Nigeria vs South Africa: Gross National Income — Value US$
Gross National Income — Value US$ over time
- Nigeria
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 372,626 million USD against 344,074 million USD in Nigeria, a difference of 28,552 million USD.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 39th and South Africa ranks 37th of 203 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 92,013 million USD | 33,188 million USD | 58,825 million USD | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 158,807 million USD | 78,634 million USD | 80,172 million USD | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 51,413 million USD | 145,203 million USD | 93,790 million USD | South Africa |
| 2000s | 169,141 million USD | 238,675 million USD | 69,534 million USD | South Africa |
| 2010s | 422,318 million USD | 384,064 million USD | 38,254 million USD | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 396,995 million USD | 378,545 million USD | 18,450 million USD | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross national income — value us$, Nigeria or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 372,626 million USD against 344,074 million USD in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gross national income — value us$ between Nigeria and South Africa?
- 28,552 million USD, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South Africa?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and South Africa rank globally for gross national income — value us$?
- Nigeria ranks 39th and South Africa ranks 37th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Gross National Income — Value US$. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).