Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth — National wealth, natural capital by country

Name: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth — National wealth, natural capital
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Countries reporting

184

Highest

16,143 US dollar

OECD

Lowest

0.0271 US dollar

Tuvalu

Median

62.39 US dollar

Years covered

2000–2018

Data points

4,437

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth — National wealth, natural capital is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 16,143 US dollar in OECD; the lowest is 0.0271 US dollar in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.39 US dollar, and the mean is 451.08 US dollar.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 381.8%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 75.9%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	16,143 US dollar	2018	down 9.0%	rising
2	China	9,644 US dollar	2018	down 13.4%	rising
3	United States	5,646 US dollar	2018	down 21.1%	rising
4	Saudi Arabia	5,086 US dollar	2018	down 21.5%	rising
5	Russia	4,732 US dollar	2018	down 19.1%	rising
6	India	3,923 US dollar	2018	up 30.0%	rising
7	Brazil	3,187 US dollar	2018	up 21.6%	rising
8	Iran	2,497 US dollar	2018	down 21.3%	rising
9	Iraq	2,061 US dollar	2018	up 16.4%	rising
10	Australia	2,030 US dollar	2018	up 13.8%	rising
11	United Arab Emirates	1,590 US dollar	2018	down 13.3%	rising
12	Indonesia	1,528 US dollar	2018	up 5.5%	rising
13	Kuwait	1,425 US dollar	2018	down 8.4%	rising
14	Canada	1,396 US dollar	2018	down 17.2%	rising
15	Mexico	908.99 US dollar	2018	down 7.2%	rising
15	Ethiopia	196.79 US dollar	2018	up 13.9%	rising
16	Qatar	850.3 US dollar	2018	up 54.1%	volatile
17	Nigeria	842.58 US dollar	2018	down 36.7%	flat
17	Madagascar	66.66 US dollar	2018	up 22.7%	rising
18	Venezuela	704.11 US dollar	2018	down 48.4%	rising
18	Equatorial Guinea	51.91 US dollar	2018	down 36.2%	rising
19	Algeria	663.16 US dollar	2018	down 5.6%	rising
19	Croatia	35.59 US dollar	2018	down 5.1%	rising
20	Kazakhstan	599.04 US dollar	2018	down 21.8%	rising
21	Argentina	565.86 US dollar	2018	down 22.4%	rising
21	Mauritania	24.25 US dollar	2018	down 29.2%	rising
22	France	550.63 US dollar	2018	up 9.0%	rising
22	Moldova	10.39 US dollar	2018	down 17.9%	falling
23	Malaysia	546.46 US dollar	2018	down 8.9%	rising
23	Eswatini	8.38 US dollar	2018	up 44.6%	rising
24	Pakistan	504.17 US dollar	2018	up 26.7%	rising
24	Fiji	5.01 US dollar	2018	up 8.2%	falling
25	Norway	463.48 US dollar	2018	down 11.0%	rising
25	Lesotho	3.21 US dollar	2018	up 46.2%	rising
26	Germany	457.94 US dollar	2018	up 1.3%	rising
26	Cabo Verde	1.63 US dollar	2018	up 64.2%	rising
27	Thailand	410.81 US dollar	2018	down 12.3%	falling
28	South Africa	399.91 US dollar	2018	down 17.5%	rising
29	Chile	392.16 US dollar	2018	down 35.6%	rising
30	Libya	386.77 US dollar	2018	down 58.9%	rising
31	Italy	386.24 US dollar	2018	down 3.8%	rising
32	Spain	369.05 US dollar	2018	up 15.5%	rising
33	Viet Nam	685.74 US dollar	2018	up 4.8%	rising
33	Peru	360.47 US dollar	2018	up 4.2%	rising
34	Angola	356.03 US dollar	2018	down 21.3%	rising
35	Türkiye	430.33 US dollar	2018	up 28.8%	rising
35	Japan	353.25 US dollar	2018	up 15.8%	rising
