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The ten largest 2025 contributors to intra-African trade, tracked since 2021
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The ten countries accounted for about 60% of the reported continental total in 2025.
The ten largest 2025 contributors to intra-African trade, tracked since 2021
Values and continental shares come from table 6.1 of Afreximbank’s 2026 report. Each row is a country’s exports to and imports from African partners combined. Adding country totals can count a single shipment at both ends.
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2025 | 41.15 | 19.24 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2024 | 42.14 | 20.79 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2023 | 39.19 | 20.62 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2022 | 39.87 | 19.48 | Source 1 |
| South Africa | 2021 | 35.06 | 20.83 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2025 | 14.4 | 6.74 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2024 | 9.61 | 4.74 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | 10.76 | 5.66 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2022 | 6.61 | 3.23 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2021 | 8.22 | 4.88 | Source 1 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2025 | 10.34 | 4.83 | Source 1 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2024 | 8.49 | 4.19 | Source 1 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2023 | 9.39 | 4.94 | Source 1 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2022 | 13.07 | 6.39 | Source 1 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2021 | 8.9 | 5.29 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2025 | 9.59 | 4.48 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2024 | 7.36 | 3.63 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2023 | 5.9 | 3.11 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2022 | 3.94 | 1.92 | Source 1 |
| Uganda | 2021 | 4.32 | 2.56 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2025 | 9.54 | 4.46 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2024 | 7.87 | 3.88 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2023 | 5.17 | 2.72 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2022 | 6.06 | 2.96 | Source 1 |
| Morocco | 2021 | 5.09 | 3.02 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2025 | 9.31 | 4.35 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2024 | 9.59 | 4.73 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2023 | 8.29 | 4.36 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2022 | 7.44 | 3.64 | Source 1 |
| Egypt | 2021 | 6.57 | 3.91 | Source 1 |
| Zambia | 2025 | 9.27 | 4.33 | Source 1 |
| Zambia | 2024 | 7.45 | 3.67 | Source 1 |
| Zambia | 2023 | 6.9 | 3.63 | Source 1 |
| Zambia | 2022 | 7.06 | 3.45 | Source 1 |
| Zambia | 2021 | 5.32 | 3.16 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2025 | 9.02 | 4.22 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2024 | 7.47 | 3.68 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2023 | 8.12 | 4.27 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2022 | 25.05 | 12.24 | Source 1 |
| Nigeria | 2021 | 7.39 | 4.39 | Source 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2025 | 7.79 | 3.64 | Source 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2024 | 8.15 | 4.02 | Source 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2023 | 8.19 | 4.31 | Source 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2022 | 8.08 | 3.95 | Source 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 2021 | 8.1 | 4.81 | Source 1 |
| Namibia | 2025 | 7.39 | 3.46 | Source 1 |
| Namibia | 2024 | 7.18 | 3.54 | Source 1 |
| Namibia | 2023 | 6.26 | 3.29 | Source 1 |
| Namibia | 2022 | 5.93 | 2.9 | Source 1 |
| Namibia | 2021 | 6.87 | 4.08 | Source 1 |