Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Western Africa
Western Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 1,174 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Western Africa, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1,174 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 25.1% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Western Africa peaked at 2,186 USD in 2014 and was at its lowest, 384.79 USD, in 1970.
That places Western Africa 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 384.79 USD | — |
| 1971 | 426.35 USD | +10.8% |
| 1972 | 487.8 USD | +14.4% |
| 1973 | 542.05 USD | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 797.01 USD | +47.0% |
| 1975 | 970.68 USD | +21.8% |
| 1976 | 1,127 USD | +16.1% |
| 1977 | 1,271 USD | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 1,394 USD | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 1,630 USD | +16.9% |
| 1980 | 2,010 USD | +23.3% |
| 1981 | 1,809 USD | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 1,719 USD | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 1,646 USD | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 1,585 USD | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 1,512 USD | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 927.83 USD | -38.7% |
| 1987 | 627.78 USD | -32.3% |
| 1988 | 680.88 USD | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 588.82 USD | -13.5% |
| 1990 | 637.98 USD | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 620.03 USD | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 577.01 USD | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 560.12 USD | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 458.38 USD | -18.2% |
| 1995 | 496.96 USD | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 515.64 USD | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 504.32 USD | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 513.67 USD | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 510.69 USD | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 494.23 USD | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 509.61 USD | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 600.91 USD | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 670.09 USD | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 801.69 USD | +19.6% |
| 2005 | 951.55 USD | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 1,168 USD | +22.8% |
| 2007 | 1,335 USD | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 1,574 USD | +17.9% |
| 2009 | 1,371 USD | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 1,632 USD | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 1,790 USD | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 1,905 USD | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 2,079 USD | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 2,186 USD | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 1,882 USD | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 1,619 USD | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 1,549 USD | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 1,693 USD | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 1,797 USD | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 1,675 USD | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 1,740 USD | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 1,773 USD | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,568 USD | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 1,174 USD | -25.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 903.06 USD | 384.79 USD | 1,630 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,311 USD | 588.82 USD | 2,010 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 539.48 USD | 458.38 USD | 637.98 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 947.75 USD | 494.23 USD | 1,574 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,813 USD | 1,549 USD | 2,186 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,586 USD | 1,174 USD | 1,773 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 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
- 30 United Arab Emirates 48,705 USD compare
- 31 France 47,515 USD compare
- 32 Malta 45,075 USD compare
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, 2015 prices 1,939 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 in Western Africa?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Western Africa was 1,174 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,186 USD in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 384.79 USD in 1970.
- How does Western Africa rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Western Africa ranks 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. 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. 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).