GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 1.64%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2.96 pp.
1961–2025 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.64 | +0.52 pp |
| 2024 | 1.12 | +0.9 pp |
| 2023 | 0.22 | −1.27 pp |
| 2022 | 1.48 | +0.49 pp |
| 2021 | 0.99 | +6.74 pp |
| 2020 | -5.75 | −5.66 pp |
| 2019 | -0.09 | −0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 0.11 | +0.26 pp |
| 2017 | -0.15 | +1.18 pp |
| 2016 | -1.33 | −1.53 pp |
| 2015 | 0.2 | −1.73 pp |
| 2014 | 1.93 | −0.5 pp |
| 2013 | 2.43 | +1.88 pp |
| 2012 | 0.55 | −0.92 pp |
| 2011 | 1.47 | −1.71 pp |
| 2010 | 3.18 | +2.84 pp |
| 2009 | 0.34 | −1.99 pp |
| 2008 | 2.33 | −0.96 pp |
| 2007 | 3.28 | +0.09 pp |
| 2006 | 3.19 | +0.04 pp |
| 2005 | 3.15 | −0.67 pp |
| 2004 | 3.83 | +2.48 pp |
| 2003 | 1.35 | −2.22 pp |
| 2002 | 3.57 | +2.11 pp |
| 2001 | 1.46 | +0.74 pp |
| 2000 | 0.73 | +1.23 pp |
| 1999 | -0.51 | −0.34 pp |
| 1998 | -0.17 | −1.54 pp |
| 1997 | 1.37 | −0.99 pp |
| 1996 | 2.36 | +1.74 pp |
| 1995 | 0.62 | +2.25 pp |
| 1994 | -1.62 | +2.09 pp |
| 1993 | -3.72 | −0.57 pp |
| 1992 | -3.14 | −0.85 pp |
| 1991 | -2.29 | −1.75 pp |
| 1990 | -0.55 | −0.01 pp |
| 1989 | -0.53 | −2.08 pp |
| 1988 | 1.55 | +1.55 pp |
| 1987 | 0 | +1.03 pp |
| 1986 | -1.03 | −0.13 pp |
| 1985 | -0.9 | −0.27 pp |
| 1984 | -0.63 | +4.75 pp |
| 1983 | -5.39 | −1.18 pp |
| 1982 | -4.2 | −0.47 pp |
| 1981 | -3.74 | −4.46 pp |
| 1980 | 0.72 | −0.14 pp |
| 1979 | 0.86 | +3.9 pp |
| 1978 | -3.04 | −2.98 pp |
| 1977 | -0.06 | −2.3 pp |
| 1976 | 2.25 | +5.25 pp |
| 1975 | -3 | −7.55 pp |
| 1974 | 4.54 | +3.08 pp |
| 1973 | 1.46 | +1.23 pp |
| 1972 | 0.23 | −4.62 pp |
| 1971 | 4.85 | −0.1 pp |
| 1970 | 4.95 | −1.19 pp |
| 1969 | 6.13 | +5.68 pp |
| 1968 | 0.45 | +3.76 pp |
| 1967 | -3.3 | −2.75 pp |
| 1966 | -0.56 | −2.6 pp |
| 1965 | 2.04 | −0.31 pp |
| 1964 | 2.35 | −1.29 pp |
| 1963 | 3.64 | +0.16 pp |
| 1962 | 3.48 | +4.8 pp |
| 1961 | -1.32 | — |
The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.
Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
The annual growth rate of GDP in constant prices — with inflation stripped out.
Economy GDP per capita in constant pricesHow much there is per person in 2015 prices — a measure of whether prosperity is growing.
Demography Population growthAnnual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
Economy GDPGross domestic product in current US dollars — the size of a country's economy.
Economy GDP per capitaGDP divided by the population, in current US dollars.
Economy GDP at purchasing power parityThe size of the economy in international dollars — adjusted for price differences between countries.