GDP per capita in constant prices — all countries

GDP per capita in constant prices — South America

GDP per capita in constant prices in South America in 2025 — 8,991 US$ 2015. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 169.7%.

2025 8,991 US$ 2015 +2.29% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 8,991 US$ 20152025
Period minimum 3,334 US$ 20151960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · constant 2015 US$

GDP per capita in constant prices — South America, 1960–20252,0004,0006,0008,00010,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,334 US$ 20151962: 3,498 US$ 20151964: 3,515 US$ 20151966: 3,653 US$ 20151968: 3,839 US$ 20151970: 4,206 US$ 20151972: 4,614 US$ 20151974: 5,102 US$ 20151976: 5,327 US$ 20151978: 5,505 US$ 20151980: 5,962 US$ 20151982: 5,547 US$ 20151984: 5,412 US$ 20151986: 5,763 US$ 20151988: 5,780 US$ 20151990: 5,443 US$ 20151992: 5,560 US$ 20151994: 5,976 US$ 20151996: 6,150 US$ 20151998: 6,337 US$ 20152000: 6,266 US$ 20152002: 6,132 US$ 20152004: 6,552 US$ 20152006: 7,086 US$ 20152008: 7,766 US$ 20152010: 8,073 US$ 20152012: 8,504 US$ 20152014: 8,674 US$ 20152016: 8,253 US$ 20152018: 8,292 US$ 20152020: 7,703 US$ 20152022: 8,524 US$ 20152024: 8,790 US$ 20152025: 8,991 US$ 2015
Change over the period: +5,658 (+169.72%) Average annual rate: 1.54 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South America 8,991 US$ 2015
World 12,131 US$ 2015
GDP per capita in constant prices — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ 2015 Change Change, %
2025 8,991 +202 +2.29%
2024 8,790 +161 +1.87%
2023 8,628 +104 +1.22%
2022 8,524 +295 +3.58%
2021 8,230 +527 +6.84%
2020 7,703 −549 −6.65%
2019 8,251 −40 −0.49%
2018 8,292 +1 +0.01%
2017 8,291 +38 +0.46%
2016 8,253 −251 −2.96%
2015 8,505 −170 −1.95%
2014 8,674 −34 −0.39%
2013 8,709 +205 +2.41%
2012 8,504 +112 +1.33%
2011 8,392 +319 +3.95%
2010 8,073 +468 +6.15%
2009 7,606 −161 −2.07%
2008 7,766 +288 +3.86%
2007 7,478 +392 +5.54%
2006 7,086 +289 +4.25%
2005 6,797 +244 +3.73%
2004 6,552 +338 +5.43%
2003 6,215 +83 +1.35%
2002 6,132 −78 −1.26%
2001 6,211 −55 −0.88%
2000 6,266 +92 +1.49%
1999 6,174 −163 −2.58%
1998 6,337 −11 −0.18%
1997 6,349 +199 +3.23%
1996 6,150 +84 +1.38%
1995 6,066 +91 +1.52%
1994 5,976 +222 +3.86%
1993 5,754 +194 +3.49%
1992 5,560 +34 +0.62%
1991 5,525 +83 +1.52%
1990 5,443 −230 −4.06%
1989 5,673 −107 −1.86%
1988 5,780 −92 −1.57%
1987 5,872 +109 +1.89%
1986 5,763 +261 +4.73%
1985 5,503 +91 +1.68%
1984 5,412 +99 +1.85%
1983 5,313 −233 −4.21%
1982 5,547 −136 −2.4%
1981 5,683 −279 −4.69%
1980 5,962 +212 +3.69%
1979 5,750 +245 +4.45%
1978 5,505 +23 +0.42%
1977 5,482 +155 +2.91%
1976 5,327 +185 +3.6%
1975 5,142 +40 +0.78%
1974 5,102 +210 +4.29%
1973 4,892 +278 +6.03%
1972 4,614 +183 +4.14%
1971 4,430 +224 +5.33%
1970 4,206 +168 +4.15%
1969 4,038 +200 +5.21%
1968 3,839 +147 +3.98%
1967 3,692 +39 +1.06%
1966 3,653 +54 +1.5%
1965 3,599 +84 +2.39%
1964 3,515 +116 +3.41%
1963 3,399 −98 −2.81%
1962 3,498 +45 +1.3%
1961 3,452 +119 +3.57%
1960 3,334

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.