Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Western Africa
Western Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 1,939 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Western Africa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1,939 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Western Africa peaked at 1,939 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,067 USD, in 1984.
Western Africa ranks 25th 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,197 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,300 USD | +8.6% |
| 1972 | 1,341 USD | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 1,368 USD | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 1,457 USD | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 1,425 USD | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 1,476 USD | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 1,532 USD | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 1,479 USD | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 1,419 USD | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 1,386 USD | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 1,340 USD | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 1,241 USD | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 1,105 USD | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 1,067 USD | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 1,096 USD | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 1,079 USD | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 1,078 USD | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,115 USD | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 1,116 USD | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1,176 USD | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 1,155 USD | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,163 USD | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,119 USD | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 1,086 USD | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 1,073 USD | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 1,094 USD | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 1,102 USD | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,109 USD | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,102 USD | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,115 USD | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1,142 USD | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1,236 USD | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 1,277 USD | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,334 USD | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 1,376 USD | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,414 USD | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,457 USD | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,509 USD | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1,568 USD | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 1,661 USD | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 1,699 USD | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1,745 USD | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 1,803 USD | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,867 USD | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 1,882 USD | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,842 USD | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 1,843 USD | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,856 USD | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,873 USD | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,814 USD | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,848 USD | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,877 USD | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,901 USD | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1,939 USD | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,399 USD | 1,197 USD | 1,532 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,162 USD | 1,067 USD | 1,386 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,118 USD | 1,073 USD | 1,176 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,343 USD | 1,115 USD | 1,568 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,807 USD | 1,661 USD | 1,882 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,876 USD | 1,814 USD | 1,939 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Western Africa
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 2.53 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 535,797 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.28 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,174 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 884,444 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ -23.38 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita -25.09 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1.95 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 17.61 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 5.14 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Western Africa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Western Africa was 1,939 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,939 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,067 USD in 1984.
- How does Western Africa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Western Africa ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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).