Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in South Africa
South Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 5,699 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in South Africa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in South Africa stood at 5,699 USD.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in South Africa peaked at 6,167 USD in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,112 USD, in 1992.
That places South Africa 115th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4,737 USD | — |
| 1971 | 4,797 USD | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 4,739 USD | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 4,816 USD | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 4,968 USD | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 4,914 USD | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 4,891 USD | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 4,756 USD | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 4,767 USD | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 4,816 USD | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 4,981 USD | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 5,072 USD | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 4,881 USD | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 4,626 USD | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 4,697 USD | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 4,488 USD | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 4,347 USD | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 4,302 USD | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 4,348 USD | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 4,324 USD | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 4,192 USD | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 4,165 USD | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 4,112 USD | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 4,191 USD | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 4,256 USD | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 4,334 USD | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 4,463 USD | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 4,524 USD | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 4,492 USD | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 4,550 USD | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 4,698 USD | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 4,783 USD | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 4,914 USD | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 5,008 USD | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 5,184 USD | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 5,403 USD | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 5,647 USD | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 5,888 USD | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 6,006 USD | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 5,843 USD | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 5,950 USD | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 6,063 USD | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 6,118 USD | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 6,167 USD | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 6,151 USD | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 6,108 USD | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,091 USD | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 6,122 USD | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 6,113 USD | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 6,029 USD | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 5,578 USD | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 5,751 USD | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 5,779 USD | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 5,737 USD | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 5,699 USD | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4,820 USD | 4,737 USD | 4,968 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,606 USD | 4,302 USD | 5,072 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,328 USD | 4,112 USD | 4,550 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,337 USD | 4,698 USD | 6,006 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,091 USD | 5,950 USD | 6,167 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,709 USD | 5,578 USD | 5,779 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,013 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 7.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.986 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 6,505 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 17.64 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 116,367 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in South Africa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in South Africa was 5,699 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,167 USD in 2013.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,112 USD in 1992.
- How does South Africa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- South Africa ranks 115th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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).