Dependent variable: GDP growth

2000

2003

2004

2007

2008

2012

2013

2015

2016

2020

Southern

Africa

3.9

4.96

4.46

2.92

1.25

High rate

Botswana 6.17

Namibia

6.53

Swaziland 8.39

Botswana 7.28

Lesotho 3.41

Low rate

Namibia 3.15

Lesotho 3.55

Botswana 7.45

Lesotho 4.90

Botswana 2.29

Central

Africa

6.34

7.29

5.32

5.17

1.57

High rate

Eq Guinea

33.78

Eq Guinea

15.32

Eq Guinea

10.5

DRC

7.48

DRC

5.37

Low rate

RCA

0.65

RCA

0.53

Chad

1.45

Congo

3.50

Eq Guinea

−6.09

West

Africa

4.14

4.41

4.17

5.37

3.03

High rate

Liberia

9.64

Nigeria

13.77

Liberia

6.56

Sierra Leo

14.07

Ivory Coast

8.57

Low rate

Ivory Coast

−1.39

Ivory Coast

0.72

Nigeria

0.47

Gambia

7.11

Sierra Leo

−1.80

East

Africa

3.03

4.47

4.85

7.90

5.64

High rate

Rwanda

8.72

Ethiopia

8.52

Ethiopia

10.87

Zimbabwe

11.74

Ethiopia

9.13

Low rate

Zimbabwe

−4.77

Zimbabwe

−4.70

Eritrea

−0.73

Madagascar

1.89

Zimbabwe

1.66