Nigeria registered the highest economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, reaching around 119 billion U.S. dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). This corresponded to a share of 11 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product. South Africa followed, with direct and indirect costs of violence exceeding 92.6 billion PPP U.S. dollars (15 percent of GDP). In South Sudan, where the violence cost reached around 1.9 billion PPP U.S. dollars, the amount equaled some 42 percent of the country's GDP.
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IEP. (June 17, 2021). Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
IEP. "Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
IEP. (2021). Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
IEP. "Economic Cost of Violence in Africa as of 2020, by Country (in Million 2020 Ppp U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
IEP, Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars) [Graph], IEP, June 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/