GDP growth — all countries

GDP growth — Sub-Saharan Africa

GDP growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 4.14%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3.06 pp.

2025 4.14% +0.52 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 9%1969
Period minimum -3.29%2020

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP growth — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1961–2025-5051019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 1.08%1963: 6.25%1965: 4.68%1967: -0.77%1969: 9%1971: 7.71%1973: 4.3%1975: -0.23%1977: 2.76%1979: 3.94%1981: -0.81%1983: -2.54%1985: 2.01%1987: 2.93%1989: 2.3%1991: 0.39%1993: -1.04%1995: 3.33%1997: 4.07%1999: 2.18%2001: 4.21%2003: 4.12%2005: 6.01%2007: 6.16%2009: 3.15%2011: 4.29%2013: 5.27%2015: 2.93%2017: 2.51%2019: 2.55%2021: 3.58%2023: 2.71%2025: 4.14%
Change over the period: +3.06 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 4.14%
World 2.92%
GDP growth — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.14 +0.52 pp
2024 3.62 +0.9 pp
2023 2.71 −1.32 pp
2022 4.03 +0.45 pp
2021 3.58 +6.87 pp
2020 -3.29 −5.84 pp
2019 2.55 −0.25 pp
2018 2.79 +0.29 pp
2017 2.51 +1.19 pp
2016 1.32 −1.62 pp
2015 2.93 −1.79 pp
2014 4.73 −0.55 pp
2013 5.27 +1.95 pp
2012 3.33 −0.96 pp
2011 4.29 −1.77 pp
2010 6.07 +2.92 pp
2009 3.15 −2.05 pp
2008 5.2 −0.96 pp
2007 6.16 +0.11 pp
2006 6.05 +0.04 pp
2005 6.01 −0.67 pp
2004 6.68 +2.56 pp
2003 4.12 −2.27 pp
2002 6.39 +2.18 pp
2001 4.21 +0.78 pp
2000 3.44 +1.26 pp
1999 2.18 −0.34 pp
1998 2.52 −1.55 pp
1997 4.07 −1.07 pp
1996 5.14 +1.82 pp
1995 3.33 +2.3 pp
1994 1.03 +2.07 pp
1993 -1.04 −0.55 pp
1992 -0.49 −0.88 pp
1991 0.39 −1.87 pp
1990 2.26 −0.04 pp
1989 2.3 −2.18 pp
1988 4.47 +1.54 pp
1987 2.93 +1.06 pp
1986 1.87 −0.14 pp
1985 2.01 −0.25 pp
1984 2.25 +4.79 pp
1983 -2.54 −1.34 pp
1982 -1.2 −0.39 pp
1981 -0.81 −4.53 pp
1980 3.72 −0.22 pp
1979 3.94 +4.11 pp
1978 -0.18 −2.94 pp
1977 2.76 −2.41 pp
1976 5.17 +5.4 pp
1975 -0.23 −7.76 pp
1974 7.53 +3.23 pp
1973 4.3 +1.35 pp
1972 2.95 −4.76 pp
1971 7.71 −0.1 pp
1970 7.81 −1.19 pp
1969 9 +5.87 pp
1968 3.13 +3.9 pp
1967 -0.77 −2.79 pp
1966 2.03 −2.65 pp
1965 4.68 −0.29 pp
1964 4.97 −1.28 pp
1963 6.25 +0.2 pp
1962 6.05 +4.97 pp
1961 1.08

About the indicator

The annual growth rate of gross domestic product in constant local currency prices. Because the calculation runs in constant prices, the indicator is clear of inflation and of exchange rate swings, so it shows the real movement of the economy. Two consecutive quarters of negative values are conventionally called a technical recession, but the data here are annual.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.