A new report has revealed Africa’s wealthiest countries per capita, with\u00a0South Africans seen as the wealthiest individuals on the continent with US$11,310 in wealth per person<\/p>\n
According to New World Wealth (NWW), Libya ranks second, followed by Namibia, while\u00a0Ethiopians are the poorest with US$260 per person.<\/p>\n
North African countries Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco all rank high on the list, New World Wealth noted; however, it added that\u00a0all these figures are well below the global average of US$27,600.<\/p>\n
Top-ranked worldwide countries such as Switzerland and Australia have wealth per capita of over US$250,000.<\/p>\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\n| Country<\/strong><\/td>\n | Wealth per capita\u00a0<\/b>(US$)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 1<\/td>\n | South Africa<\/td>\n | 11,310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2<\/td>\n | Libya<\/td>\n | 11,040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 3<\/td>\n | Namibia<\/td>\n | 10,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 4<\/td>\n | Tunisia<\/td>\n | 8,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 5<\/td>\n | Botswana<\/td>\n | 6,580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 6<\/td>\n | Algeria<\/td>\n | 6,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 7<\/td>\n | Morocco<\/td>\n | 5,780<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 8<\/td>\n | Egypt<\/td>\n | 4,350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 9<\/td>\n | Angola<\/td>\n | 3,890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 10<\/td>\n | Nigeria<\/td>\n | 1,350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n | According to NWW, Angola ranks highest as the country which has seen the most growth in wealth per capita since 2000. It has grown 527%, from $620 in 2000, to $3,890 in 2013.<\/span><\/h3>\nAccording to NWW,\u00a0all four of the countries at the bottom of the growth rankings (with the exception of Zimbabwe) have experienced uprisings which resulted in a change in leadership since 2000. They include Tanzania, Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.<\/p>\n Africa: Total Wealth, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n Surge in Africa\u2019s millionaires<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n South Africa\u2019s millionaires set to grow 78%<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n |