Eastern Africa

18Countries
511MPopulation
$618BGDP
6.98M km²Area

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18 countries sorted by GDP

#CountryCapitalPopulationGDPArea
1 KenyaNairobi57.5M$136B580,367 km²
2 EthiopiaAddis Ababa135M$126B1.10M km²
3 TanzaniaDodoma70.5M$90.1B945,087 km²
4 UgandaKampala51.4M$62.0B241,038 km²
5 ZimbabweHarare16.9M$51.2B390,757 km²
6 ZambiaLusaka21.9M$28.9B752,618 km²
7 MozambiqueMaputo35.6M$22.3B799,380 km²
8 MadagascarAntananarivo32.7M$19.6B587,041 km²
9 RwandaKigali14.6M$16.4B26,338 km²
10 MauritiusPort Louis1.24M$16.2B2,040 km²
11 MalawiLilongwe22.2M$14.9B118,484 km²
12 SomaliaMogadishu19.6M$13.0B637,657 km²
13 South SudanJuba11.1M$6.08B619,745 km²
14 DjiboutiDjibouti1.18M$4.62B23,200 km²
15 BurundiGitega14.4M$3.36B27,834 km²
16 SeychellesVictoria120K$2.39B455 km²
17 EritreaAsmara3.75M$2.38B117,600 km²
18 ComorosMoroni880K$1.81B2,235 km²

Key Insights

Largest Economies & Populations

Kenya leads Eastern Africa with a GDP of $136B, followed by Ethiopia ($126B) and Tanzania ($90.1B). The most populous country is Ethiopia with 135M people, while Ethiopia covers the largest area at 1.10M km².

GDP
Kenya
$136B
Ethiopia
$126B
Tanzania
$90.1B
Uganda
$62.0B
Zimbabwe
$51.2B
Population
Ethiopia
135M
Tanzania
70.5M
Kenya
57.5M
Uganda
51.4M
Mozambique
35.6M

GDP per Capita

Seychelles has the highest GDP per capita at $19,449, which is 83.1x higher than Burundi ($234), the lowest in the group.

Seychelles
$19,449
Mauritius
$12,991
Djibouti
$3,906
Zimbabwe
$3,021
Kenya
$2,363
Comoros
$2,056
Tanzania
$1,319
Zambia
$1,318
Uganda
$1,206
Rwanda
$1,124
Ethiopia
$933
Malawi
$672
Somalia
$661
Mozambique
$627
Madagascar
$599
Burundi
$234

GDP Growth

The fastest-growing economy is Ethiopia at +9.77%, followed by Rwanda (+9.38%) and Zimbabwe (+8.11%). The slowest growth is Mozambique at -0.52%.

Ethiopia
+9.77%
Rwanda
+9.38%
Zimbabwe
+8.11%
Djibouti
+6.50%
Uganda
+6.33%
Tanzania
+5.85%
Seychelles
+5.80%
Kenya
+4.63%
Burundi
+4.24%
Zambia
+3.76%
Comoros
+3.75%
Mauritius
+3.15%
Madagascar
+3.00%
Somalia
+2.99%
Malawi
+1.89%
Mozambique
-0.52%