward flow (USD million) 8,137 16,987 13,88 12,544 13,419 9,57 8,69 11,329 17,959 18,18 FDI outward flow (USD million) 14, 25 1,492 3,1 45 8 1,846 2,83 5,36 12,837 11,862 6,878 International reserve (USD billion) 15 349.4 368.2 364.5 323.1 189.6 97.5 15.1 14. 99.7 9.5 17 Total external debt (% of GDP) 16,18 18.5 19.7 2.5 16.9... 28.7 34.8 36.1 38.9... Share of industry (% of GDP) 39.1 4.4 39.2 38.8 35.3 34.7 34.5 33.6 33.8 32.5 (of which manufacturing) 12.6 12. 12.1 12.7 12.5 11.9 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.4 West Africa Africa Indicators 211 212 213 214 215 211 212 213 214 215 Real GDP growth (%) 5.8 5.8 6.2 5.3 2.8 1.6 5.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 GDP per capita (current, USD) 1,81 1,927 2,93 2,184 1,841 2,87 2,171 2,199 2,29 1,966 Inflation (annual, %) 6. 4.6 2.6 1.6 2.3 9. 8.6 6.4 7.1 7. Gen. govt. net lend/borrow (% of GDP) -.9-1.3-3.3-3.1-4.2-3.2-3.2-5. -6.3-7.4 Total investment (% of GDP) 19 17.7 17.5 17.1 17.6 16.6 22.2 22.6 22.6 23.2 23. Gross national saving (% of GDP) 19 18.3 18.1 17.6 15.6 12.8 21.6 2.3 19.6 19. 16.4 Current account balance (% of GDP).6 1.1.7-1.6-3.6 -.3 -.7-2.3-4.5-7. FDI inward flow (USD million) 18,367 15,485 13,368 11,615 9,399 47,786 55,156 52,154 58,3 54,79 FDI outward flow (USD million) 2 2,58 3,52 2,26 2,216 2,15 6,122 12,386 15,543 15,163 11,325 International reserve (USD billion) 21 55. 65.8 64.7 5. 43.1 532.3 575. 571.3 58.5 351.8 Total external debt (% of GDP) 12. 1.7 11.1 11.2... 2.4 21.8 22.4 21.8... Share of industry (% of GDP) 25.5 24.9 24. 23.3 21.5 33.3 33.4 32.3 31.9 3.1 (of which manufacturing) 7.4 7.7 8.5 9. 9.7 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.8 11. 5

AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 SUBREGION: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS (percentage) 8 Real GDP growth (current USD) GDP per capita (215) 6 Eastern 4, 3,493 4 North 3, 2,893 2 West Central Southern 2, 1,543 Africa avg. 1,841-2 1, 653-4 211 212 213 214 215 Central Eastern North Southern West Sectoral share of GDP (215) 12.9 % 51.8 % North 22.8 % 12.5 % 22.3 % 56.2 % West 11.8 % 9.7 % 3. % 47.1 % Eastern 14.4 % 8.3 % 14.5 % 39. % Central 35.2 % 4.9 % 11.3 % 21.1 % Agriculture Industry (excl. manufacturing) Manufacturing Services 62.7 % Southern 11.4 % 6

March 218 AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH COUNTRY: KEY MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS Country GDP at current (217, bil. int l $) Inflation (217, %) Total investment (216, % of GDP) Trade balance Debt service ratio (215, % of GDP) (% of exports) Algeria 631.2 5.6 49. -7.4 1. (216) Angola 19.3 31.7 8.4 8.4 26.5 (216) Benin 25.3.1 24.6-12.2 3.6 (215) Botswana 39.8 3.3 21.3-5.7 1.9 (216) Burkina Faso 35.9.4 13.6-9.9 4.4 (215) Burundi 8.4 16.6 9. -2.9 16.7 (216) Cabo Verde 3.7.8 41.8-35. 