GDP per capita in Western Africa in 2025 — 1,544 US$. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,176.1%.
1961–2025 · US$ per capita
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,544 | +200 | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 1,344 | −503 | −27.22% |
| 2023 | 1,846 | −336 | −15.41% |
| 2022 | 2,183 | +28 | +1.31% |
| 2021 | 2,154 | +63 | +2.99% |
| 2020 | 2,092 | −194 | −8.48% |
| 2019 | 2,285 | +581 | +34.05% |
| 2018 | 1,705 | +143 | +9.16% |
| 2017 | 1,562 | −71 | −4.35% |
| 2016 | 1,633 | −246 | −13.11% |
| 2015 | 1,879 | −331 | −14.99% |
| 2014 | 2,211 | +101 | +4.81% |
| 2013 | 2,109 | +217 | +11.49% |
| 2012 | 1,892 | +111 | +6.25% |
| 2011 | 1,781 | +162 | +9.98% |
| 2010 | 1,619 | +219 | +15.64% |
| 2009 | 1,400 | −199 | −12.46% |
| 2008 | 1,599 | +240 | +17.66% |
| 2007 | 1,359 | +166 | +13.94% |
| 2006 | 1,193 | +250 | +26.48% |
| 2005 | 943 | +143 | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 800 | +131 | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 669 | +66 | +10.95% |
| 2002 | 603 | +90 | +17.55% |
| 2001 | 513 | +16 | +3.21% |
| 2000 | 497 | −5 | −0.95% |
| 1999 | 502 | −702 | −58.3% |
| 1998 | 1,204 | +62 | +5.38% |
| 1997 | 1,143 | +32 | +2.86% |
| 1996 | 1,111 | +226 | +25.54% |
| 1995 | 885 | +310 | +53.99% |
| 1994 | 575 | +54 | +10.38% |
| 1993 | 521 | +1 | +0.23% |
| 1992 | 519 | −46 | −8.12% |
| 1991 | 565 | +26 | +4.81% |
| 1990 | 539 | +73 | +15.55% |
| 1989 | 467 | −49 | −9.58% |
| 1988 | 516 | −20 | −3.66% |
| 1987 | 536 | −6 | −1.15% |
| 1986 | 542 | −212 | −28.1% |
| 1985 | 754 | +12 | +1.68% |
| 1984 | 742 | −156 | −17.38% |
| 1983 | 898 | −325 | −26.55% |
| 1982 | 1,222 | −183 | −13.02% |
| 1981 | 1,405 | +645 | +84.89% |
| 1980 | 760 | +139 | +22.32% |
| 1979 | 621 | +100 | +19.21% |
| 1978 | 521 | +29 | +5.97% |
| 1977 | 492 | +10 | +2.02% |
| 1976 | 482 | +70 | +16.98% |
| 1975 | 412 | +37 | +9.99% |
| 1974 | 375 | +91 | +32.08% |
| 1973 | 284 | +50 | +21.46% |
| 1972 | 234 | +35 | +17.64% |
| 1971 | 199 | −28 | −12.21% |
| 1970 | 226 | +82 | +56.53% |
| 1969 | 144 | +16 | +12.31% |
| 1968 | 129 | +0 | +0.04% |
| 1967 | 129 | −26 | −16.57% |
| 1966 | 154 | +6 | +4.05% |
| 1965 | 148 | +7 | +4.78% |
| 1964 | 141 | +9 | +6.53% |
| 1963 | 133 | +6 | +4.46% |
| 1962 | 127 | +6 | +4.98% |
| 1961 | 121 | — | — |
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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