Net income (% of GDP) by country
Net income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is recorded under business...
What the numbers show
Net income (% of GDP) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 13.7% in Lesotho; the lowest is -9.3% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is -1.5%, and the mean is -1.7%.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 121.1%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 7,060.0%).
Net income: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 13.7% | 2011 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 2 | Liberia | 5.7% | 2011 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Djibouti | 2.1% | 2009 | — | falling |
| 4 | Libya | 0.9% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2011 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | -0.1% | 2010 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | -0.2% | 2011 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | -0.3% | 2011 | down 573.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.3% | 2010 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | -0.6% | 2011 | down 351.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Togo | -0.7% | 2010 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 12 | Burundi | -0.8% | 2011 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Benin | -0.8% | 2010 | down 100.1% | falling |
| 14 | Rwanda | -0.9% | 2011 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 15 | Niger | -0.9% | 2010 | down 212.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | -0.9% | 2011 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | -1.1% | 2010 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | -1.1% | 2011 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Senegal | -1.2% | 2010 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | -1.2% | 2011 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mozambique | -1.5% | 2011 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 22 | Tanzania, United Republic of | -1.5% | 2011 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 23 | Botswana | -1.6% | 2010 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Gambia | -1.7% | 2011 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Malawi | -1.7% | 2011 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | -2.0% | 2011 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | -2.0% | 2011 | down 217.6% | volatile |
| 28 | South Africa | -2.3% | 2011 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 29 | Guinea | -2.6% | 2011 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 30 | Egypt | -2.8% | 2011 | down 7,060.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | -3.2% | 2011 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Namibia | -3.8% | 2011 | down 118.2% | falling |
| 33 | Cape Verde | -3.9% | 2011 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | -4.0% | 2010 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 35 | Tunisia | -4.3% | 2011 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 36 | Mali | -4.4% | 2010 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 37 | Seychelles | -4.8% | 2011 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 38 | Eswatini | -5.8% | 2010 | down 184.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Zambia | -8.1% | 2011 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Angola | -9.3% | 2011 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 41 | Nigeria | -9.3% | 2011 | down 250.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Net income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is recorded under business services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.