36	Egypt	346.48 US dollar	2018	down 30.0%	rising
37	Colombia	343.16 US dollar	2018	down 3.8%	rising
37	Democratic Republic of the Congo	316.08 US dollar	2018	up 23.9%	rising
38	Myanmar	331 US dollar	2018	up 42.9%	rising
38	Poland	266.76 US dollar	2018	up 3.3%	rising
39	United Kingdom	310.19 US dollar	2018	down 0.7%	rising
39	Netherlands	128.47 US dollar	2018	down 3.5%	rising
40	Ukraine	290.73 US dollar	2018	down 16.2%	rising
41	Philippines	279.18 US dollar	2018	up 29.2%	rising
41	Lithuania	27.25 US dollar	2018	up 10.3%	rising
42	Oman	244.71 US dollar	2018	down 20.9%	rising
42	Latvia	26.95 US dollar	2018	down 9.2%	rising
43	Sweden	238.79 US dollar	2018	up 7.6%	rising
43	Slovenia	21.79 US dollar	2018	up 16.7%	rising
44	New Zealand	230.84 US dollar	2018	up 11.5%	rising
44	Estonia	19.75 US dollar	2018	up 18.4%	rising
45	Morocco	204.36 US dollar	2018	up 35.4%	rising
46	Bangladesh	197.43 US dollar	2018	up 25.3%	rising
46	Timor-Leste	9.72 US dollar	2018	down 67.5%	volatile
47	Azerbaijan	191.62 US dollar	2018	up 9.6%	rising
47	Syrian Arab Republic	2.34 US dollar	2018	down 10.5%	falling
48	Kenya	185.95 US dollar	2018	up 13.5%	rising
48	Micronesia	0.7175 US dollar	2018	up 54.9%	rising
49	Ecuador	184.73 US dollar	2018	down 32.3%	rising
50	Tanzania	182.37 US dollar	2018	up 29.1%	rising
51	Ghana	179.53 US dollar	2018	down 0.3%	flat
52	Romania	178.16 US dollar	2018	down 18.1%	falling
53	Turkmenistan	167.5 US dollar	2018	down 17.9%	rising
54	Uzbekistan	166.2 US dollar	2018	down 8.6%	rising
55	Cameroon	150.54 US dollar	2018	up 44.5%	rising
56	Zambia	139.48 US dollar	2018	up 37.4%	rising
57	Finland	138.18 US dollar	2018	up 4.6%	rising
58	Côte d’Ivoire	118.16 US dollar	2018	up 21.8%	rising
59	Greece	118.1 US dollar	2018	up 13.1%	rising
60	Nepal	113.62 US dollar	2018	up 35.0%	rising
61	Bolivia	110.63 US dollar	2018	up 5.8%	rising
62	Papua New Guinea	109.25 US dollar	2018	down 11.5%	falling
63	Austria	105.56 US dollar	2018	down 4.4%	rising
64	Mozambique	99.94 US dollar	2018	up 114.9%	rising
65	Paraguay	90.36 US dollar	2018	up 44.1%	rising
66	Belarus	90.13 US dollar	2018	up 35.5%	rising
67	Mali	88.88 US dollar	2018	up 34.8%	rising
68	Portugal	78.76 US dollar	2018	up 11.8%	flat
69	Switzerland	77.96 US dollar	2018	down 2.4%	falling
70	Ireland	77.11 US dollar	2018	up 31.3%	rising
71	Congo	76.94 US dollar	2018	down 0.9%	rising
72	Laos	76.62 US dollar	2018	up 23.9%	rising
73	Cambodia	76.31 US dollar	2018	up 50.1%	rising
74	Chad	75.47 US dollar	2018	up 0.7%	rising
75	Malawi	74.24 US dollar	2018	up 121.6%	rising
76	Gabon	69.8 US dollar	2018	down 15.6%	rising
77	Costa Rica	69.59 US dollar	2018	up 16.9%	rising
78	Denmark	68.69 US dollar	2018	down 22.2%	rising
79	Guatemala	68.09 US dollar	2018	up 9.5%	rising
80	Yemen	65.92 US dollar	2018	down 75.9%	falling
81	Czechia	65.9 US dollar	2018	down 24.0%	rising
82	Mongolia	65.44 US dollar	2018	up 40.0%	rising
83	Zimbabwe	64.47 US dollar	2018	down 37.4%	flat
84	Niger	63.98 US dollar	2018	up 32.7%	rising
85	Uruguay	63.67 US dollar	2018	down 1.2%	rising
86	Guinea	61.12 US dollar	2018	up 22.8%	rising
87	Uganda	59.49 US dollar	2018	down 33.1%	falling
88	Hungary	55.58 US dollar	2018	up 19.8%	rising
89	Benin	52.33 US dollar	2018	up 33.3%	rising
90	Bulgaria	52.31 US dollar	2018	down 7.5%	rising
