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West Africa GDP per capita · 2025

The regional ranking, shown on the map.

16-country comparison in current US dollars.

What does the regional mean conceal?

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The distribution

Sixteen countries; the median is $1,304 and the mean is $1,833.

Flags identify countries; orange marks above the regional mean and teal marks below it.

Which countries set the range?

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GDP per capita · 2025

Sixteen countries · on-map ranks · regional mean

Regional mean · $1,833. Sixteen countries are ranked on the map.

How has this gap changed over time?

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2026-10-15

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• ADG Insight Maps · West Africa · Lowest electricity access
• Lowest electricity access
• Access to electricity 2024
• Credits, sources and asset notes

2026-10-15

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• Meridian Maps · Ten-year regional trends · Highest inflation in the region
• Access to electricity: ten years of change
• Consumer price inflation: ten years of change
• Real GDP growth: ten years of change
• GDP per person: ten years of change
• Unemployment: ten years of change
• Highest inflation in the region
• GDP growth 2025
• Inflation 2025
• Unemployment 2025
• Credits, sources and asset notes

2026-10-15

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• West Africa GDP per capita · 2025
• How countries compare with the regional mean
• Reading the GDP per capita map
• GDP per capita
• What GDP per capita leaves out
• Credits, sources and asset notes

2026-10-15

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• Unemployment across West Africa
• Unemployment by country · 2025
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2026-10-15

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• Where electricity reaches
• Electricity access varies.
• Electricity access: two extremes.
• A national rate is not a local map.
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2026-10-15

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• GDP per capita · 2025
• The distribution
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Editorial references

• World Development Indicators · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS