GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): GDP per capita growth was 1.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual %.
Analysis
In 2025, gdp per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 1.6%.
The figure is up 46.8% on the previous year and up 749.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gdp per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 6.1% in 1969 and was at its lowest, -5.7%, in 2020.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -1.3% | — |
| 1962 | 3.5% | -363.6% |
| 1963 | 3.6% | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 2.4% | -35.3% |
| 1965 | 2.0% | -13.2% |
| 1966 | -0.6% | -127.5% |
| 1967 | -3.3% | +487.6% |
| 1968 | 0.5% | -113.6% |
| 1969 | 6.1% | +1262.3% |
| 1970 | 4.9% | -19.4% |
| 1971 | 4.8% | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | -95.3% |
| 1973 | 1.5% | +545.4% |
| 1974 | 4.5% | +211.7% |
| 1975 | -3.0% | -166.2% |
| 1976 | 2.2% | -174.5% |
| 1977 | -0.1% | -102.3% |
| 1978 | -3.1% | +5950.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8% | -127.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7% | -14.1% |
| 1981 | -3.7% | -613.1% |
| 1982 | -4.2% | +12.5% |
| 1983 | -5.4% | +28.2% |
| 1984 | -0.6% | -88.2% |
| 1985 | -0.9% | +43.3% |
| 1986 | -1.0% | +13.1% |
| 1987 | -0.0% | -99.8% |
| 1988 | 1.5% | -81978.9% |
| 1989 | -0.5% | -134.9% |
| 1990 | -0.6% | +2.4% |
| 1991 | -2.3% | +316.3% |
| 1992 | -3.2% | +37.2% |
| 1993 | -3.7% | +18.2% |
| 1994 | -1.6% | -56.5% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | -138.7% |
| 1996 | 2.4% | +277.0% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -42.3% |
| 1998 | -0.2% | -112.5% |
| 1999 | -0.5% | +197.9% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | -242.7% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +103.2% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | +143.0% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | -62.0% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | +182.1% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | -17.8% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 3.3% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | -28.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -85.4% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | +832.0% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -53.9% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -62.6% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | +343.8% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | -20.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -90.0% |
| 2016 | -1.3% | -794.8% |
| 2017 | -0.2% | -88.2% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -167.0% |
| 2019 | -0.1% | -186.0% |
| 2020 | -5.7% | +6208.9% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -117.4% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +48.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -85.6% |
| 2024 | 1.1% | +423.3% |
| 2025 | 1.6% | +46.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.4% | -3.3% | 6.1% | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.3% | -3.1% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.4% | -5.4% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.8% | -3.7% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 0.3% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | -1.3% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0% | -5.7% | 1.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 30 Djibouti 5.1% compare
- 31 Albania 5.0% compare
- 32 Guinea 5.0% compare
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.9% compare
- 34 Macau, China 4.8% compare
- 35 Kosovo 4.7% compare
- 35 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 4.7% compare
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 245.62 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -2.63 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.8257 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,188 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita 1,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 8.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.147 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gdp per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Gdp per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 1.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gdp per capita growth recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.1% in 1969.
- What is the lowest gdp per capita growth recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.7% in 2020.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for gdp per capita growth?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 33rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is gdp per capita growth rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 749.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of GDP per capita growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.