GDP per capita in Southern Africa in 2025 — 6,349 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,194.2%.
1960–2025 · US$ per capita
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,349 | +314 | +5.21% |
| 2024 | 6,034 | +215 | +3.69% |
| 2023 | 5,819 | −466 | −7.42% |
| 2022 | 6,285 | −246 | −3.76% |
| 2021 | 6,531 | +1,179 | +22.04% |
| 2020 | 5,351 | −911 | −14.55% |
| 2019 | 6,263 | −368 | −5.54% |
| 2018 | 6,630 | +282 | +4.44% |
| 2017 | 6,348 | +901 | +16.54% |
| 2016 | 5,447 | −406 | −6.94% |
| 2015 | 5,854 | −716 | −10.9% |
| 2014 | 6,570 | −402 | −5.76% |
| 2013 | 6,971 | −680 | −8.88% |
| 2012 | 7,651 | −521 | −6.37% |
| 2011 | 8,172 | +654 | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 7,518 | +1,505 | +25.02% |
| 2009 | 6,013 | +161 | +2.75% |
| 2008 | 5,852 | −366 | −5.88% |
| 2007 | 6,218 | +474 | +8.26% |
| 2006 | 5,744 | +226 | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 5,518 | +578 | +11.69% |
| 2004 | 4,940 | +1,089 | +28.28% |
| 2003 | 3,851 | +1,291 | +50.45% |
| 2002 | 2,560 | −149 | −5.51% |
| 2001 | 2,709 | −346 | −11.31% |
| 2000 | 3,055 | −16 | −0.53% |
| 1999 | 3,071 | −51 | −1.63% |
| 1998 | 3,122 | −362 | −10.38% |
| 1997 | 3,483 | +77 | +2.27% |
| 1996 | 3,406 | −216 | −5.96% |
| 1995 | 3,622 | +342 | +10.43% |
| 1994 | 3,280 | +86 | +2.71% |
| 1993 | 3,194 | −63 | −1.94% |
| 1992 | 3,257 | +205 | +6.73% |
| 1991 | 3,051 | +137 | +4.71% |
| 1990 | 2,914 | +350 | +13.65% |
| 1989 | 2,564 | +27 | +1.06% |
| 1988 | 2,537 | +123 | +5.09% |
| 1987 | 2,414 | +522 | +27.62% |
| 1986 | 1,892 | +179 | +10.45% |
| 1985 | 1,713 | −608 | −26.2% |
| 1984 | 2,321 | −397 | −14.62% |
| 1983 | 2,718 | +204 | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 2,514 | −305 | −10.82% |
| 1981 | 2,820 | +13 | +0.45% |
| 1980 | 2,807 | +756 | +36.87% |
| 1979 | 2,051 | +325 | +18.86% |
| 1978 | 1,725 | +170 | +10.92% |
| 1977 | 1,556 | +106 | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 1,450 | −104 | −6.67% |
| 1975 | 1,553 | +13 | +0.85% |
| 1974 | 1,540 | +266 | +20.85% |
| 1973 | 1,275 | +309 | +31.98% |
| 1972 | 966 | +18 | +1.86% |
| 1971 | 948 | +65 | +7.31% |
| 1970 | 883 | +57 | +6.96% |
| 1969 | 826 | +69 | +9.17% |
| 1968 | 757 | +36 | +4.97% |
| 1967 | 721 | +53 | +7.88% |
| 1966 | 668 | +35 | +5.49% |
| 1965 | 633 | +36 | +6.04% |
| 1964 | 597 | +39 | +6.92% |
| 1963 | 559 | +38 | +7.36% |
| 1962 | 520 | +17 | +3.34% |
| 1961 | 503 | +13 | +2.62% |
| 1960 | 491 | — | — |
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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