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16 countries in SADC

Pick a country for its investor profile: key figures with context, strengths and warning signs, infrastructure, power, trends and elections.

Where SADC's people live


Population by country, latest year. Click a country to open its profile.

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Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

South Africa produces 49% of SADC's output


GDP in current US dollars, latest year. Click a bar for the country.

$0$20bn$40bn$60bn$80bn$100bn$120bnSouth Africa$377.8bnAngola$84.7bnTanzania$79.2bnDRC$66.4bnZambia$28.2bnZimbabwe$26.5bnMozambique$20.6bnBotswana$19.4bnMadagascar$16.0bnMauritius$14.4bnMalawi$14.1bnNamibia$12.4bnEswatini$4.6bnSeychelles$2.1bnLesotho$2.0bnComoros$1.4bnAxis cut: longest bar not to scalemedian $17.7bn
Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Every country at a glance

The dot on each line places the figure among the 16 countries, lowest on the left; the tick is the median. Hover a line for its rank and year.

Angola

SADC
Population
39.0m
GDP
$84.7bn
GDP per person
$3,129
Inflation
20.2%
Electricity access
55.5%
Renewables
73.7%

Botswana

SADC
Population
2.6m
GDP
$19.4bn
GDP per person
$7,778
Inflation
2.7%
Electricity access
80.2%
Renewables
0.3%

Comoros

SADCCOMESA
Population
883k
GDP
$1.4bn
GDP per person
$2,056
Inflation
3.2%
Electricity access
91.7%
Renewables
0.0%

DRC

SADCEAC
Population
112.8m
GDP
$66.4bn
GDP per person
$807
Inflation
2.9%
Electricity access
22.5%
Renewables
100.0%

Eswatini

SADCCOMESA
Population
1.3m
GDP
$4.6bn
GDP per person
$4,108
Inflation
2.6%
Electricity access
89.3%
Renewables
96.7%

Lesotho

SADC
Population
2.4m
GDP
$2.0bn
GDP per person
$1,089
Inflation
4.3%
Electricity access
60.6%
Renewables
100.0%

Madagascar

SADCCOMESA
Population
32.7m
GDP
$16.0bn
GDP per person
$599
Inflation
8.1%
Electricity access
42.5%
Renewables
42.4%

Malawi

SADCCOMESA
Population
22.2m
GDP
$14.1bn
GDP per person
$672
Inflation
28.4%
Electricity access
15.6%
Renewables
95.6%

Mauritius

SADCCOMESA
Population
1.2m
GDP
$14.4bn
GDP per person
$12,991
Inflation
3.7%
Electricity access
100.0%
Renewables
17.9%

Mozambique

SADC
Population
35.6m
GDP
$20.6bn
GDP per person
$627
Inflation
4.4%
Electricity access
36.9%
Renewables
83.4%

Namibia

SADC
Population
3.1m
GDP
$12.4bn
GDP per person
$4,876
Inflation
3.5%
Electricity access
59.3%
Renewables
97.6%

Seychelles

SADCCOMESA
Population
123k
GDP
$2.1bn
GDP per person
$19,449
Inflation
0.3%
Electricity access
100.0%
Renewables
15.9%

South Africa

SADC
Population
64.7m
GDP
$377.8bn
GDP per person
$6,598
Inflation
3.2%
Electricity access
90.2%
Renewables
13.6%

Tanzania

SADCEAC
Population
70.5m
GDP
$79.2bn
GDP per person
$1,319
Inflation
3.3%
Electricity access
52.4%
Renewables
32.9%

Zambia

SADCCOMESA
Population
21.9m
GDP
$28.2bn
GDP per person
$1,318
Inflation
13.9%
Electricity access
53.6%
Renewables
87.5%

Zimbabwe

SADCCOMESA
Population
17.0m
GDP
$26.5bn
GDP per person
$3,021
Inflation
104.7%
Electricity access
62.0%
Renewables
57.1%