CAF EGYPT 2019 : Quarterfinal – Economic

The African Cup of Nations 2019 is the 32nd edition of the African Cup of Nations, which will be held in Egypt from June 21 to July 19, 2019. It is the first organized event of 24 participating teams and to take place in summer. The organization of the tournament is good news for Egypt, because of its infrastructure and its many hotels, which encourages the return of the public and the tourism, the increase of the national income coming from foreign currencies, a strong occupation hotels and jobs. The organization of any international sporting event, regardless of the challenges or lack of time before the event, has raised many expectations about the importance of winning this organization in terms of economy and well-being that will come back in the Egyptian state to the next step.

Breakdown of the teams after the draw

Group A: Egypt, Congo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Group B: Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi.

Group C: Algeria, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania.

Group D: Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Namibia.

Group E: Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Angola.

Group F: Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau.

 

Breakdown of teams according to their economic growth

The World Bank expects Egypt’s economic growth to reach an average of 4.2% change for the current fiscal year 2018/2019, thanks to the improved business climate, investment growth and high consumption private.

Below is an overall scope of the GDP and Growth Rate of each country participating in CAF 2019:

 

Group A	Egypt	Congo	Uganda	Zimbabwe
GDP per capita	235.37 Billion (US $ 2413 per capita)	8.7 Billion ( US $ 1654 per capita)	26 Billion (US $ 606 per capita)	22.04 Billion (US $ 1333 per capita)
Economic growth rate	4.2%	-4.6%	4.5%	3%

 

Group B	Nigeria	Guinea	Madagascar	Burundi
GDP per capita	375.75 Billion (US $ 1968 per capita)	10.47 Billion (US $ 823 per capita)	11.5 Billion (US $ 450 per capita)	3.17 Billion (US $ 292 per capita)
Economic growth rate	0.8%	6.7%	4.1%	0%

 

Group C	Algeria	Senegal	Kenya	Tanzania
GDP per capita	167.56 Billion (US $ 4055 per capita)	21.07 Billion (US $ 1329 per capita)	79.26 Billion (US $ 1595 per capita)	52.09 Billion (US $ 936 per capita)
Economic growth rate	2.2%	7.2%	4.8%	6%

 

Group D	Morocco	Ivory Coast	South Africa	Namibia
GDP per capita	109.71 Billion (US $ 3007 per capita)	37.35 Billion (US $ 1538 per capita)	348.87 Billion (US $ 6151 per capita)	13.25 Billion (US $ 5231 per capita)
Economic growth rate	4.2%	7.8%	1.3%	-1.2%

 

Group E	Tunisia	Mali	Mauritania	Angola
GDP per capita	39.95 Billion (US $ 3464 per capita)	15.33 Billion (US $ 827 per capita)	5.02 Billion (US $ 1137 per capita)	122.12 Billion (US $ 4100 per capita)
Economic growth rate	1.9%	5.3%	3.2%	0.7%

 

Group F	Cameroon	Ghana	Benin	Guinea-Bissau
GDP per capita	34.92 Billion (US $ 1452 per capita)	59 Billion (US $ 2046 per capita)	9.25 Billion (US $ 827 per capita)	1.35 Billion (US $ 724 per capita)
Economic growth rate	3.2%	8.4%	5.6%	5.5%

 

Ranking of the 8 finalist teams by GDP

 

Rank (World)	Rank (Africa)	Country	Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
31	1	Nigeria	375.75 Billion (US $ 1968 per capita)
33	2	South Africa	348.87 Billion (US $ 6151 per capita)
45	3	Egypt	235.37 Billion (US $ 2413 per capita)
54	4	Algeria	167.56 Billion (US $ 4055 per capita)
58	5	Angola	122.12 Billion (US $ 4100 per capita)
62	7	Morocco	109.71 Billion (US $ 3007 per capita)
69	9	Kenya	79.26 Billion (US $ 1595 per capita)
76	10	Ghana	59 Billion (US $ 2046 per capita)

 

Ranking of the 8 finalist teams by Growth rate

Rank	Rank (Africa)	Country	Growth rate
1	3	Ghana	8.4%
2	4	Ivory Coast	7.8%
3	5	Senegal	7.2%
4	6	Guinea	6.7%
5	10	Tanzania	6.0%
6	11	Benin	5.6%
7	12	Guinea-Bissau	5.5%
8	13	Mali	4.3%