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Prices & public finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: how the countries rank

Inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, public debt and the reach of the state. 13 indicators for the 48 economies of Sub-Saharan Africa, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Inflation3.4%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025 · world 3.0%GDP deflator4.1%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025 · world 3.3%Lending rate11.8%median countryReal interest rate6.0%median countryExchange rate581.93median countryTax revenue12.7%median country · world 13.9%Government revenue17.0%median country · world 24.0%Government expense17.2%median country · world 28.5%
Inflation
Sub-Saharan AfricaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
0%5.0%10%15%1995200020052010201520202025Sub-Saharan Africa3.4%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
GDP deflator
Sub-Saharan AfricaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
0%5.0%10%15%1995200020052010201520202025Sub-Saharan Africa4.1%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
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All 48 economies, prices & public finance

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its prices & public finance profile.

48 shown
CountryInflationGDP deflatorLending rateReal interest rateExchange rateTax revenueGovernment revenueGovernment expense
Sudan138.8%#1 · 202265.9%#2 · 2025——546.76#26 · 2022———
Zimbabwe104.7%#2 · 202283.1%#1 · 202546.4%#2 · 2025-20.1%#35 · 202526.60#36 · 2025———
South Sudan91.4%#3 · 2024—14.3%#16 · 2025-55.0%#36 · 20252,163.10#7 · 2024———
Burundi34.1%#4 · 202518.2%#5 · 202512.4%#18 · 2025-4.9%#34 · 20252,943.14#4 · 202512.7%#17 · 202114.2%#21 · 202112.3%#26 · 2021
Malawi28.4%#5 · 202530.4%#3 · 202537.1%#3 · 202410.0%#9 · 20241,161.09#10 · 202315.6%#12 · 202415.9%#17 · 202420.2%#13 · 2022
Nigeria23.0%#6 · 202513.9%#8 · 202518.5%#9 · 20254.0%#26 · 20251,518.38#8 · 2025———
Angola20.2%#7 · 202520.5%#4 · 202519.4%#8 · 2025-0.9%#32 · 2025911.99#11 · 20257.6%#28 · 202418.2%#15 · 202414.6%#22 · 2019
Ghana14.2%#8 · 202514.4%#7 · 2025——12.56#47 · 202512.4%#19 · 202315.0%#20 · 202322.7%#12 · 2022
Zambia13.9%#9 · 20255.6%#18 · 20259.5%#24 · 2020-3.9%#33 · 202025.28#37 · 202518.8%#9 · 202423.4%#10 · 202425.1%#9 · 2021
Ethiopia13.2%#10 · 202516.7%#6 · 2025——82.60#31 · 20243.4%#31 · 20244.1%#31 · 20246.1%#32 · 2023
The Gambia11.6%#11 · 20247.9%#13 · 202522.0%#5 · 202513.1%#7 · 202571.29#32 · 2025———
São Tomé and Príncipe11.0%#12 · 202511.9%#10 · 202517.7%#10 · 20255.2%#20 · 202521.75#38 · 2025———
Liberia8.3%#13 · 20254.5%#21 · 202513.0%#17 · 20258.1%#12 · 2025191.31#28 · 2024———
Madagascar8.1%#14 · 20258.4%#12 · 202560.0%#1 · 202547.6%#1 · 20254,529.75#2 · 202510.9%#23 · 202412.2%#28 · 202411.0%#30 · 2023
Sierra Leone7.5%#15 · 20252.7%#33 · 202521.4%#6 · 202518.3%#3 · 202521.30#39 · 2023———
Rwanda5.9%#16 · 20257.4%#15 · 202516.0%#15 · 20247.3%#14 · 20241,428.48#9 · 202512.7%#16 · 202418.1%#16 · 202418.0%#15 · 2023
Mozambique4.4%#17 · 2025-1.0%#41 · 202517.5%#11 · 202518.7%#2 · 202563.91#33 · 202421.8%#6 · 202424.5%#8 · 202426.0%#8 · 2022
Lesotho4.3%#18 · 20253.0%#30 · 202511.2%#19 · 20244.9%#21 · 202417.89#41 · 202535.4%#1 · 202442.0%#1 · 202440.2%#1 · 2022
Kenya4.1%#19 · 20253.5%#26 · 202516.6%#14 · 202413.0%#8 · 2024129.30#29 · 202514.1%#13 · 202318.6%#14 · 202327.8%#6 · 2023
Mauritius3.7%#20 · 20253.9%#24 · 20259.0%#25 · 20254.9%#22 · 202546.00#34 · 202520.5%#7 · 202424.7%#7 · 202429.1%#5 · 2023
Uganda3.6%#21 · 20255.2%#19 · 202519.8%#7 · 201814.7%#6 · 20183,602.99#3 · 202512.6%#18 · 202414.0%#22 · 202416.6%#17 · 2023
Guinea3.6%#22 · 20256.2%#16 · 2025——9,565.08#1 · 2020———
Namibia3.5%#23 · 20256.1%#17 · 202511.0%#20 · 20246.4%#17 · 202417.89#43 · 202533.9%#2 · 202435.6%#2 · 202436.2%#2 · 2023
Cameroon3.4%#24 · 20252.8%#31 · 2025——581.93#14 · 202511.3%#22 · 202113.7%#24 · 202112.4%#25 · 2021
Tanzania3.3%#25 · 20255.1%#20 · 202516.7%#13 · 20209.6%#10 · 20202,597.90#6 · 202412.3%#20 · 202414.0%#23 · 202416.3%#18 · 2024
Mali3.3%#26 · 20252.1%#36 · 20255.3%#33 · 20163.6%#28 · 2016581.93#21 · 202512.0%#21 · 202012.7%#27 · 202012.2%#27 · 2020
Comoros3.2%#27 · 20254.3%#23 · 20258.0%#26 · 20220.0%#31 · 2022435.38#27 · 2025———
South Africa3.2%#28 · 20252.8%#32 · 202510.7%#22 · 20257.7%#13 · 202517.89#42 · 202525.9%#3 · 202429.4%#3 · 202433.4%#3 · 2022
Equatorial Guinea2.9%#29 · 2024-1.4%#42 · 2025——581.93#18 · 20256.6%#29 · 202226.4%#5 · 202211.0%#29 · 2022
Botswana2.7%#30 · 20253.6%#25 · 20256.3%#28 · 20244.2%#25 · 202413.50#46 · 202522.4%#5 · 202328.1%#4 · 202326.5%#7 · 2024
Republic of the Congo2.4%#31 · 2025-3.4%#45 · 2025——581.93#23 · 20256.5%#30 · 202120.1%#13 · 202116.1%#19 · 2021
Cabo Verde2.3%#32 · 20251.7%#37 · 20257.7%#27 · 20255.9%#19 · 202597.86#30 · 202518.4%#11 · 202021.6%#11 · 202030.9%#4 · 2020
Gabon1.8%#33 · 2025-4.0%#46 · 2025——581.93#19 · 20259.5%#25 · 202115.1%#19 · 202114.1%#23 · 2021
Mauritania1.5%#34 · 20253.4%#28 · 202517.0%#12 · 201715.2%#4 · 201736.49#35 · 2023———
Senegal1.5%#35 · 20253.5%#27 · 20255.3%#35 · 20164.3%#24 · 2016581.93#24 · 202519.5%#8 · 202324.2%#9 · 202323.6%#11 · 2023
Benin1.1%#36 · 20251.6%#38 · 20256.2%#29 · 20214.6%#23 · 2021581.93#12 · 2025———
Central African Republic1.0%#37 · 20252.3%#35 · 2025——581.93#15 · 20258.2%#27 · 20219.2%#30 · 202111.7%#28 · 2021
Guinea-Bissau0.9%#38 · 20254.3%#22 · 20255.3%#32 · 20162.5%#30 · 2016581.93#20 · 20258.3%#26 · 202410.2%#29 · 202415.5%#21 · 2023
Togo0.4%#39 · 20250.8%#39 · 20255.3%#36 · 20163.8%#27 · 2016581.93#25 · 202513.9%#14 · 202315.7%#18 · 202316.0%#20 · 2023
Seychelles0.3%#40 · 20252.6%#34 · 20259.9%#23 · 20257.1%#15 · 202514.73#45 · 2025———
Côte d'Ivoire0.1%#41 · 20253.2%#29 · 20255.3%#31 · 20166.6%#16 · 2016581.93#17 · 202513.0%#15 · 202313.4%#25 · 202317.9%#16 · 2023
Burkina Faso-0.6%#42 · 20258.8%#11 · 20256.2%#30 · 20216.1%#18 · 2021581.93#13 · 202518.7%#10 · 202421.2%#12 · 202419.6%#14 · 2023
Chad-3.9%#43 · 2025-2.0%#44 · 2025——581.93#16 · 2025———
Niger-4.5%#44 · 2025-1.6%#43 · 20255.3%#34 · 20162.6%#29 · 2016581.93#22 · 2025———
Democratic Republic of the Congo—7.8%#14 · 202524.1%#4 · 202515.1%#5 · 20252,693.24#5 · 202510.7%#24 · 202213.2%#26 · 202212.4%#24 · 2022
Eritrea————15.07#44 · 2025———
Eswatini—-0.4%#40 · 202510.9%#21 · 20249.5%#11 · 202417.89#40 · 202524.3%#4 · 202125.1%#6 · 202124.6%#10 · 2021
