Gross national income — all countries

Gross national income — South Africa

Gross national income in South Africa in 2025 — 418,992,808,525 US$. Ranked 38 in the world out of 182. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4,877.2%.

2025 419B US$ +6.54% vs 2024
World rank 38of 182
Period maximum 447B US$2011
Period minimum 8.42B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Gross national income — South Africa, 1960–20250200B400B600B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8,418,196,633 US$1962: 9,490,596,204 US$1964: 11,580,795,368 US$1966: 13,777,394,489 US$1968: 16,608,193,357 US$1970: 20,554,791,778 US$1972: 23,813,457,348 US$1974: 40,139,695,678 US$1976: 39,648,559,912 US$1978: 49,654,712,414 US$1980: 86,086,380,410 US$1982: 82,776,455,679 US$1984: 81,876,827,199 US$1986: 70,409,079,610 US$1988: 100,804,585,769 US$1990: 121,780,791,792 US$1992: 144,010,513,272 US$1994: 151,091,003,234 US$1996: 160,122,826,316 US$1998: 149,819,615,960 US$2000: 148,579,191,530 US$2002: 126,298,380,475 US$2004: 251,495,558,194 US$2006: 298,723,218,174 US$2008: 307,188,878,051 US$2010: 409,232,529,966 US$2012: 423,516,734,077 US$2014: 371,745,234,720 US$2016: 315,294,078,694 US$2018: 393,942,767,301 US$2020: 332,348,833,105 US$2022: 399,131,611,405 US$2024: 393,257,786,991 US$2025: 418,992,808,525 US$
Change over the period: +411B (+4,877.23%) Average annual rate: 6.2 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South Africa 419B US$
World 118T US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 2.15T US$
Southern Africa computed 460B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 31.35T US$
Gross national income — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 419B +25.74B +6.54%
2024 393B +16.95B +4.51%
2023 376B −22.83B −5.72%
2022 399B −12.83B −3.11%
2021 412B +79.61B +23.96%
2020 332B −47.26B −12.45%
2019 380B −14.33B −3.64%
2018 394B +23.07B +6.22%
2017 371B +55.58B +17.63%
2016 315B −23.47B −6.93%
2015 339B −32.98B −8.87%
2014 372B −19.45B −4.97%
2013 391B −32.32B −7.63%
2012 424B −23.96B −5.36%
2011 447B +38.25B +9.35%
2010 409B +86.11B +26.65%
2009 323B +15.94B +5.19%
2008 307B −16.12B −4.99%
2007 323B +24.59B +8.23%
2006 299B +14.8B +5.21%
2005 284B +32.43B +12.89%
2004 251B +59.09B +30.71%
2003 192B +66.11B +52.35%
2002 126B −5.39B −4.1%
2001 132B −16.89B −11.37%
2000 149B +271M +0.18%
1999 148B −1.51B −1.01%
1998 150B −15.94B −9.61%
1997 166B +5.63B +3.52%
1996 160B −8.74B −5.17%
1995 169B +17.77B +11.76%
1994 151B +6.56B +4.54%
1993 145B +522M +0.36%
1992 144B +12.02B +9.1%
1991 132B +10.21B +8.39%
1990 122B +17.09B +16.33%
1989 105B +3.88B +3.85%
1988 101B +7.39B +7.91%
1987 93.42B +23.01B +32.68%
1986 70.41B +8.52B +13.77%
1985 61.89B −19.99B −24.41%
1984 81.88B −10.97B −11.82%
1983 92.85B +10.07B +12.17%
1982 82.78B −6.79B −7.58%
1981 89.56B +3.48B +4.04%
1980 86.09B +25.39B +41.82%
1979 60.7B +11.04B +22.24%
1978 49.65B +6.06B +13.91%
1977 43.59B +3.94B +9.94%
1976 39.65B −1.72B −4.16%
1975 41.37B +1.23B +3.06%
1974 40.14B +7.8B +24.13%
1973 32.34B +8.52B +35.8%
1972 23.81B +1.06B +4.65%
1971 22.76B +2.2B +10.71%
1970 20.55B +1.9B +10.17%
1969 18.66B +2.05B +12.34%
1968 16.61B +1.24B +8.04%
1967 15.37B +1.59B +11.57%
1966 13.78B +1.12B +8.88%
1965 12.65B +1.07B +9.26%
1964 11.58B +1.05B +9.97%
1963 10.53B +1.04B +10.96%
1962 9.49B +637M +7.19%
1961 8.85B +435M +5.17%
1960 8.42B

Southern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

Gross national income in current dollars: everything produced inside the country, plus the income its residents receive from abroad, minus the income non-residents receive inside it. This adjustment is exactly what separates GNI from GDP, and in most countries the difference is small, though not everywhere: in Ireland GNI is markedly below GDP because of the profits of foreign corporations, while in countries with large labor migration it is higher, on account of remittances and earnings abroad. It is by GNI per capita that the World Bank divides countries into income groups.

Important: The divergence from GDP is worth looking at as a pair: the difference itself is the net income from abroad.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.