Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Africa
Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 2,047 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 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 in Africa is 2,047 USD, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.8% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Africa peaked at 2,241 USD in 2014 and was at its lowest, 319.71 USD, in 1970.
Africa ranks 26th 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 in Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 319.71 USD | — |
| 1971 | 346.05 USD | +8.2% |
| 1972 | 385.93 USD | +11.5% |
| 1973 | 455.33 USD | +18.0% |
| 1974 | 598.74 USD | +31.5% |
| 1975 | 667.37 USD | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 726.72 USD | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 815.18 USD | +12.2% |
| 1978 | 907.32 USD | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 1,031 USD | +13.6% |
| 1980 | 1,268 USD | +23.0% |
| 1981 | 1,173 USD | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 1,117 USD | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 1,093 USD | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,035 USD | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 990.9 USD | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 848.27 USD | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 787.32 USD | -7.2% |
| 1988 | 816.59 USD | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 799.12 USD | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 922.67 USD | +15.5% |
| 1991 | 903.31 USD | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 921.28 USD | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 837.55 USD | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 781.21 USD | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 826.44 USD | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 843.4 USD | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 851.49 USD | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 819.88 USD | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 810.67 USD | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 812.02 USD | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 774.96 USD | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 779.01 USD | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 909.91 USD | +16.8% |
| 2004 | 1,080 USD | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 1,244 USD | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 1,404 USD | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 1,589 USD | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 1,813 USD | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 1,675 USD | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 1,926 USD | +15.0% |
| 2011 | 2,090 USD | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 2,179 USD | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 2,182 USD | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,241 USD | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,984 USD | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 1,816 USD | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 1,847 USD | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,901 USD | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,932 USD | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,799 USD | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 1,956 USD | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 2,013 USD | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 1,898 USD | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 2,047 USD | +7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 625.33 USD | 319.71 USD | 1,031 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 992.74 USD | 787.32 USD | 1,268 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 851.79 USD | 781.21 USD | 922.67 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,208 USD | 774.96 USD | 1,813 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,010 USD | 1,816 USD | 2,241 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,943 USD | 1,799 USD | 2,047 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 23 Greenland 55,200 USD compare
- 24 Germany 55,113 USD compare
- 25 China, Hong Kong SAR 54,867 USD compare
- 26 Finland 53,482 USD compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 52,876 USD compare
- 28 New Zealand 49,321 USD compare
- 29 Andorra 49,304 USD compare
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 — Annual growth US$ 10.34 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ -6.42 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 19.18 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 668,776 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 594,014 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 0.5509 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 2.89 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 88.82 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Africa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Africa was 2,047 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,241 USD in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 319.71 USD in 1970.
- How does Africa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. 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. 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).