GDP per capita (IMF) — all countries

GDP per capita (IMF) — Western Africa

GDP per capita (IMF) in Western Africa in 2025 — 1,535 US$. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 20.8%.

2025 1,535 US$ +14.58% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2,872 US$2014
Period minimum 622 US$1985

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

GDP per capita (IMF) — Western Africa, 1980–202501,0002,0003,00019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 1,270 US$1981: 1,534 US$1982: 1,609 US$1983: 1,178 US$1984: 657 US$1985: 622 US$1986: 693 US$1987: 699 US$1988: 728 US$1989: 701 US$1990: 848 US$1991: 823 US$1992: 754 US$1993: 735 US$1994: 821 US$1995: 1,212 US$1996: 1,470 US$1997: 1,519 US$1998: 1,632 US$1999: 657 US$2000: 642 US$2001: 667 US$2002: 791 US$2003: 875 US$2004: 1,032 US$2005: 1,238 US$2006: 1,499 US$2007: 1,734 US$2008: 2,086 US$2009: 1,860 US$2010: 2,161 US$2011: 2,361 US$2012: 2,511 US$2013: 2,728 US$2014: 2,872 US$2015: 2,434 US$2016: 2,075 US$2017: 1,961 US$2018: 2,141 US$2019: 2,288 US$2020: 2,094 US$2021: 2,153 US$2022: 2,178 US$2023: 1,843 US$2024: 1,340 US$2025: 1,535 US$
Change over the period: +265 (+20.85%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Africa 1,535 US$
World computed 14,501 US$
GDP per capita (IMF) — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1,535 +195 +14.58%
2024 1,340 −503 −27.3%
2023 1,843 −335 −15.38%
2022 2,178 +25 +1.17%
2021 2,153 +59 +2.84%
2020 2,094 −195 −8.51%
2019 2,288 +147 +6.86%
2018 2,141 +181 +9.22%
2017 1,961 −114 −5.49%
2016 2,075 −360 −14.78%
2015 2,434 −438 −15.26%
2014 2,872 +144 +5.28%
2013 2,728 +218 +8.67%
2012 2,511 +149 +6.33%
2011 2,361 +200 +9.25%
2010 2,161 +301 +16.17%
2009 1,860 −226 −10.82%
2008 2,086 +352 +20.27%
2007 1,734 +235 +15.69%
2006 1,499 +262 +21.14%
2005 1,238 +206 +19.93%
2004 1,032 +157 +17.89%
2003 875 +84 +10.59%
2002 791 +124 +18.64%
2001 667 +25 +3.88%
2000 642 −15 −2.23%
1999 657 −975 −59.74%
1998 1,632 +113 +7.41%
1997 1,519 +49 +3.35%
1996 1,470 +258 +21.29%
1995 1,212 +391 +47.58%
1994 821 +86 +11.77%
1993 735 −20 −2.62%
1992 754 −68 −8.3%
1991 823 −25 −2.93%
1990 848 +146 +20.84%
1989 701 −27 −3.7%
1988 728 +30 +4.24%
1987 699 +6 +0.86%
1986 693 +71 +11.37%
1985 622 −35 −5.33%
1984 657 −521 −44.24%
1983 1,178 −430 −26.75%
1982 1,609 +74 +4.84%
1981 1,534 +264 +20.77%
1980 1,270

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.