GDP per capita in constant prices — all countries

GDP per capita in constant prices — Sub-Saharan Africa

GDP per capita in constant prices in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 1,615 US$ 2015. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 39.5%.

2025 1,615 US$ 2015 +1.64% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1,647 US$ 20152015
Period minimum 1,143 US$ 20151961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · constant 2015 US$

GDP per capita in constant prices — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960–20251,0001,2001,4001,6001,80019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,158 US$ 20151962: 1,182 US$ 20151964: 1,254 US$ 20151966: 1,273 US$ 20151968: 1,236 US$ 20151970: 1,377 US$ 20151972: 1,447 US$ 20151974: 1,535 US$ 20151976: 1,522 US$ 20151978: 1,475 US$ 20151980: 1,498 US$ 20151982: 1,382 US$ 20151984: 1,299 US$ 20151986: 1,274 US$ 20151988: 1,294 US$ 20151990: 1,280 US$ 20151992: 1,211 US$ 20151994: 1,147 US$ 20151996: 1,182 US$ 20151998: 1,196 US$ 20152000: 1,198 US$ 20152002: 1,259 US$ 20152004: 1,325 US$ 20152006: 1,411 US$ 20152008: 1,491 US$ 20152010: 1,543 US$ 20152012: 1,575 US$ 20152014: 1,644 US$ 20152016: 1,625 US$ 20152018: 1,625 US$ 20152020: 1,530 US$ 20152022: 1,568 US$ 20152024: 1,589 US$ 20152025: 1,615 US$ 2015
Change over the period: +457 (+39.48%) Average annual rate: 0.51 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Sub-Saharan Africa 1,615 US$ 2015
World 12,131 US$ 2015
GDP per capita in constant prices — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ 2015 Change Change, %
2025 1,615 +26 +1.64%
2024 1,589 +18 +1.12%
2023 1,571 +3 +0.22%
2022 1,568 +23 +1.48%
2021 1,545 +15 +0.99%
2020 1,530 −93 −5.75%
2019 1,623 −1 −0.09%
2018 1,625 +2 +0.11%
2017 1,623 −2 −0.15%
2016 1,625 −22 −1.33%
2015 1,647 +3 +0.2%
2014 1,644 +31 +1.93%
2013 1,613 +38 +2.43%
2012 1,575 +9 +0.55%
2011 1,566 +23 +1.47%
2010 1,543 +48 +3.18%
2009 1,496 +5 +0.34%
2008 1,491 +34 +2.33%
2007 1,457 +46 +3.28%
2006 1,411 +44 +3.19%
2005 1,367 +42 +3.15%
2004 1,325 +49 +3.83%
2003 1,276 +17 +1.35%
2002 1,259 +43 +3.57%
2001 1,216 +18 +1.46%
2000 1,198 +9 +0.73%
1999 1,190 −6 −0.51%
1998 1,196 −2 −0.17%
1997 1,198 +16 +1.37%
1996 1,182 +27 +2.36%
1995 1,154 +7 +0.62%
1994 1,147 −19 −1.62%
1993 1,166 −45 −3.72%
1992 1,211 −39 −3.14%
1991 1,250 −29 −2.29%
1990 1,280 −7 −0.55%
1989 1,287 −7 −0.53%
1988 1,294 +20 +1.55%
1987 1,274 −0 −0%
1986 1,274 −13 −1.03%
1985 1,287 −12 −0.9%
1984 1,299 −8 −0.63%
1983 1,307 −74 −5.39%
1982 1,382 −61 −4.2%
1981 1,442 −56 −3.74%
1980 1,498 +11 +0.72%
1979 1,488 +13 +0.86%
1978 1,475 −46 −3.04%
1977 1,521 −1 −0.06%
1976 1,522 +33 +2.25%
1975 1,489 −46 −3%
1974 1,535 +67 +4.54%
1973 1,468 +21 +1.46%
1972 1,447 +3 +0.23%
1971 1,444 +67 +4.85%
1970 1,377 +65 +4.95%
1969 1,312 +76 +6.13%
1968 1,236 +6 +0.45%
1967 1,231 −42 −3.3%
1966 1,273 −7 −0.56%
1965 1,280 +26 +2.04%
1964 1,254 +29 +2.35%
1963 1,225 +43 +3.64%
1962 1,182 +40 +3.48%
1961 1,143 −15 −1.32%
1960 1,158

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.