Pan-African
Who accounted for the largest shares of trade within Africa in 2025?
Afreximbank estimates trade in goods within Africa reached US$213.8 billion in 2025. South Africa accounted for 19.24% of the total, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 6.74% and Côte d’Ivoire at 4.83%.
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The ten countries accounted for about 60% of the reported continental total in 2025.
South Africa’s position in the ranking
South Africa accounted for US$41.15 billion in goods trade with African partners in 2025, down from US$42.14 billion in 2024. Its share fell as the overall continental total rose. It was still almost three times the size of the next country in the ranking. Source 1
The Democratic Republic of the Congo gained share
The country’s measured trade with African partners rose from US$9.61 billion to US$14.40 billion in one year. That moved its share from 4.74% to 6.74%. Afreximbank points to goods including refined copper in its discussion of the country’s trade with South Africa. Source 1
How to read the close part of the chart
Uganda, Morocco, Egypt, Zambia and Nigeria were within 0.26 percentage points of one another on the 2025 shares. Uganda and Morocco both recorded trade just above US$9.5 billion. For a route-level view, use each country’s exports and imports by partner and commodity. Source 1
Why the edition matters
The 2026 report puts 2024 intra-African trade at US$202.7 billion. Afreximbank’s 2025 edition had put 2024 at US$220.3 billion. Using both years from the 2026 report gives the bank’s stated growth estimate of 5.47% in 2025. Source 1 Source 3