5.8 (216) Cameroon 88.9.6 2.1-9.5 6.1 (215) Central African Republic 3.4 3.8 13.5 3.6 Chad 28.9 -.9 2.7 3. Comoros 1.3 1. 2.9-37.5.6 (214) Congo 28.2.5 24.2-17.8 1.8 (27) Côte d'ivoire 96..8 18.6 3.9 7.4 (215) DR Congo 72.2 41.5 11.4 1.8 4.3 (216) Djibouti..7 44.3-35.7 7.2 (215) Egypt 1129.9 23.5 15.1-13.7 18.9 (216) Equatorial Guinea 31.5.7 56.8 3.5 Eritrea. 9. 7.4-11. 4.3 (2) Ethiopia 199.3 9.9 38.5-36.7 21. (216) Gabon 36.8 3. 36.7 22.9 3.4 (25) Gambia, The 3.6 8. 18.7-32.3 15.2 (216) Ghana 133.8 12.4 24.4-8.8 1.5 (216) Guinea 29.1 8.9 17.1 3.2 2.6 (216) Guinea-Bissau 3.2 1.1 11.4.3.8 (215) Kenya 163.3 8. 2.2-16.5 1.6 (216) Lesotho 7. 5.6 7.5-61.3 4.2 (216) Liberia 3.9 12.4 34.3-89.2 2.9 (216) Libya 125.1 28-2. Madagascar 39.8 8.1 15.3-6.8 3.7 (216) Malawi 22.4 11.5 11.3-2.2 5. (216) Mali 41. 1.8 19. -5.5 4.2 (215) Mauritania 17.5 2.3 39.7-11.2 13.2 (216) Mauritius 28.2 3.7 21.7-2.2 18.2 (216) Morocco 298.2.8 31.2-15.6 1.9 (216) Mozambique 37. 15.3 38.6-35.1 12.6 (216) Namibia 26.5 6.1 27.8-28.5 Niger 21.8 2.4 39.6-2.1 7.5 (215) Nigeria 1118.8 16.5 12.6.6 6.3 (216) Rwanda 24.9 4.8 26.1-19.1 8.3 (216) Sao Tome and Principe.7 5.5 25.8-41.1 2.9 (216) Senegal 43. 1.4 26.9-21.4 1.5 (215) Seychelles 2.8 2.9 3.3-36.1 5.7 (213) Sierra Leone 11.5 18. 16.1-26.4 6.6 (215) Somalia.... South Africa 765.6 5.3 19.5-2.8 13.2 (216) South Sudan. 187.9 17.2 (215) Sudan 198.8 32.4 16.6-6. 6.4 (216) Swaziland 11.6 6.3 12.3 4.2 2.1 (216) Tanzania 163.9 5.3 27.6-1.7 5.4 (216) Togo 12.2 -.7 27.4-21.9 3.2 (215) Tunisia 137.4 5.3 22.1-14.2 1.7 (216) Uganda 79.9 5.6 25.7-14.4 18.8 (216) Zambia 69.2 6.6 38.4-6.8 6.2 (215) Zimbabwe 34.5 1.3 17.2 13.4 (215) 7

AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 COUNTRY: CHANGE IN SECTORAL COMPOSITION OF GDP Agriculture (% of GDP) Industry (% of GDP) (Manufacturing, % of GDP) Services (% of GDP) Country 2 216 2 216 2 216 2 216 Algeria 8.8 12.7 56.8 36.1 6.2 4.6 34.4 51.1 Angola 5.7 8. 73.1 46. 2.9 4.9 21.2 46. Benin 25.5 23. 31.4 24.1 23.4 14.9 43.1 52.9 Botswana 3.1 2.2 5.5 34.7 6.1 5.7 46.4 63.1 Burkina Faso 32.8 3.3 21.5 25.7 13.2 1.8 45.6 44. Burundi 4.5 37.7 18.8 15.3 13.2 1.9 4.7 47.1 Cabo Verde 15.8 9.4 25.6 19.9 7.9 6.7 58.5 7.7 Cameroon 16.5 16.7 33.4 26.6 17. 16. 5.1 56.7 Central African Republic 41.4 31.9 18.9 25.5 1.9 19.4 39.7 42.6 Chad 33.3 27.5 13.2 32.6 7.5 1.3 53.5 39.9 Comoros 37. 42. 11.5 11.8 6.2 9.1 51.5 46.2 Congo 5.4 9.3 73.9 51.9 3.6 3.3 2.7 38.8 Côte d'ivoire 24.8 2.9 27.3 32.8 22.5 17.4 47.9 46.3 DR Congo 32.3 2.6 22.6 43.2 1. 2.3 45.1 36.2 Djibouti 3.5 3.3 15.2 21.8 2.6 2.5 81.3 75. Egypt 13.8 11.9 33.3 32.9 18. 17.1 52.9 55.2 Equatorial Guinea 5.8 2.5 71.1 5. 