| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ↑ | Nigeria | 11901.44 | 2020 | 51 | -6808.34 |
| 2 ↑ | Republic of the Congo | 3104.68 | 2016 | 11 | 416.85 |
| 3 | Morocco | 1674.65 | 2020 | 3 | 1077.33 |
| 4 ↓ | South Africa | 1296.36 | 2020 | 1 | 2853.19 |
| 5 | Sudan | 1208.68 | 2020 | 5 | 647.62 |
| 6 | Uganda | 999.8 | 2020 | 6 | 504.22 |
| 7 | Botswana | 549.79 | 2020 | 7 | 489.61 |
| 8 ↑ | Tunisia | 498.19 | 2020 | 10 | 444.41 |
| 9 ↑ | Gabon | 452.22 | 2015 | 46 | -819.7 |
| 10 ↓ | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 341.25 | 2020 | 4 | 869.52 |
| 11 ↓ | Sierra Leone | 302.12 | 2019 | 9 | 474.25 |
| 12 ↑ | Kenya | 205.41 | 2019 | 47 | -897.49 |
| 13 ↓ | Mauritania | 176.3 | 2020 | 2 | 1790.39 |
| 14 ↓ | Rwanda | 175.78 | 2020 | 12 | 156.69 |
| 15 ↑ | Liberia | 156.99 | 2019 | 39 | -62.76 |
| 16 ↑ | Lesotho | 154.77 | 2020 | 37 | -49.47 |
| 17 ↑ | Mauritius | 127.36 | 2020 | 40 | -65.75 |
| 18 ↑ | Madagascar | 99.26 | 2020 | 38 | -61.14 |
| 19 ↓ | Mali | 64.44 | 2018 | 15 | 60.65 |
| 20 ↓ | Burundi | 28.04 | 2018 | 17 | 13.9 |
| 21 ↑ | Cape Verde | 24.39 | 2020 | 34 | -24.18 |
| 22 ↓ | Equatorial Guinea | 23.71 | 1996 | 20 | 9.22 |
| 23 ↑ | Cameroon | 13.94 | 2020 | 32 | -12.4 |
| 24 ↓ | Senegal | 8.59 | 2018 | 22 | 5.8 |
| 25 ↓ | Benin | 6.7 | 2019 | 21 | 5.99 |
| 26 ↓ | Togo | 4.91 | 2019 | 23 | 5.37 |
| 27 | Comoros | 3.39 | 2020 | 27 | -2.22 |
| 28 ↑ | Seychelles | 1.62 | 2020 | 33 | -12.73 |
| 29 ↓ | Guinea | -0.03 | 2020 | 25 | 1.28 |
| 30 ↓ | Mozambique | -1.52 | 2020 | 19 | 9.83 |
| 31 ↓ | Ivory Coast | -2.55 | 2019 | 28 | -4.18 |
| 32 ↓ | Sao Tome and Principe | -2.97 | 2020 | 16 | 50.69 |
| 33 ↓ | Central African Republic | -4.68 | 1994 | 24 | 4.33 |
| 34 ↓ | Guinea-Bissau | -6 | 2019 | 30 | -7.28 |
| 35 ↓ | Burkina Faso | -7.16 | 2019 | 29 | -6.31 |
| 36 ↓ | Niger | -7.67 | 2019 | 31 | -7.59 |
| 37 ↓ | Eritrea | -22.87 | 2000 | 18 | 12.79 |
| 38 ↓ | Chad | -32 | 1994 | 26 | -2.01 |
| 39 ↑ | Swaziland | -41.91 | 2020 | 41 | -69.35 |
| 40 ↓ | Gambia | -98.36 | 2020 | 36 | -36.31 |
| 41 ↑ | Zambia | -114.55 | 2020 | 43 | -101.53 |
| 42 ↓ | Namibia | -155.86 | 2020 | 14 | 103.63 |
| 43 ↑ | Djibouti | -381.7 | 2020 | 48 | -919.92 |
| 44 ↓ | Ghana | -385.69 | 2020 | 13 | 137.34 |
| 45 ↓ | Malawi | -439.81 | 2020 | 35 | -28.5 |
| 46 ↓ | Algeria | -625.59 | 2020 | 42 | -78.25 |
| 47 ↑ | Zimbabwe | -638.82 | 2020 | 49 | -938.44 |
| 48 ↓ | Tanzania | -840.39 | 2019 | 45 | -809.36 |
| 49 ↓ | Egypt | -2618.3 | 2020 | 44 | -669.31 |
| 50 ↓ | Ethiopia | -2958.5 | 2020 | 8 | 480.68 |
| 51 ↓ | Libya | -3876.7 | 2019 | 50 | -1234.4 |
Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
