AFRICA GDP

EGYPT

In 2016 Egypt's GDP was 336.30 billion dollars according to Trading Economics. Egypts value of GDP represents .54 percent of the world's economy.

BENEFITS OF GDPS

• 35% of the GDP comes from the exports and imports
• 25% of their GDP comes from taxes

SOUTH AFRICA

In 2016 South Africa's GDA was 294.84 billion dollars according to Trading Economics. South Africa's GDP represents .48 of the world's economy.

BENEFITS OF GDPS

• 63% of the exports and imports go to the GDP
• Their government has spent 32.4% towards the GDP

CAPE VERDE

In 2016 Cape Verde's GDP was 1.62 billion. Cape Verde's GDP represents less than .01 percent of the world's economy.

BENEFITS OF GdpS

• 38% of their GDP is from imports and exports
• 31.2% of their government spending goes towards their GDP

ETHIPOIA

In 2016 Ethiopia's GDP was 72.37 billion dollars. Ethiopia's GDP represents .12 percent of the world's economy.

BENEFITS OF GDPS

• 37% of exports and imports go to the GDP
• 18% of govermet spending goes towards the GDP

TANZANIA

In 2016 Tanzania's GDP was 47.43 billion dollars. Tanzania's GDP represents .08 percent of the world's economy.

BENEFITS OF GDPS

• 50% of imports and exports goes to their GDP
• 18.7% of their government spending goes towards their GDP

MADAGASCAR

In 2016 Madagascar's GDP was 9.99 billion dollars. Madagascar's GDP represents .02 percent of the world's economy.

BENEFITS OF gdpS

• 70% of their GDPS come from imports and exports
• 9.9% of their taxes go towards their gdp

Positives

• Easy to measure growth in percentage
• Easy to compare to itself to other countries
• Cheap and easy to collect
• Easy for goverment to know if their policies have been good/working

Negatives

• Dose not take equality into account
• GDP can be misleading with population
• Doesn't account for environment policies
• Figures of government can adjust GDP figures to gain more power

This is a photo of a graph that shows numerous of countries GDP and what percentage of prices that are included in their GDP.

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