91	Tunisia	52.07 US dollar	2018	up 9.4%	rising
92	Sri Lanka	50.97 US dollar	2018	up 60.2%	rising
93	Cuba	50.89 US dollar	2018	down 41.8%	rising
94	Burkina Faso	50.79 US dollar	2018	up 48.8%	rising
95	Belgium	48.68 US dollar	2018	up 6.1%	rising
96	Serbia	47.36 US dollar	2018	down 3.2%	rising
97	Israel	46.35 US dollar	2018	up 23.9%	rising
98	Brunei Darussalam	45.5 US dollar	2018	down 30.3%	rising
99	Honduras	44.84 US dollar	2018	down 6.0%	rising
100	Dominican Republic	42.5 US dollar	2018	up 41.8%	rising
101	Senegal	41.23 US dollar	2018	up 30.7%	rising
102	Afghanistan	40.5 US dollar	2018	up 2.4%	rising
103	Nicaragua	39.44 US dollar	2018	up 37.9%	rising
104	Rwanda	35.93 US dollar	2018	up 49.2%	rising
105	Kyrgyzstan	31.53 US dollar	2018	up 13.5%	rising
106	Sierra Leone	28.94 US dollar	2018	up 59.7%	rising
107	Central African Republic	27.58 US dollar	2018	up 10.4%	rising
108	Jordan	27.38 US dollar	2018	up 11.7%	rising
109	Albania	25.9 US dollar	2018	up 55.8%	rising
110	Liberia	24.74 US dollar	2018	up 28.9%	rising
111	Panama	24.28 US dollar	2018	up 5.7%	rising
112	Suriname	23.99 US dollar	2018	up 22.7%	rising
113	Guyana	22.73 US dollar	2018	down 9.0%	falling
114	Trinidad and Tobago	20.83 US dollar	2018	down 53.1%	rising
115	Namibia	19.65 US dollar	2018	up 5.9%	falling
116	Tajikistan	18.33 US dollar	2018	up 31.7%	rising
117	Botswana	18.16 US dollar	2018	down 9.8%	rising
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.87 US dollar	2018	down 20.2%	rising
119	Eritrea	16.18 US dollar	2018	up 108.5%	rising
120	Togo	16.01 US dollar	2018	up 39.8%	rising
121	Lebanon	15.91 US dollar	2018	up 10.5%	rising
122	Bahrain	15.51 US dollar	2018	down 8.9%	rising
123	Armenia	15.27 US dollar	2018	up 44.6%	rising
124	Jamaica	14.81 US dollar	2018	down 10.4%	flat
125	Haiti	14.56 US dollar	2018	up 39.9%	rising
126	Georgia	14.55 US dollar	2018	down 13.9%	falling
127	El Salvador	14.21 US dollar	2018	up 10.8%	rising
128	Bhutan	13.47 US dollar	2018	up 69.4%	rising
129	Solomon Islands	12.29 US dollar	2018	up 32.8%	rising
130	Guinea-Bissau	11.6 US dollar	2018	up 24.1%	rising
131	North Macedonia	9.97 US dollar	2018	down 31.7%	rising
132	Burundi	8.33 US dollar	2018	down 37.9%	falling
133	Bahamas	7.82 US dollar	2018	up 79.1%	rising
134	Iceland	5.86 US dollar	2018	down 37.7%	volatile
135	Montenegro	4.89 US dollar	2018	down 0.5%	rising
136	Belize	4.64 US dollar	2018	up 27.2%	falling
137	Luxembourg	4.6 US dollar	2018	down 7.4%	rising
138	Cyprus	4.02 US dollar	2018	down 22.0%	falling
139	Gambia	3.98 US dollar	2018	up 49.8%	rising
140	Vanuatu	2.41 US dollar	2018	down 75.2%	volatile
141	Mauritius	2.06 US dollar	2018	up 17.5%	falling
142	Djibouti	1.9 US dollar	2018	up 40.3%	rising
143	Samoa	1.38 US dollar	2018	down 7.9%	falling
144	Comoros	1.3 US dollar	2018	up 34.8%	rising
145	Seychelles	0.873 US dollar	2018	up 60.7%	volatile
146	Sao Tome and Principe	0.7877 US dollar	2018	up 35.0%	rising
147	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.7231 US dollar	2018	up 182.9%	rising
148	Kiribati	0.6816 US dollar	2018	up 70.8%	rising
149	Malta	0.6774 US dollar	2018	up 62.7%	volatile
150	Tonga	0.6626 US dollar	2018	up 38.9%	volatile
151	Grenada	0.6365 US dollar	2018	up 381.8%	volatile
152	Saint Lucia	0.4862 US dollar	2018	up 121.1%	volatile
