GDP per capita in South America in 2025 — 10,447 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2,687.5%.
1960–2025 · US$ per capita
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,447 | +520 | +5.24% |
| 2024 | 9,927 | +152 | +1.56% |
| 2023 | 9,774 | +787 | +8.75% |
| 2022 | 8,988 | +1,182 | +15.14% |
| 2021 | 7,806 | +1,077 | +16% |
| 2020 | 6,729 | −1,516 | −18.38% |
| 2019 | 8,245 | −482 | −5.52% |
| 2018 | 8,727 | −594 | −6.38% |
| 2017 | 9,321 | +1,035 | +12.49% |
| 2016 | 8,286 | −219 | −2.57% |
| 2015 | 8,505 | −2,063 | −19.52% |
| 2014 | 10,568 | −335 | −3.07% |
| 2013 | 10,903 | −215 | −1.93% |
| 2012 | 11,117 | −84 | −0.75% |
| 2011 | 11,202 | +1,363 | +13.86% |
| 2010 | 9,838 | +2,094 | +27.05% |
| 2009 | 7,744 | −240 | −3.01% |
| 2008 | 7,984 | +1,369 | +20.69% |
| 2007 | 6,616 | +1,216 | +22.53% |
| 2006 | 5,400 | +918 | +20.48% |
| 2005 | 4,482 | +934 | +26.34% |
| 2004 | 3,547 | +617 | +21.05% |
| 2003 | 2,930 | +185 | +6.72% |
| 2002 | 2,746 | −758 | −21.64% |
| 2001 | 3,504 | −366 | −9.45% |
| 2000 | 3,870 | +208 | +5.69% |
| 1999 | 3,661 | −966 | −20.88% |
| 1998 | 4,628 | −137 | −2.87% |
| 1997 | 4,764 | +216 | +4.76% |
| 1996 | 4,548 | +247 | +5.75% |
| 1995 | 4,301 | +891 | +26.12% |
| 1994 | 3,410 | +637 | +22.96% |
| 1993 | 2,773 | +152 | +5.79% |
| 1992 | 2,621 | +133 | +5.35% |
| 1991 | 2,488 | +57 | +2.33% |
| 1990 | 2,432 | +163 | +7.18% |
| 1989 | 2,269 | +134 | +6.26% |
| 1988 | 2,135 | +104 | +5.13% |
| 1987 | 2,031 | +97 | +4.99% |
| 1986 | 1,934 | +215 | +12.52% |
| 1985 | 1,719 | −89 | −4.94% |
| 1984 | 1,808 | −31 | −1.69% |
| 1983 | 1,840 | −330 | −15.2% |
| 1982 | 2,169 | −35 | −1.58% |
| 1981 | 2,204 | +154 | +7.53% |
| 1980 | 2,050 | +198 | +10.69% |
| 1979 | 1,852 | +90 | +5.12% |
| 1978 | 1,762 | +253 | +16.8% |
| 1977 | 1,508 | +163 | +12.08% |
| 1976 | 1,346 | +122 | +9.98% |
| 1975 | 1,224 | −42 | −3.33% |
| 1974 | 1,266 | +281 | +28.48% |
| 1973 | 985 | +263 | +36.42% |
| 1972 | 722 | +59 | +8.91% |
| 1971 | 663 | +56 | +9.16% |
| 1970 | 607 | +36 | +6.22% |
| 1969 | 572 | +50 | +9.65% |
| 1968 | 522 | +20 | +3.88% |
| 1967 | 502 | −16 | −3.17% |
| 1966 | 518 | +35 | +7.28% |
| 1965 | 483 | +20 | +4.27% |
| 1964 | 464 | +30 | +6.88% |
| 1963 | 434 | +21 | +5% |
| 1962 | 413 | +5 | +1.3% |
| 1961 | 408 | +33 | +8.79% |
| 1960 | 375 | — | — |
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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