11.2 19.7 23.1 47.5 Eritrea 15.1 17.3 23. 23.5 11.2 6. 61.9 59.1 Ethiopia 47.8 36.8 12.4 21. 5.8 4.3 39.8 42.2 Gabon 5.7 4.1 6.2 5.8 3.6 6.6 34.2 45.2 Gambia, The 25. 2.6 15.1 13.8 6.9 4.8 64.7 65.6 Ghana 3.7 18.9 21.2 24.2 11.1 4.7 48.1 56.9 Guinea 22.7 2.2 32.7 36.9 3. 6.7 44.6 42.9 Guinea-Bissau 43.4 44.2 14.7 14.7 13.9 12.9 41.9 41.1 Kenya 28.2 34.5 2.6 18.5 14.1 9.7 51.2 47. Lesotho 8.2 5.9 36.8 32.4 15.8 11.8 55. 61.8 Liberia 71.7 72.9.6 8.8.3 5.4 27.6 18.4 Libya 6.5.9 47.6 67.1 5.5 3.7 45.9 32. Madagascar 33.3 34.6 11.7 7.9 7.5 4.6 55. 57.5 Malawi 41.4 25.1 19.5 16.4 14.9 9.2 39.1 58.5 Mali 34.9 39.9 23.7 19.2 14.6 13.2 41.4 41. Mauritania 35.9 23.4 27.4 36.1 11.1 8.3 36.8 4.4 Mauritius 6.5 3.5 29.6 2.9 22.5 13.9 63.9 75.6 Morocco 13.3 13.6 3. 29.6 2.5 17.9 56.7 56.8 Mozambique 22.8 24.1 23. 21.1 16.8 9.3 54.2 54.8 Namibia 11.9 6.8 26. 3.9 1.8 11.8 62.1 62.3 Niger 41.2 41.2 12.8 18. 6.4 6.3 46.1 4.9 Nigeria 21.3 21.2 29.9 18.4 7.8 8.8 48.8 6.4 Rwanda 39.2 31.5 13.4 17.7 7. 6.3 47.4 5.8 Sao Tome and Principe 2.1 11.5 17.3 16.7 7.6 7.2 62.6 71.9 Senegal 19.1 17.1 23.2 23.4 14.7 11.4 57.6 59.6 Seychelles 4.5 2. 19.2 12.6 12.6 6.7 76.3 85.4 Sierra Leone 48.3 6. 9.5 5.8 3.3 1.9 42.2 34.3 Somalia 6.2 6.2 7.3 7.4 2.5 2.5 32.5 32.5 South Africa 3.2 2.4 3.8 28.9 18.6 13.3 66. 68.6 South Sudan... 4.1... 39.8... 1.9... 56.1 Sudan 37.1 31.7 17.3 2.8 5.7 8.3 45.6 47.6 Swaziland 12.7 1. 4.5 36.9 34.8 31.6 46.8 53.1 Tanzania 31.7 31.2 17.2 27. 8.1 5.5 51.1 41.9 Togo 27.9 28.7 15.8 17.3 9.3 7.5 56.3 54. Tunisia 11.1 9.8 29.8 26. 18.1 16.1 59.1 64.2 Uganda 31.8 25.5 21. 22.7 1.1 9.8 47.3 51.8 Zambia 17.4 5.1 25. 35.8 1.2 7.7 57.6 59.2 Zimbabwe 23.1 11.2 19.2 24.3 13.6 9.9 57.8 64.5 8

March 218 AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH COUNTRY: KEY SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS Country Infant Population mortality (217, million) (215, per 1,) Gross enrol. ratio, primary Unemployment (216, %) Seats held by women in parli. (217, %) Life expectancy (216) Adult literacy (215, %) Algeria 71.9 21.9 116.2 (215) 11.2 25.8 76.4 8.2 Angola 45.6 96. 128.7 (211) 6.6 38.2 61.8 71.1 Benin 44.9 64.2 129 (215) 1. 7.2 61.3 38.5 Botswana 58. 34.8 18.6 (213) 18.4 9.5 68.1 88.5 Burkina Faso 31.5 6.9 88 (215) 3. 11 6.9 36. Burundi 12.7 54.1 123.8 (215) 1.6 36.4 58. 85.6 Cabo Verde 66.8 2.7 19.9 (215) 1.5 23.6 73.1 87.6 Cameroon 55.5 57.1 117.1 (215) 4.5 31.1 58.8 75. Central African Republic 4.7 91.5 93.5 (212) 6.9 8.6 53.3 36.8 Chad 22.8 85. 11.4 (213) 5.8 12.8 53.3 4.2 Comoros 28.5 55.1 13.2 (214) 2. 6.1 64. 77.8 Congo 66.2 33.2 11.9 (212) 11.2 11.3 65.3 79.3 Côte d'ivoire 55.6 66.6 93.6 (215) 9.3 1.6 54.4 43.1 DR Congo 43.5 74.5 17 (214) 3.6 8.9 6.2 Djibouti 77.5 54.2 66.3 (215) 6.6 1.8 62.7 Egypt 43.3 2.3 13.9 (214) 12. 