Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 5,489 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Southern Africa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 5,489 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Southern Africa peaked at 5,898 USD in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,908 USD, in 1992.
That places Southern Africa 18th out of 29 groups 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4,352 USD | — |
| 1971 | 4,410 USD | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 4,363 USD | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 4,437 USD | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 4,578 USD | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 4,532 USD | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 4,513 USD | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 4,392 USD | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 4,405 USD | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 4,447 USD | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 4,600 USD | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 4,687 USD | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 4,519 USD | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 4,292 USD | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 4,359 USD | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 4,177 USD | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 4,061 USD | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 4,029 USD | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 4,077 USD | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 4,080 USD | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 3,967 USD | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 3,952 USD | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 3,908 USD | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 3,973 USD | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 4,031 USD | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 4,110 USD | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 4,230 USD | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 4,296 USD | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 4,266 USD | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 4,331 USD | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 4,462 USD | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 4,536 USD | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 4,663 USD | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 4,758 USD | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 4,930 USD | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 5,134 USD | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 5,374 USD | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 5,605 USD | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 5,715 USD | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 5,539 USD | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 5,656 USD | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 5,773 USD | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 5,826 USD | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 5,896 USD | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 5,898 USD | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,853 USD | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 5,845 USD | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 5,869 USD | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 5,865 USD | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,789 USD | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 5,347 USD | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 5,523 USD | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 5,560 USD | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 5,530 USD | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 5,489 USD | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4,443 USD | 4,352 USD | 4,578 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,288 USD | 4,029 USD | 4,687 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,106 USD | 3,908 USD | 4,331 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,072 USD | 4,462 USD | 5,715 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,827 USD | 5,656 USD | 5,898 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,490 USD | 5,347 USD | 5,560 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Southern Africa
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 1.01 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 437,021 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 15.7 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 5,975 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 401,475 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 3.65 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 0.5481 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 15.36 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices -3.16 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Southern Africa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Southern Africa was 5,489 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,898 USD in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,908 USD in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Southern Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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).