Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in South America
South America: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 9,997 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in South America, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in South America stood at 9,997 USD.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in South America peaked at 11,334 USD in 2013 and was at its lowest, 608.35 USD, in 1970.
That places South America 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in South America, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 608.35 USD | — |
| 1971 | 677.18 USD | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 726.54 USD | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 899.04 USD | +23.7% |
| 1974 | 1,100 USD | +22.4% |
| 1975 | 1,159 USD | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 1,291 USD | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 1,464 USD | +13.4% |
| 1978 | 1,582 USD | +8.1% |
| 1979 | 1,800 USD | +13.8% |
| 1980 | 1,916 USD | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 2,201 USD | +14.9% |
| 1982 | 2,213 USD | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 1,847 USD | -16.5% |
| 1984 | 1,754 USD | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 1,716 USD | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 1,917 USD | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 1,992 USD | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 2,183 USD | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 2,264 USD | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 2,592 USD | +14.5% |
| 1991 | 2,693 USD | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 2,833 USD | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 2,998 USD | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 3,693 USD | +23.2% |
| 1995 | 4,427 USD | +19.9% |
| 1996 | 4,678 USD | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 4,902 USD | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 4,759 USD | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 3,780 USD | -20.6% |
| 2000 | 3,939 USD | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 3,568 USD | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 2,785 USD | -21.9% |
| 2003 | 2,969 USD | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 3,554 USD | +19.7% |
| 2005 | 4,493 USD | +26.4% |
| 2006 | 5,405 USD | +20.3% |
| 2007 | 6,621 USD | +22.5% |
| 2008 | 7,992 USD | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 7,748 USD | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 9,843 USD | +27.0% |
| 2011 | 11,197 USD | +13.8% |
| 2012 | 11,227 USD | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 11,334 USD | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 11,032 USD | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 9,160 USD | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 8,709 USD | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 9,616 USD | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 8,947 USD | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 8,406 USD | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 6,867 USD | -18.3% |
| 2021 | 7,919 USD | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 9,064 USD | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 9,817 USD | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 9,997 USD | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,131 USD | 608.35 USD | 1,800 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,000 USD | 1,716 USD | 2,264 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,735 USD | 2,592 USD | 4,902 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,907 USD | 2,785 USD | 7,992 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,947 USD | 8,406 USD | 11,334 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,732 USD | 6,867 USD | 9,997 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 China, Macao SAR 69,679 USD compare
- 14 Australia 68,728 USD compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 67,341 USD compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 1,343 USD compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 65,559 USD compare
- 17 San Marino 61,004 USD compare
- 18 Israel 57,727 USD compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 651.53 USD compare
- 19 Sweden 57,468 USD compare
More economy & growth data for South America
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 9.17 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 4.35 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 682,399 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 9,035 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 3.93 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 2.44 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 1.83 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 2.12 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 17.35 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 0.8745 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in South America?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in South America was 9,997 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 11,334 USD in 2013.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 608.35 USD in 1970.
- How does South America rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- South America ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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).