Area: 1.2 m km²
Population:  12 m
GDP: US$53.06 bn

Exports: crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton
Imports: machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods

  South Africa

Area: 1.2m km²
Population: 44 m
GDP: US$588 bn

Major exports: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Major imports: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs

Botswana

Area: 600,370 km²
Population: 1.8m
GDP: US$ 17.94b

Major exports: diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles
Major imports: foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products

 DR Congo 

Area: 2.3m km²
Population: 66m
GDP: US$ 44bn

Major exports: diamonds, copper, crude oil, coffee, cobalt
Major imports: foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels

 Lesotho 

Area: 30,355 sq km
Population: 2 m
GDP: US$5 bn

Major exports: manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool and mohair, food and live animals
Major imports: food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products

  Madagascar 

Area: 587,040 km²
Population: 19.5m
GDP: US$ 17b

Major Exports: coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar, cotton cloth, chromite, petroleum products
Major Imports: capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food

 Malawi 

Area: 118,480 km²
Population: 13.6 m
GDP: US$ 8.3bn

Major exports: tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel
Major imports: food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment

 Mauritius

Area: 2,040 km²
Population: 1.3m
GDP: US$ 16bn

Major exports: clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses
Major imports: manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

  Mozambique 

Area: 801,590 km²
Population: 21m
GDP: US$ 29bn

Major Exports: aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity
Major Imports: machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles

  Namibia

Area: 825,418 km²
Population: 2m
GDP: US$ 15.4b

Major Exports: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins
Major Imports:  foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals

  Swaziland 

Area: 17,363 km²
Population: 1.1m
GDP: US$ 6b

Major exports: soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn, refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit
Major imports: motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

  Tanzania

Area: 945,087 km²
Population: 39m
GDP: US$ 29.6b

Major exports: gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton
Major imports: consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil

  Zambia

Area: 752,614 km²
Population: 11.5m
GDP: US$ 11.6b

Major exports: copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
Major imports: machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing

  Zimbabwe

Area: 390,580 km²
Population: 12.3 m
GDP: US$ 25.4b

Major exports: cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Major imports: machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels