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External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Rank	Country	Value
External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)
1	Angola (2008)	50.23
2	Equatorial Guinea (2008)	46.13
3	Gabon (2008)	39.03
4	Algeria (2008)	34.61
5	Republic of the Congo (2007)	30.1
6	Nigeria (2008)	13.08
7	Libya (2002)	11.39
8	Chad (2008)	10.21
9	North Africa (2008)	9.5
10	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008)	7.28
11	Africa (2008)	5.96
12	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008)	5.08
13	Ivory Coast (2008)	4.76
14	Botswana (2008)	4.58
15	Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)	4.14
16	Zambia (2008)	2.5
17	Cameroon (2008)	1.07
18	Sudan (2008)	0.7
19	Swaziland (2008)	0.12
20	Guinea (2008)	-2.19
21	Tunisia (2008)	-3.15
22	South Africa (2008)	-4.03
23	Tanzania (2006)	-5.82
24	Egypt (2008)	-6.56
25	Mauritania (2007)	-7.2
26	Mauritius (2008)	-8.25
27	Central African Republic (2008)	-8.68
28	Namibia (2008)	-9.13
29	Morocco (2008)	-9.38
30	Niger (2005)	-9.39
31	Mali (2007)	-9.81
32	Mozambique (2008)	-10.03
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)	-10.09
34	Sierra Leone (2008)	-12.17
35	Benin (2005)	-12.65
36	Kenya (2008)	-14.07
37	Burkina Faso (2006)	-15.28
38	Zimbabwe (2005)	-16.18
39	Ethiopia (2008)	-17
40	Uganda (2008)	-17.71
41	Gambia (2008)	-18.94
42	Rwanda (2008)	-19.48
43	Guinea-Bissau (2008)	-19.99
44	Djibouti (2007)	-20.8
45	Seychelles (2008)	-21.6
46	Senegal (2008)	-22.47
47	Comoros (2008)	-24.18
48	Madagascar (2008)	-25.27
49	Ghana (2008)	-26.35
50	Togo (2008)	-27.02
51	Malawi (2008)	-27.83
52	Somalia (1990)	-27.95
53	Eritrea (2007)	-28.21
54	Cape Verde (2008)	-34.72
55	Burundi (2006)	-36.24
56	Liberia (2007)	-50.5
57	Lesotho (2008)	-63.44

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