14.9 71.8 75.2 Equatorial Guinea 4.3 68.2 79.1 (215) 7.3 24 58. 95.3 Eritrea 23.6 34.1 49.6 (215) 7.3 22 65.7 73.8 Ethiopia 2.4 41.4 1.1 (214) 5.7 38.8 66. 49.1 Gabon 87.6 36.1 142 (211) 18.5 17.1 66.7 83.2 Gambia, The 6.8 47.9 91.6 (215) 29.7 1.3 61.5 55.6 Ghana 55.3 42.8 19.9 (215) 5.8 12.7 63.2 76.6 Guinea 38.2 61. 91.3 (214) 6.8 21.9 6.9 3.4 Guinea-Bissau 5.8 6.3 113.7 (21) 6.5 13.7 58. 59.9 Kenya 26.5 35.5 19 (215) 11. 21.8 67.3 78. Lesotho 28.4 69.2 15.5 (215) 27.4 22.9 54.7 79.4 Liberia 5.5 52.8 93.9 (215) 4. 12.3 63.3 47.6 Libya 79. 11.4 114.5 (26) 19.2 16 72.3 91. Madagascar 36.4 35.9 148.9 (215) 2.1 19.2 66.5 64.7 Malawi 16.7 43.4 145.5 (215) 6.7 16.7 63.8 65.8 Mali 41.4 74.5 75.8 (215) 8.1 8.8 58.7 38.7 Mauritania 61. 65.1 12.5 (215) 11.7 25.2 63.4 52.1 Mauritius 39.5 11.8 13 (215) 7.8 11.6 74.9 9.6 Morocco 61.2 23.7 114.7 (215) 1. 2.5 76.2 72.4 Mozambique 32.8 56.7 15.8 (215) 24.4 39.6 59.2 58.8 Namibia 48.6 32.8 111.4 (213) 25.6 41.3 65. 81.9 Niger 19.3 57.1 72.5 (215) 2.6 17 6.5 19.1 Nigeria 49.4 69.4 93.7 (213) 5. 5.6 54.1 59.6 Rwanda 3.7 31.1 133.6 (214) 2.5 61.3 67.6 7.5 Sao Tome and Principe 66.2 34.6 113.6 (215) 13.6 18.2 66.8 74.9 Senegal 44.4 41.7 82.2 (215) 9.5 41.8 67.6 55.7 Seychelles 54.5 11.7 12.3 (215) 21.2 73.9 Sierra Leone 4.7 87.1 127.6 (215) 3. 12.4 52.3 48.1 Somalia 4.5 85. 29.2 (27) 6.6 24.4 56.9 South Africa 65.8 33.6 99.7 (214) 25.9 42 63.7 94.3 South Sudan 19.3 6.3 64.1 (215)... 28.5 57.5 31.9 Sudan 34.2 47.6 7.4 (213) 13.3 3.5 64.8 75.9 Swaziland 21.3 44.5 112.8 (214) 25.3 6.2 58.5 87.5 Tanzania 33. 35.2 81.7 (215) 2.6 36.4 66.7 8.3 Togo 41. 52.3 121.8 (215) 6.8 17.6 6.5 66.6 Tunisia 67.3 12.1 114.2 (215) 14.8 31.3 76.1 81.8 Uganda 16.8 37.7 11.1 (215) 2.3 34.3 6.3 73.9 Zambia 41.8 43.3 13.7 (213) 7.5 18 62.3 63.4 Zimbabwe 32.2 46.6 99.9 (213) 5.1 32.6 61.9 86.5 9

2 AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 INTRA-AFRICAN EXPORT Intra African exports (216, USD million) AMU CEN-SAD COMESA EAC ECCAS ECOWAS IGAD SADC World AMU 3,58 4,567 2,61 81 316 1,123 337 225 73,824 CEN-SAD 3,533 13,98 5,217 1,74 2,183 9,22 2,368 5,87 152,329 COMESA 1,473 4,861 6,878 3,125 1,787 371 3,582 6,499 67,165 From EAC 33 1,55 3,685 2,746 1,512 64 1,941 2,22 13,517 ECCAS 71 649 425 132 978 28 95 1,58 53,793 ECOWAS 271 8,282 428 28 1,26 7,78 39 4,495 73,319 IGAD 33 1,817 2,854 2,274 966 57 2,26 1,171 13,497 SADC 269 3,57 11,269 1,929 2,575 1,372 1,336 29,439 143,146 AMU/UMA 1 2 1 SADC 2 3 4 4 7 CENSAD 5 6 8 2 Intra-African exports between RECs (Billions USD, UNCTAD 216) Color of link represents the exporting REC 7 8 9 1 5 6 3 2 1 IGAD 1 1 4 CEDEAO-ECOWAS 3 4 3 COMESA 2 5 1 1 CEEAC-ECCAS 2 1 EAC 6 AMU (Arab Maghreb Union), CEN-SAD (Community of Sahel-Saharan States), COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), EAC (East African Community), ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States), ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development), SADC (Southern African Development Community) 1