153	Dominica	0.483 US dollar	2018	up 21.3%	volatile
154	Antigua and Barbuda	0.4737 US dollar	2018	up 77.9%	rising
155	Liechtenstein	0.3978 US dollar	2018	down 6.9%	flat
156	Singapore	0.3509 US dollar	2018	down 31.1%	volatile
157	Barbados	0.3109 US dollar	2018	down 13.8%	falling
158	Maldives	0.1185 US dollar	2018	up 208.4%	volatile
159	Marshall Islands	0.1149 US dollar	2018	up 150.5%	volatile
160	Palau	0.0714 US dollar	2018	down 36.2%	flat
161	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0416 US dollar	2018	down 66.1%	volatile
162	Tuvalu	0.0271 US dollar	2018	up 107.1%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 67,040 US dollar
World outside Africa 61,067 US dollar
Non-resource-rich countries 44,479 US dollar
Resource-rich countries 22,561 US dollar
World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 40,212 US dollar
Latin America and the Caribbean 7,378 US dollar
Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 27,486 US dollar
Africa 5,973 US dollar
World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 26,538 US dollar
ASEAN 3,980 US dollar
High income countries 24,008 US dollar
Least developed countries 3,068 US dollar
Asia (excluding high income countries) 23,549 US dollar
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 1,963 US dollar
High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 23,475 US dollar
Southern African Development Community (SADC) 1,753 US dollar
World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 20,855 US dollar
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1,586 US dollar
Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 13,467 US dollar
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 1,331 US dollar
World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 9,709 US dollar
Southern Africa (African Union) 1,183 US dollar
Fragile states 8,146 US dollar
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 1,169 US dollar
MERCOSUR 6,049 US dollar
Central Africa (African Union) 777.43 US dollar
World outside Africa, fragile states 4,856 US dollar
Small Island Developing States 366.97 US dollar
Africa, non-resource-rich countries 4,267 US dollar
Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 3,758 US dollar
Korea 154.6 US dollar
European Union (27 countries) 3,555 US dollar
Africa, fragile states 3,291 US dollar
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 2,696 US dollar
Land Locked Developing Countries 2,636 US dollar
Slovak Republic 29.72 US dollar
Africa, least developed countries 2,130 US dollar
World outside Africa, landlocked developing countries 1,720 US dollar
Africa, resource-rich countries 1,706 US dollar
North Africa (African Union) 1,677 US dollar

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Indicator: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth — National wealth, natural capital
Unit: US dollar
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 236 places, 4,437 data points, 2000–2018
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 29 shows estimates of total national wealth, taking into account produced capital, human capital, and natural resources. These estimates were calculated in the World Bank publication The Changing Wealth of Nations 2021.