GDP per capita in constant prices — all countries

GDP per capita in constant prices — South Africa

GDP per capita in constant prices in South Africa in 2025 — 5,713 US$ 2015. Ranked 101 in the world out of 186. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 43.1%.

2025 5,713 US$ 2015 −0.04% vs 2024
World rank 101of 186
Period maximum 6,171 US$ 20152013
Period minimum 3,993 US$ 20151960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · constant 2015 US$

GDP per capita in constant prices — South Africa, 1960–20253,0004,0005,0006,0007,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,993 US$ 20151962: 4,156 US$ 20151964: 4,532 US$ 20151966: 4,722 US$ 20151968: 4,954 US$ 20151970: 5,136 US$ 20151972: 5,137 US$ 20151974: 5,386 US$ 20151976: 5,302 US$ 20151978: 5,168 US$ 20151980: 5,400 US$ 20151982: 5,291 US$ 20151984: 5,092 US$ 20151986: 4,713 US$ 20151988: 4,714 US$ 20151990: 4,544 US$ 20151992: 4,226 US$ 20151994: 4,258 US$ 20151996: 4,466 US$ 20151998: 4,495 US$ 20152000: 4,701 US$ 20152002: 4,917 US$ 20152004: 5,187 US$ 20152006: 5,651 US$ 20152008: 6,010 US$ 20152010: 5,954 US$ 20152012: 6,122 US$ 20152014: 6,155 US$ 20152016: 6,095 US$ 20152018: 6,117 US$ 20152020: 5,570 US$ 20152022: 5,787 US$ 20152024: 5,715 US$ 20152025: 5,713 US$ 2015
Change over the period: +1,720 (+43.06%) Average annual rate: 0.55 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa

South Africa 5,713 US$ 2015
World 12,131 US$ 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,615 US$ 2015
Southern Africa computed 5,501 US$ 2015
Upper-middle-income countries computed 11,062 US$ 2015
GDP per capita in constant prices — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ 2015 Change Change, %
2025 5,713 −2 −0.04%
2024 5,715 −41 −0.71%
2023 5,757 −30 −0.52%
2022 5,787 +36 +0.63%
2021 5,751 +181 +3.26%
2020 5,570 −463 −7.68%
2019 6,033 −84 −1.38%
2018 6,117 −8 −0.14%
2017 6,126 +30 +0.5%
2016 6,095 −17 −0.28%
2015 6,112 −43 −0.69%
2014 6,155 −16 −0.26%
2013 6,171 +49 +0.81%
2012 6,122 +54 +0.9%
2011 6,067 +113 +1.9%
2010 5,954 +107 +1.83%
2009 5,847 −163 −2.71%
2008 6,010 +118 +2.01%
2007 5,891 +240 +4.25%
2006 5,651 +245 +4.53%
2005 5,406 +219 +4.22%
2004 5,187 +176 +3.51%
2003 5,012 +95 +1.93%
2002 4,917 +130 +2.72%
2001 4,786 +86 +1.82%
2000 4,701 +148 +3.25%
1999 4,553 +58 +1.29%
1998 4,495 −32 −0.71%
1997 4,527 +62 +1.38%
1996 4,466 +128 +2.96%
1995 4,337 +79 +1.86%
1994 4,258 +65 +1.54%
1993 4,194 −32 −0.76%
1992 4,226 −171 −3.88%
1991 4,396 −148 −3.25%
1990 4,544 −143 −3.05%
1989 4,687 −27 −0.57%
1988 4,714 +50 +1.07%
1987 4,664 −49 −1.03%
1986 4,713 −152 −3.13%
1985 4,865 −227 −4.45%
1984 5,092 +76 +1.52%
1983 5,015 −276 −5.22%
1982 5,291 −207 −3.77%
1981 5,499 +99 +1.83%
1980 5,400 +179 +3.43%
1979 5,221 +53 +1.02%
1978 5,168 +12 +0.24%
1977 5,156 −146 −2.76%
1976 5,302 −26 −0.48%
1975 5,328 −58 −1.08%
1974 5,386 +165 +3.16%
1973 5,221 +83 +1.62%
1972 5,137 −63 −1.22%
1971 5,201 +65 +1.27%
1970 5,136 +106 +2.11%
1969 5,030 +76 +1.53%
1968 4,954 +47 +0.96%
1967 4,907 +184 +3.9%
1966 4,722 +58 +1.25%
1965 4,664 +132 +2.91%
1964 4,532 +203 +4.69%
1963 4,329 +173 +4.17%
1962 4,156 +124 +3.07%
1961 4,032 +39 +0.97%
1960 3,993

Southern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

Gross domestic product per person in constant 2015 prices. The series answers whether a country has become richer to live in, and it answers more strictly than GDP as a whole: an economy can grow, but if the population grows faster, there is less per person. By this indicator several countries of Sub-Saharan Africa have not become richer at all over the past forty years.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its real GDP over all of its population: for a per capita quantity the weight is not a matter of choice, it equals the population. In constant prices, so the growth is clear of inflation.

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