Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Africa
Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 2,011 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Africa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Africa is 2,011 USD, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Africa peaked at 2,015 USD in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,347 USD, in 1994.
Africa ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,358 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,386 USD | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 1,417 USD | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 1,437 USD | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 1,498 USD | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 1,488 USD | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,537 USD | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 1,561 USD | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 1,544 USD | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 1,544 USD | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,552 USD | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 1,515 USD | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 1,486 USD | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 1,427 USD | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 1,427 USD | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,433 USD | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 1,412 USD | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 1,389 USD | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,414 USD | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 1,419 USD | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,526 USD | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 1,518 USD | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 1,496 USD | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 1,355 USD | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 1,347 USD | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,350 USD | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,385 USD | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 1,396 USD | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,404 USD | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,408 USD | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 1,425 USD | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 1,448 USD | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 1,490 USD | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 1,528 USD | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 1,579 USD | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1,634 USD | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 1,687 USD | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 1,746 USD | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 1,796 USD | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 1,816 USD | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,879 USD | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,868 USD | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,920 USD | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1,939 USD | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,967 USD | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,984 USD | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,970 USD | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,990 USD | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,005 USD | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,015 USD | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,915 USD | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 1,959 USD | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,986 USD | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 2,000 USD | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,011 USD | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,477 USD | 1,358 USD | 1,561 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,447 USD | 1,389 USD | 1,552 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,418 USD | 1,347 USD | 1,526 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,615 USD | 1,425 USD | 1,816 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,954 USD | 1,868 USD | 2,015 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,974 USD | 1,915 USD | 2,011 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More economy & growth data for Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.96 Percent per annum (2028)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.26 Percent per annum (2028)
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 10.08 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 2.89 % (2024)
- GDP Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 101.78 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 7.84 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 10.34 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 88.82 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 2,047 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 3.04 million million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Africa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Africa was 2,011 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,015 USD in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,347 USD in 1994.
- How does Africa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).