Caribbean vs Southern Africa: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
Caribbean
0.2%
in 2025
Southern Africa
-0.1%
in 2025
Caribbean rank
36th
Southern Africa rank
39th
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person over time
- Caribbean
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 0.2% against -0.1% in Southern Africa, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.7 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 36th and Southern Africa ranks 39th of 39 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Southern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 2.3% | 0.7% | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | -0.0% | 0.6% | 0.7% | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | -0.1% | -0.4% | 0.4% | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person, Caribbean or Southern Africa?
- Caribbean, at 0.2% against -0.1% in Southern Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person between Caribbean and Southern Africa?
- 0.3%, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Southern Africa?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Caribbean and Southern Africa rank globally for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person?
- Caribbean ranks 36th and Southern Africa ranks 39th of 39 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.