Economic cost of violence as a share of GDP in African countries 2020
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Among African countries, South Sudan registered the highest ratio of economic cost of violence to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as of 2020, corresponding to 42 percent. The share was one of the highest in the world, ranking South Sudan as 2nd among 163 countries. Central African Republic and Somalia followed, with shares of 37 percent and 35 percent of their GDP, respectively. In absolute numbers, direct and indirect costs of violence reached the highest in Nigeria, at over 119 billion U.S. dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity.