March 218 AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH AFRICA S TRADE WITH BRICS Import from BRICS (USD million) Export to BRICS (USD million) Country 212 213 214 215 216 212 213 214 215 216 Brazil 13,217 11,265 1,274 8,427 7,768 14,995 17,232 17,191 8,49 4,912 China 74,82 83,12 93,791 89,91 79,981 75,854 74,514 66,277 38,42 34,54 India 25,925 3,286 29,845 23,63 2,4 38,611 36,483 4,341 27,95 23,652 Russian Federation 1,119 7,947 9,664 8,963 7,655 1,54 1,594 1,574 1,314 1,316 South Africa 3,79 29,427 29,329 26,388 23,35 16,943 14,918 16,248 12,83 1,821 Total 154,871 162,27 172,93 156,74 139,19 147,943 144,741 141,631 87,797 75,26 (percentage) 1 19.9 18.2 17. 16.8 16.8 11.5 1.3 11.5 13.8 14.4 8 6 48.3 51.3 54.2 57.4 57.5 51.3 51.5 46.8 43.3 45.9 4 2 28.5 16.7 26.1 25.2 31.8 31.4 18.7 17.3 14.7 14.7 6.5 1.1 1.1 4.9 1. 5.6 1.5 5.7 5.5 8.5 7. 1.1 11.9 12.1 1.7 9.6 5.9 5.4 5.6 6.5 212 213 214 215 216 212 213 214 215 216 Imports Exports South Africa China India Russian Federation Brazil 11

AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 FOREGIN DIRECT INVESTMENT & OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSITANCE Top 1 FDI inward flow (USD million) Country 216 Angola 14363.6 (USD million) 2, FDI inward Egypt 816.8 Nigeria 4448.7 Ghana 3485.3 Ethiopia 3196.4 Mozambique 393.4 Morocco 2321.8 South Africa 227.4 Congo 26. Algeria 1546. Africa total 59,373. 15, 1, 5, 21 211 212 213 214 215 216 Angola Egypt Nigeria Ghana Ethiopia Mozambique Morocco South Africa Congo Algeria Top 1 ODA recepients (as % of GNI) Country 216 South Sudan 64.5 Liberia 44.8 Central African Republic 28.4 Burundi 24.7 Malawi 23.5 (% of GNI) 15 1 Net ODA Sierra Leone 21.9 Somalia 17.4 Guinea-Bissau 16.5 Mozambique 14.2 Rwanda 13.9 5 21 211 212 213 214 215 216 South Sudan Liberia Central African Republic Burundi Malawi Sierra Leone Somalia Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Rwanda 12

March 218 AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH NOTE Superscript # Note 1 Excluding Somalia 2 Excluding South Sudan 3 Excluding Somalia and Liberia 4 Excluding Somalia, Libya and Liberia 5 6 Excluding Central Africa Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Lesotho, Sierra Leone and Sudan Excluding Eritrea (from 212), Ethipia, Somalia, South Sudan (211), Mauritania (from 213), Libya (215), Tunisia (215), Malawi (215), Ghana (from 214), Gambia (215) and Liberia (215) 7 Excluding Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan, Seychelles, Libya, Tunisia (214) and Namibia 8 Excluding Equatorial Guinea for Central Africa 9 Excluding Somalia for Eastern Africa 1 Excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Tanzania for Eastern Africa 11 Excluding Eritrea (from 212), Ethipia, Somalia and South Sudan (211) for Eastern Africa 12 Excluding Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan and Seychelles for Eastern Africa 13 Excluding Libya for North Africa 14 Excluding Sudan for North Africa 15 Excluding Mauritania (from 213), Libya (215) and Tunisia (215) for North Africa 16 Excluding Libya and Tunisia (214) for North Africa 17 Excluding Malawi for Southern Africa 18 Excluding Namibia for Souther Africa 19 Excluding Liberia for West Africa 2 Excluding Seirra Leone for West Africa 21 Excluding Ghana (from 214), Gambia (215) and Liberia (215) for West Africa 22 Excluding Zimbabwe 23 Excluding Somalia, South Sudan (211), Sudan (211) and Zimbabwe (215) 24 Excluding Central Africa Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Chad for Eastern Africa 25 Exluding Lesotho for Southern Africa 13

AFRICA STATISTICS FLASH March 218 SOURCE LIST Page # Indicator Source Page 1-2 GDP per capita; Real GDP growth; Inflation; Debt service ratio; African Statistical Yearbook 218 Gross investment; Gross saving; Current account balance; External debt Inward FDI inflow, Contribution of sectors to GDP International Monetary Fund ECA stats Page 1, 3 Export and import African Statistical Yearbook 218 Page 4-6 GDP PPP; Inflation International Monetary Fund GDP per capita; General govt. net lending/borrowin; Total investment; Gross national saving; Current account balance International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook Database Real GDP growth; Share of industry; Share of manufacturing United Nations Statistics Division International reserve; Total external debt; GNI World Bank Real export growth; Trade balance; Share of Africa s export; Terms United Nations Conference on Trade and Development of trade index; FDI Page 7-9 GDP; Inflation; Total investment; Trade balance International Monetary Fund Debt service ratio GDP by sector; Infant mortality; Seats held by women in parliament Population; Life expectancy Gross enrolment ratio; Adult literacy Unemployment World Bank United Nations Statistics Division United Nations Population Division United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Labour Organization Page 1 Intra-African Exports United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Page 11 Africa s trade with BRICS United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Page 12 FDI United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Net ODA World Bank 14

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