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

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...

Countries reporting
167
Highest
61,067 US dollar
World outside Africa
Lowest
0.0271 US dollar
Tuvalu
Median
68.09 US dollar
Years covered
19
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 167 countries. The highest value is 61,067 US dollar in World outside Africa; the lowest is 0.0271 US dollar in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 68.09 US dollar, and the mean is 1,016 US dollar.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 381.8%), and the largest decrease in Yemen, Republic of (down 75.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 World outside Africa 61,067 US dollar 2018 down 8.5% rising
2 Resource-rich countries 22,561 US dollar 2018 down 18.1% rising
3 OECD 16,143 US dollar 2018 down 9.0% rising
4 China, People's Republic of 9,644 US dollar 2018 down 13.4% rising
5 United States 5,646 US dollar 2018 down 21.1% rising
6 Saudi Arabia 5,086 US dollar 2018 down 21.5% rising
7 Russian Federation 4,732 US dollar 2018 down 19.1% rising
8 India 3,923 US dollar 2018 up 30.0% rising
9 Africa, fragile states 3,291 US dollar 2018 down 20.5% rising
10 Brazil 3,187 US dollar 2018 up 21.6% rising
11 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,497 US dollar 2018 down 21.3% rising
12 Iraq 2,061 US dollar 2018 up 16.4% rising
13 Australia 2,030 US dollar 2018 up 13.8% rising
14 United Arab Emirates 1,590 US dollar 2018 down 13.3% rising
15 Indonesia 1,528 US dollar 2018 up 5.5% rising
16 Kuwait 1,425 US dollar 2018 down 8.4% rising
17 Canada 1,396 US dollar 2018 down 17.2% rising
18 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 1,331 US dollar 2018 down 29.1% rising
19 Mexico 908.99 US dollar 2018 down 7.2% rising
20 Qatar 850.3 US dollar 2018 up 54.1% volatile
21 Nigeria 842.58 US dollar 2018 down 36.7% flat
22 East African Community 788.14 US dollar 2018 up 14.8% rising
23 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 704.11 US dollar 2018 down 48.4% rising
24 Algeria 663.16 US dollar 2018 down 5.6% rising
25 Kazakhstan, Republic of 599.04 US dollar 2018 down 21.8% rising
26 Argentina 565.86 US dollar 2018 down 22.4% rising
27 France 550.63 US dollar 2018 up 9.0% rising
28 Malaysia 546.46 US dollar 2018 down 8.9% rising
29 Pakistan 504.17 US dollar 2018 up 26.7% rising
30 Norway 463.48 US dollar 2018 down 11.0% rising
31 Germany 457.94 US dollar 2018 up 1.3% rising
32 Thailand 410.81 US dollar 2018 down 12.3% falling
33 South Africa 399.91 US dollar 2018 down 17.5% rising
34 Chile 392.16 US dollar 2018 down 35.6% rising
35 Libya 386.77 US dollar 2018 down 58.9% rising
36 Italy 386.24 US dollar 2018 down 3.8% rising
37 Spain 369.05 US dollar 2018 up 15.5% rising
38 Peru 360.47 US dollar 2018 up 4.2% rising
39 Angola 356.03 US dollar 2018 down 21.3% rising
40 Japan 353.25 US dollar 2018 up 15.8% rising
41 Egypt, Arab Republic of 346.48 US dollar 2018 down 30.0% rising
42 Colombia 343.16 US dollar 2018 down 3.8% rising
43 Myanmar 331 US dollar 2018 up 42.9% rising
44 United Kingdom 310.19 US dollar 2018 down 0.7% rising
45 Ukraine 290.73 US dollar 2018 down 16.2% rising
46 Philippines 279.18 US dollar 2018 up 29.2% rising
47 Oman 244.71 US dollar 2018 down 20.9% rising
48 Sweden 238.79 US dollar 2018 up 7.6% rising
49 New Zealand 230.84 US dollar 2018 up 11.5% rising
50 Morocco 204.36 US dollar 2018 up 35.4% rising
