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Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review
African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.
USD 0.15 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 10.9 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 30.2 billion (2018, estimate)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 3.3% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 13.6% | 0.1% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2019* | ||
| 6.9% | 1.8% | -6.4% | -3.1% | 3.1% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
| 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
| 4.8% | -1.6% | -0.9% | 4% | 3% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
| 43.9% | 51.5% | 49.8% | 48.3% | 44.7% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
| -4.4% | -1.9% | -0.2% | 1.9% | 0.3% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-3.4 % (2018 estimate)
35.9% (2018)
0.01% (2018)
0.004% (2015)
Oil, livestock, cotton, sesame, gum arabic, shea butter
Machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles
US 38.7%, China 16.6%, Netherlands 15.7%, UAE 12.2%, India 6.3% (2017)
China 19.9%, Cameroon 17.2%, France 17%, US 5.4%, India 4.9%, Senegal 4.5% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 245 million | USD 335 million | USD 662 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
182 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 186 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 174 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 180 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 131 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 152 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 170 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 188 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 173 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 153 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 155 out of 190 countries
141 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 159 / Score: 49.9 (Repressed)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Muslim 52.1%, Protestant 23.9%, Roman Catholic 20%, animist 0.3%, other Christian 0.2%, none 2.8%, unspecified 0.7% (2014-15 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010* | 2015* | 2020* |
| 5.65 million | 7.48 million | 10.22 million | 11.57 million | 13.12 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 6.7% | 18.8% | 21.6% | 23.1% |
Total population: 22.3%
Male: 31.3%
Female: 14%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write french or arabic (2016 est.)
66.5% (last available estimate, 2011)
43.3 (last available estimate, 2011)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Not Free
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0.1%
Mobile: 45.1%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)