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.
Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country
(in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars)
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Vision of Humanity. (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 December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
Vision of Humanity. "Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
Vision of Humanity. (2021). Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
Vision of Humanity. "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/
Vision of Humanity, 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 December 21, 2024)
Economic cost of violence in Africa as of 2020, by country (in million 2020 PPP U.S. dollars) [Graph], Vision of Humanity, June 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244061/economic-cost-of-violence-in-africa-by-country/
