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IndicatorGDP per capita
Latest dataset year2025
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SourceWorld Bank — World Development Indicators
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North Africa

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West Africa

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Central Africa

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Southern Africa

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GDP per capita — South Africa

Latest available year: 2025 · Data available from 1960 Latest is based on data available for South Africa.

What this indicator means: Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. Frequency: annual · Unit: current US$ per person.

Historical time seriesChoose the period for South Africa. Missing years are shown as gaps rather than connected data.

GDP per capita in South Africa

1960–2025 · current US$ per person

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9,2957,4135,5303,6481,765-117 current US$ per person 196019731986199920122025
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Source & methodology

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · View original source

World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are imported as published; null observations are excluded.

Status: verified · Last updated: 2026-09-12 17:02:20

First value5321960
Latest value6,5982025
Change over period+1,139.83%1960 to 2025
Observations66complete annual series

Understanding GDP per capita in South Africa

Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. AfriFacto presents the available historical observations so readers can understand the direction, scale and changes in gdp per capita over time. Where a source does not report a year, AfriFacto leaves that year as missing rather than estimating a value.

Historical data table

YearGDP per capitaSourceStatus
20256,598 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20246,267 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20236,034 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20226,534 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20216,829 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20205,581 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20196,534 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20186,914 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20176,618 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20165,651 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20156,112 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20146,857 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20137,332 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20128,077 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20118,646 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20107,973 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20096,375 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20086,185 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20076,592 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20066,077 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20055,837 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20045,221 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20034,062 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20022,688 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20012,847 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20003,218 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19993,242 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19983,310 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19973,700 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19963,618 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19953,856 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19943,489 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19933,400 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19923,462 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19913,243 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19903,093 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19892,727 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19882,702 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19872,586 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19862,027 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19851,839 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19842,504 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19832,938 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19822,717 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19813,050 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19803,029 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19792,202 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19781,852 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19771,671 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19761,559 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19751,670 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19741,656 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19731,369 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19721,038 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19711,020 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1970952 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1969891 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1968817 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1967779 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1966722 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1965685 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1964646 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1963605 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1962563 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1961546 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1960532 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified

African GDP per capita ranking 2025 · current US$ per person

The ranking uses the selected year. Countries without an observation for that year are omitted.

RankCountryGDP per capitaYear
1South Africa6,5982025
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Southern Africa · Latest imported 2025

GDP per capita6,597.71current US$ per person
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