GDP per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 1,673 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 958.5%.
1960–2025 · US$ per capita
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,673 | +130 | +8.45% |
| 2024 | 1,543 | −140 | −8.3% |
| 2023 | 1,682 | −182 | −9.79% |
| 2022 | 1,865 | +79 | +4.41% |
| 2021 | 1,786 | +158 | +9.67% |
| 2020 | 1,628 | −169 | −9.38% |
| 2019 | 1,797 | +174 | +10.75% |
| 2018 | 1,623 | +73 | +4.74% |
| 2017 | 1,549 | +93 | +6.35% |
| 2016 | 1,457 | −191 | −11.57% |
| 2015 | 1,647 | −260 | −13.65% |
| 2014 | 1,908 | +27 | +1.45% |
| 2013 | 1,880 | +62 | +3.43% |
| 2012 | 1,818 | +22 | +1.22% |
| 2011 | 1,796 | +153 | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 1,643 | +216 | +15.11% |
| 2009 | 1,428 | −110 | −7.14% |
| 2008 | 1,537 | +146 | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 1,391 | +157 | +12.68% |
| 2006 | 1,235 | +161 | +14.95% |
| 2005 | 1,074 | +147 | +15.88% |
| 2004 | 927 | +160 | +20.87% |
| 2003 | 767 | +141 | +22.55% |
| 2002 | 626 | +38 | +6.48% |
| 2001 | 588 | −42 | −6.69% |
| 2000 | 630 | +19 | +3.19% |
| 1999 | 610 | −268 | −30.49% |
| 1998 | 878 | −21 | −2.36% |
| 1997 | 899 | +21 | +2.44% |
| 1996 | 878 | +71 | +8.78% |
| 1995 | 807 | +156 | +23.88% |
| 1994 | 651 | −3 | −0.43% |
| 1993 | 654 | −11 | −1.65% |
| 1992 | 665 | −94 | −12.43% |
| 1991 | 760 | +31 | +4.22% |
| 1990 | 729 | +89 | +13.86% |
| 1989 | 640 | −7 | −1.03% |
| 1988 | 647 | +15 | +2.36% |
| 1987 | 632 | +51 | +8.79% |
| 1986 | 581 | −57 | −8.94% |
| 1985 | 638 | −50 | −7.24% |
| 1984 | 688 | −104 | −13.17% |
| 1983 | 792 | −117 | −12.86% |
| 1982 | 909 | −99 | −9.86% |
| 1981 | 1,008 | +238 | +30.96% |
| 1980 | 770 | +139 | +21.98% |
| 1979 | 631 | +79 | +14.41% |
| 1978 | 552 | +45 | +8.78% |
| 1977 | 507 | +33 | +6.87% |
| 1976 | 475 | +23 | +5.17% |
| 1975 | 451 | +28 | +6.74% |
| 1974 | 423 | +80 | +23.34% |
| 1973 | 343 | +66 | +24.01% |
| 1972 | 276 | +24 | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 252 | +0 | +0.08% |
| 1970 | 252 | +20 | +8.72% |
| 1969 | 232 | +21 | +9.93% |
| 1968 | 211 | +9 | +4.23% |
| 1967 | 202 | −5 | −2.44% |
| 1966 | 207 | +11 | +5.64% |
| 1965 | 196 | +13 | +7.36% |
| 1964 | 183 | −6 | −2.99% |
| 1963 | 188 | +19 | +10.96% |
| 1962 | 170 | +9 | +5.46% |
| 1961 | 161 | +3 | +1.77% |
| 1960 | 158 | — | — |
Gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population, in current US dollars. This is the most widely used indicator of the level of economic development. It does not account for price differences between countries — measured by nominal GDP per capita, expensive countries look richer than they do at purchasing power parity — and it says nothing about how income is distributed within a country.
Important: The aggregate for a group of countries is its total GDP divided by its total population, not an average of country values: a country counts in it in proportion to its population and its output.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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