Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 5,975 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Southern Africa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 5,975 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Southern Africa peaked at 8,173 USD in 2011 and was at its lowest, 779.74 USD, in 1970.
Southern Africa ranks 17th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 779.74 USD | — |
| 1971 | 837.1 USD | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 854.02 USD | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 1,135 USD | +32.9% |
| 1974 | 1,383 USD | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 1,394 USD | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,304 USD | -6.5% |
| 1977 | 1,411 USD | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 1,580 USD | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 1,895 USD | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 2,644 USD | +39.5% |
| 1981 | 2,626 USD | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 2,329 USD | -11.3% |
| 1983 | 2,505 USD | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 2,143 USD | -14.5% |
| 1985 | 1,589 USD | -25.9% |
| 1986 | 1,762 USD | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 2,242 USD | +27.2% |
| 1988 | 2,344 USD | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 2,391 USD | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 2,712 USD | +13.4% |
| 1991 | 2,913 USD | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 3,185 USD | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 3,194 USD | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 3,282 USD | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 3,624 USD | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 3,409 USD | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 3,487 USD | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 3,124 USD | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 3,073 USD | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 3,054 USD | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,709 USD | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 2,559 USD | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 3,849 USD | +50.4% |
| 2004 | 4,936 USD | +28.2% |
| 2005 | 5,512 USD | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 5,740 USD | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 6,219 USD | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 5,853 USD | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 6,014 USD | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 7,519 USD | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 8,173 USD | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 7,653 USD | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 6,970 USD | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 6,567 USD | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 5,853 USD | -10.9% |
| 2016 | 5,448 USD | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 6,342 USD | +16.4% |
| 2018 | 6,631 USD | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 6,260 USD | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 5,353 USD | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 6,530 USD | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 6,249 USD | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 5,765 USD | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 5,975 USD | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,257 USD | 779.74 USD | 1,895 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,258 USD | 1,589 USD | 2,644 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,200 USD | 2,712 USD | 3,624 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,645 USD | 2,559 USD | 6,219 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,742 USD | 5,448 USD | 8,173 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,975 USD | 5,353 USD | 6,530 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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
- 17 United Republic of Tanzania 1,187 USD compare
- 18 Israel 57,727 USD compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 740.18 USD compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 651.53 USD compare
- 19 Sweden 57,468 USD compare
- 20 Austria 57,192 USD compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 5,381 USD compare
- 20 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 633.08 USD compare
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, 2015 prices 5,489 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 in Southern Africa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Southern Africa was 5,975 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,173 USD in 2011.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 779.74 USD in 1970.
- How does Southern Africa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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. 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).