51 Bangladesh 197.43 US dollar 2018 up 25.3% rising
52 Azerbaijan, Republic of 191.62 US dollar 2018 up 9.6% rising
53 Kenya 185.95 US dollar 2018 up 13.5% rising
54 Ecuador 184.73 US dollar 2018 down 32.3% rising
55 Tanzania, United Republic of 182.37 US dollar 2018 up 29.1% rising
56 Ghana 179.53 US dollar 2018 down 0.3% flat
57 Romania 178.16 US dollar 2018 down 18.1% falling
58 Turkmenistan 167.5 US dollar 2018 down 17.9% rising
59 Uzbekistan, Republic of 166.2 US dollar 2018 down 8.6% rising
60 Cameroon 150.54 US dollar 2018 up 44.5% rising
61 Zambia 139.48 US dollar 2018 up 37.4% rising
62 Finland 138.18 US dollar 2018 up 4.6% rising
63 Côte d’Ivoire 118.16 US dollar 2018 up 21.8% rising
64 Greece 118.1 US dollar 2018 up 13.1% rising
65 Nepal 113.62 US dollar 2018 up 35.0% rising
66 Bolivia 110.63 US dollar 2018 up 5.8% rising
67 Papua New Guinea 109.25 US dollar 2018 down 11.5% falling
68 Austria 105.56 US dollar 2018 down 4.4% rising
69 Mozambique, Republic of 99.94 US dollar 2018 up 114.9% rising
70 Paraguay 90.36 US dollar 2018 up 44.1% rising
71 Belarus, Republic of 90.13 US dollar 2018 up 35.5% rising
72 Mali 88.88 US dollar 2018 up 34.8% rising
73 Portugal 78.76 US dollar 2018 up 11.8% flat
74 Switzerland 77.96 US dollar 2018 down 2.4% falling
75 Ireland 77.11 US dollar 2018 up 31.3% rising
76 Congo, Republic of 76.94 US dollar 2018 down 0.9% rising
77 Lao People's Democratic Republic 76.62 US dollar 2018 up 23.9% rising
78 Cambodia 76.31 US dollar 2018 up 50.1% rising
79 Chad 75.47 US dollar 2018 up 0.7% rising
80 Malawi 74.24 US dollar 2018 up 121.6% rising
81 Gabon 69.8 US dollar 2018 down 15.6% rising
82 Costa Rica 69.59 US dollar 2018 up 16.9% rising
83 Denmark 68.69 US dollar 2018 down 22.2% rising
84 Guatemala 68.09 US dollar 2018 up 9.5% rising
85 Yemen, Republic of 65.92 US dollar 2018 down 75.9% falling
86 Czech Republic 65.9 US dollar 2018 down 24.0% rising
87 Mongolia 65.44 US dollar 2018 up 40.0% rising
88 Zimbabwe 64.47 US dollar 2018 down 37.4% flat
89 Niger 63.98 US dollar 2018 up 32.7% rising
90 Uruguay 63.67 US dollar 2018 down 1.2% rising
91 Guinea 61.12 US dollar 2018 up 22.8% rising
92 Uganda 59.49 US dollar 2018 down 33.1% falling
93 Hungary 55.58 US dollar 2018 up 19.8% rising
94 Benin 52.33 US dollar 2018 up 33.3% rising
95 Bulgaria 52.31 US dollar 2018 down 7.5% rising
96 Tunisia 52.07 US dollar 2018 up 9.4% rising
97 Sri Lanka 50.97 US dollar 2018 up 60.2% rising
98 Cuba 50.89 US dollar 2018 down 41.8% rising
99 Burkina Faso 50.79 US dollar 2018 up 48.8% rising
100 Belgium 48.68 US dollar 2018 up 6.1% rising
101 Serbia, Republic of 47.36 US dollar 2018 down 3.2% rising
102 Israel 46.35 US dollar 2018 up 23.9% rising
103 Brunei Darussalam 45.5 US dollar 2018 down 30.3% rising
104 Honduras 44.84 US dollar 2018 down 6.0% rising
105 Dominican Republic 42.5 US dollar 2018 up 41.8% rising
106 Senegal 41.23 US dollar 2018 up 30.7% rising
107 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 40.5 US dollar 2018 up 2.4% rising
108 Nicaragua 39.44 US dollar 2018 up 37.9% rising
109 Rwanda 35.93 US dollar 2018 up 49.2% rising
110 Kyrgyz Republic 31.53 US dollar 2018 up 13.5% rising
111 Sierra Leone 28.94 US dollar 2018 up 59.7% rising
112 Central African Republic 27.58 US dollar 2018 up 10.4% rising
113 Jordan 27.38 US dollar 2018 up 11.7% rising
114 Albania 25.9 US dollar 2018 up 55.8% rising
115 Liberia 24.74 US dollar 2018 up 28.9% rising
116 Panama 24.28 US dollar 2018 up 5.7% rising
