GDP per capita (IMF) — all countries

GDP per capita (IMF) — Sub-Saharan Africa

GDP per capita (IMF) in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 1,719 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 46.2%.

2025 1,719 US$ +7.47% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2,216 US$2014
Period minimum 694 US$2001

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

GDP per capita (IMF) — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1980–202501,0002,0003,00019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 1,176 US$1981: 1,197 US$1982: 1,163 US$1983: 1,055 US$1984: 824 US$1985: 726 US$1986: 807 US$1987: 867 US$1988: 903 US$1989: 909 US$1990: 946 US$1991: 930 US$1992: 886 US$1993: 861 US$1994: 831 US$1995: 1,010 US$1996: 1,114 US$1997: 1,133 US$1998: 1,121 US$1999: 747 US$2000: 737 US$2001: 694 US$2002: 736 US$2003: 889 US$2004: 1,064 US$2005: 1,231 US$2006: 1,393 US$2007: 1,578 US$2008: 1,771 US$2009: 1,639 US$2010: 1,890 US$2011: 2,087 US$2012: 2,097 US$2013: 2,160 US$2014: 2,216 US$2015: 1,934 US$2016: 1,738 US$2017: 1,770 US$2018: 1,854 US$2019: 1,857 US$2020: 1,691 US$2021: 1,841 US$2022: 1,918 US$2023: 1,776 US$2024: 1,599 US$2025: 1,719 US$
Change over the period: +543 (+46.17%) Average annual rate: 0.85 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Sub-Saharan Africa 1,719 US$
World computed 14,501 US$
GDP per capita (IMF) — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1,719 +119 +7.47%
2024 1,599 −177 −9.94%
2023 1,776 −141 −7.38%
2022 1,918 +76 +4.13%
2021 1,841 +151 +8.92%
2020 1,691 −166 −8.94%
2019 1,857 +2 +0.13%
2018 1,854 +84 +4.74%
2017 1,770 +32 +1.85%
2016 1,738 −195 −10.11%
2015 1,934 −282 −12.73%
2014 2,216 +56 +2.57%
2013 2,160 +63 +2.99%
2012 2,097 +11 +0.52%
2011 2,087 +197 +10.42%
2010 1,890 +251 +15.31%
2009 1,639 −132 −7.43%
2008 1,771 +193 +12.21%
2007 1,578 +185 +13.28%
2006 1,393 +162 +13.2%
2005 1,231 +167 +15.68%
2004 1,064 +175 +19.7%
2003 889 +153 +20.72%
2002 736 +42 +6.12%
2001 694 −44 −5.93%
2000 737 −10 −1.35%
1999 747 −373 −33.32%
1998 1,121 −12 −1.1%
1997 1,133 +19 +1.73%
1996 1,114 +104 +10.28%
1995 1,010 +179 +21.53%
1994 831 −29 −3.39%
1993 861 −26 −2.93%
1992 886 −43 −4.67%
1991 930 −16 −1.67%
1990 946 +36 +3.97%
1989 909 +6 +0.68%
1988 903 +37 +4.23%
1987 867 +60 +7.38%
1986 807 +81 +11.17%
1985 726 −98 −11.86%
1984 824 −231 −21.91%
1983 1,055 −109 −9.33%
1982 1,163 −34 −2.86%
1981 1,197 +21 +1.83%
1980 1,176

About the indicator

Gross domestic product per person in current US dollars as estimated by the International Monetary Fund. The quantity is the same as the World Bank one, but the source is different, and this is not duplication: the IMF revises its estimates twice a year and gives a five-year forecast, whereas the World Bank publishes the actuals only. Divergences between the two estimates for the same year are usually within a percent and arise from different data cut-off dates.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its GDP over all of its population. The weight is the World Bank population series: the IMF one is shorter. The final years of the series are a forecast, not fact.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.