Somalia—12.9%#9 · 2025———2.2%#32 · 20243.1%#32 · 20246.3%#31 · 2023
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Inflation44 countries
  1. 1Sudan138.8%2022
  2. 2Zimbabwe104.7%2022
  3. 3South Sudan91.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 44Niger-4.5%2025
  2. 43Chad-3.9%2025
  3. 42Burkina Faso-0.6%2025
Median country 3.5% · group 3.4%
GDP deflator46 countries
  1. 1Zimbabwe83.1%2025
  2. 2Sudan65.9%2025
  3. 3Malawi30.4%2025
Lowest
  1. 46Gabon-4.0%2025
  2. 45Republic of the Congo-3.4%2025
  3. 44Chad-2.0%2025
Median country 4.1% · group 4.1%
Lending rate36 countries
  1. 1Madagascar60.0%2025
  2. 2Zimbabwe46.4%2025
  3. 3Malawi37.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 36Togo5.3%2016
  2. 35Senegal5.3%2016
  3. 34Niger5.3%2016
Median country 11.8%
Real interest rate36 countries
  1. 1Madagascar47.6%2025
  2. 2Mozambique18.7%2025
  3. 3Sierra Leone18.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 36South Sudan-55.0%2025
  2. 35Zimbabwe-20.1%2025
  3. 34Burundi-4.9%2025
Median country 6.0%
Exchange rate47 countries
  1. 1Guinea9,565.082020
  2. 2Madagascar4,529.752025
  3. 3Uganda3,602.992025
Lowest
  1. 47Ghana12.562025
  2. 46Botswana13.502025
  3. 45Seychelles14.732025
Median country 581.93
Tax revenue32 countries
  1. 1Lesotho35.4%2024
  2. 2Namibia33.9%2024
  3. 3South Africa25.9%2024
Lowest
  1. 32Somalia2.2%2024
  2. 31Ethiopia3.4%2024
  3. 30Republic of the Congo6.5%2021
Median country 12.7%
Government revenue32 countries
  1. 1Lesotho42.0%2024
  2. 2Namibia35.6%2024
  3. 3South Africa29.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 32Somalia3.1%2024
  2. 31Ethiopia4.1%2024
  3. 30Central African Republic9.2%2021
Median country 17.0%
Government expense32 countries
  1. 1Lesotho40.2%2022
  2. 2Namibia36.2%2023
  3. 3South Africa33.4%2022
Lowest
  1. 32Ethiopia6.1%2023
  2. 31Somalia6.3%2023
  3. 30Madagascar11.0%2023
Median country 17.2%
External debt43 countries
  1. 1Mozambique350.6%2024
  2. 2Senegal150.7%2024
  3. 3Mauritius123.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 43Botswana11.9%2024
  2. 42Somalia14.9%2024
  3. 41Chad16.4%2024
Median country 43.2%
Private credit42 countries
  1. 1South Africa89.4%2024
  2. 2Mauritius72.0%2025
  3. 3Namibia55.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 42South Sudan3.2%2025
  2. 41Somalia5.4%2024
  3. 40Sierra Leone5.5%2025
Median country 15.9% · group 31.7%
Broad money42 countries
  1. 1Mauritius142.3%2025
  2. 2Cabo Verde94.2%2025
  3. 3Seychelles84.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 42Zimbabwe11.2%2023
  2. 41Equatorial Guinea13.7%2023
  3. 40Angola13.8%2025
Median country 30.4% · group 42.6%
Reserves, months of imports32 countries
  1. 1Cabo Verde8.72025
  2. 2Comoros7.62023
  3. 3Nigeria7.12025
Lowest
  1. 32South Sudan0.22023
  2. 31Zimbabwe0.52024
  3. 30Burundi0.72023
Median country 3.7 · group 6.1
Military spending45 countries
  1. 1Mali3.87%2025
  2. 2South Sudan3.42%2025
  3. 3Burkina Faso3.30%2025
Lowest
  1. 45Mauritius0.15%2025
  2. 44Sierra Leone0.37%2025
  3. 43Ghana0.48%2025
Median country 1.29% · group 1.13%
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