Gross national income — all countries

Gross national income — Sub-Saharan Africa

Gross national income in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 2,146,789,639,551 US$. Since 1966, the indicator has risen by 5,336%.

2025 2.15T US$ +11.1% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.23T US$2022
Period minimum 39.49B US$1966

Trend over time

1966–2025 · US$

Gross national income — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1966–202501T2T3T196619721978198419901996200220082014202020251966: 39,491,916,598 US$1967: 41,708,194,581 US$1968: 46,293,255,242 US$1969: 51,558,671,898 US$1970: 55,795,868,545 US$1971: 61,002,925,585 US$1972: 66,844,402,791 US$1973: 85,496,452,562 US$1974: 102,880,121,693 US$1975: 111,983,541,550 US$1976: 114,878,808,257 US$1977: 129,874,904,775 US$1978: 149,751,692,255 US$1979: 172,025,315,213 US$1980: 214,340,972,560 US$1981: 217,371,637,411 US$1982: 211,057,665,283 US$1983: 218,463,321,625 US$1984: 207,115,614,730 US$1985: 276,909,396,165 US$1986: 280,777,306,598 US$1987: 324,500,384,589 US$1988: 347,888,570,000 US$1989: 365,298,264,607 US$1990: 419,663,298,044 US$1991: 445,452,342,170 US$1992: 403,403,228,492 US$1993: 406,401,016,175 US$1994: 385,813,644,509 US$1995: 442,845,586,110 US$1996: 449,379,848,940 US$1997: 466,997,111,804 US$1998: 445,385,985,670 US$1999: 443,004,263,821 US$2000: 460,217,547,070 US$2001: 428,997,419,765 US$2002: 451,888,819,011 US$2003: 591,897,845,034 US$2004: 728,128,289,490 US$2005: 851,008,274,262 US$2006: 966,638,172,664 US$2007: 1,111,601,187,682 US$2008: 1,222,446,370,139 US$2009: 1,178,993,678,238 US$2010: 1,388,739,047,050 US$2011: 1,559,463,005,433 US$2012: 1,635,266,970,783 US$2013: 1,736,617,699,670 US$2014: 1,836,350,321,069 US$2015: 1,638,937,603,383 US$2016: 1,497,589,411,681 US$2017: 1,627,439,403,215 US$2018: 1,749,477,353,085 US$2019: 1,996,537,889,575 US$2020: 1,869,459,961,248 US$2021: 2,091,364,875,890 US$2022: 2,227,812,446,238 US$2023: 2,063,180,140,039 US$2024: 1,932,220,028,858 US$2025: 2,146,789,639,551 US$
Change over the period: +2.11T (+5,336.02%) Average annual rate: 7.01 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 2.15T US$
World 118T US$
Gross national income — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.15T +215B +11.1%
2024 1.93T −131B −6.35%
2023 2.06T −165B −7.39%
2022 2.23T +136B +6.52%
2021 2.09T +222B +11.87%
2020 1.87T −127B −6.36%
2019 2T +247B +14.12%
2018 1.75T +122B +7.5%
2017 1.63T +130B +8.67%
2016 1.5T −141B −8.62%
2015 1.64T −197B −10.75%
2014 1.84T +99.73B +5.74%
2013 1.74T +101B +6.2%
2012 1.64T +75.8B +4.86%
2011 1.56T +171B +12.29%
2010 1.39T +210B +17.79%
2009 1.18T −43.45B −3.55%
2008 1.22T +111B +9.97%
2007 1.11T +145B +15%
2006 967B +116B +13.59%
2005 851B +123B +16.88%
2004 728B +136B +23.02%
2003 592B +140B +30.98%
2002 452B +22.89B +5.34%
2001 429B −31.22B −6.78%
2000 460B +17.21B +3.89%
1999 443B −2.38B −0.53%
1998 445B −21.61B −4.63%
1997 467B +17.62B +3.92%
1996 449B +6.53B +1.48%
1995 443B +57.03B +14.78%
1994 386B −20.59B −5.07%
1993 406B +3B +0.74%
1992 403B −42.05B −9.44%
1991 445B +25.79B +6.15%
1990 420B +54.37B +14.88%
1989 365B +17.41B +5%
1988 348B +23.39B +7.21%
1987 325B +43.72B +15.57%
1986 281B +3.87B +1.4%
1985 277B +69.79B +33.7%
1984 207B −11.35B −5.19%
1983 218B +7.41B +3.51%
1982 211B −6.31B −2.9%
1981 217B +3.03B +1.41%
1980 214B +42.32B +24.6%
1979 172B +22.27B +14.87%
1978 150B +19.88B +15.3%
1977 130B +15B +13.05%
1976 115B +2.9B +2.59%
1975 112B +9.1B +8.85%
1974 103B +17.38B +20.33%
1973 85.5B +18.65B +27.9%
1972 66.84B +5.84B +9.58%
1971 61B +5.21B +9.33%
1970 55.8B +4.24B +8.22%
1969 51.56B +5.27B +11.37%
1968 46.29B +4.59B +10.99%
1967 41.71B +2.22B +5.61%
1966 39.49B

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.