{"id":324320,"date":"2021-12-30T09:34:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T09:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egy-africa.com\/en\/?p=324320"},"modified":"2021-12-30T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T09:34:52","slug":"nigeria-south-africa-egypt-make-up-half-of-africas-2-7trn-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egy-africa.com\/en\/2021\/12\/30\/nigeria-south-africa-egypt-make-up-half-of-africas-2-7trn-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt make up half of Africa\u2019s $2.7trn economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The economies of Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt \u2013 make up about half of Africa\u2019s economic output measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in nominal terms according\u00a0 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icirnigeria.org\/nigeria-south-africa-egypt-constitute-half-of-africas-2-7trn-economy\/\">International Centre for investigative Reporting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three countries contribute up to 49.5 per cent (approximately 50 per cent) of Africa\u2019s economy, with Nigeria contributing 18.4 per cent, South Africa 15.9 per cent, and Egypt having a share of about 15.2 per cent of the $2.7 trillion economy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-2lUKl\" title=\"THE $2.7 TRILLION AFRICA ECONOMY OF 2021\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/2lUKl\/6\/\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria sits at the top of the African economy, in terms of nominal GDP in 2021, making up 18.4 per cent of the continent\u2019s $2.7 trillion economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economies of Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt \u2013 make up about half of Africa\u2019s economic output measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in nominal terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":320305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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