117 Suriname 23.99 US dollar 2018 up 22.7% rising
118 Guyana 22.73 US dollar 2018 down 9.0% falling
119 Trinidad and Tobago 20.83 US dollar 2018 down 53.1% rising
120 Namibia 19.65 US dollar 2018 up 5.9% falling
121 Tajikistan, Republic of 18.33 US dollar 2018 up 31.7% rising
122 Botswana 18.16 US dollar 2018 down 9.8% rising
123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.87 US dollar 2018 down 20.2% rising
124 Eritrea, The State of 16.18 US dollar 2018 up 108.5% rising
125 Togo 16.01 US dollar 2018 up 39.8% rising
126 Lebanon 15.91 US dollar 2018 up 10.5% rising
127 Bahrain, Kingdom of 15.51 US dollar 2018 down 8.9% rising
128 Armenia, Republic of 15.27 US dollar 2018 up 44.6% rising
129 Jamaica 14.81 US dollar 2018 down 10.4% flat
130 Haiti 14.56 US dollar 2018 up 39.9% rising
131 Georgia 14.55 US dollar 2018 down 13.9% falling
132 El Salvador 14.21 US dollar 2018 up 10.8% rising
133 Bhutan 13.47 US dollar 2018 up 69.4% rising
134 Solomon Islands 12.29 US dollar 2018 up 32.8% rising
135 Guinea-Bissau 11.6 US dollar 2018 up 24.1% rising
136 North Macedonia, Republic of 9.97 US dollar 2018 down 31.7% rising
137 Burundi 8.33 US dollar 2018 down 37.9% falling
138 Bahamas, The 7.82 US dollar 2018 up 79.1% rising
139 Iceland 5.86 US dollar 2018 down 37.7% volatile
140 Montenegro 4.89 US dollar 2018 down 0.5% rising
141 Belize 4.64 US dollar 2018 up 27.2% falling
142 Luxembourg 4.6 US dollar 2018 down 7.4% rising
143 Cyprus 4.02 US dollar 2018 down 22.0% falling
144 Gambia, The 3.98 US dollar 2018 up 49.8% rising
145 Vanuatu 2.41 US dollar 2018 down 75.2% volatile
146 Mauritius 2.06 US dollar 2018 up 17.5% falling
147 Djibouti 1.9 US dollar 2018 up 40.3% rising
148 Samoa 1.38 US dollar 2018 down 7.9% falling
149 Comoros, Union of the 1.3 US dollar 2018 up 34.8% rising
150 Seychelles 0.873 US dollar 2018 up 60.7% volatile
151 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.7877 US dollar 2018 up 35.0% rising
152 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.7231 US dollar 2018 up 182.9% rising
153 Kiribati 0.6816 US dollar 2018 up 70.8% rising
154 Malta 0.6774 US dollar 2018 up 62.7% volatile
155 Tonga 0.6626 US dollar 2018 up 38.9% volatile
156 Grenada 0.6365 US dollar 2018 up 381.8% volatile
157 St. Lucia 0.4862 US dollar 2018 up 121.1% volatile
158 Dominica 0.483 US dollar 2018 up 21.3% volatile
159 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4737 US dollar 2018 up 77.9% rising
160 Liechtenstein, Principality of 0.3978 US dollar 2018 down 6.9% flat
161 Singapore 0.3509 US dollar 2018 down 31.1% volatile
162 Barbados 0.3109 US dollar 2018 down 13.8% falling
163 Maldives 0.1185 US dollar 2018 up 208.4% volatile
164 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 0.1149 US dollar 2018 up 150.5% volatile
165 Palau, Republic of 0.0714 US dollar 2018 down 36.2% flat
166 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.0416 US dollar 2018 down 66.1% volatile
167 Tuvalu 0.0271 US dollar 2018 up 107.1% volatile

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

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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
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Coverage
236 places, 4,437 data points, 2000–2018
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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. <br><br> 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.