Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Africa
Africa: Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita was 1,837 USD in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Africa, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1,837 USD for gross national income — value us$ per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross national income — value us$ per capita in Africa peaked at 2,171 USD in 2014 and was at its lowest, 309.59 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 54 years of available data.
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 309.59 USD | — |
| 1971 | 335.95 USD | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 374.24 USD | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 441.72 USD | +18.0% |
| 1974 | 581.07 USD | +31.5% |
| 1975 | 651.61 USD | +12.1% |
| 1976 | 709.56 USD | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 796.69 USD | +12.3% |
| 1978 | 888.85 USD | +11.6% |
| 1979 | 1,008 USD | +13.4% |
| 1980 | 1,239 USD | +23.0% |
| 1981 | 1,142 USD | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 1,078 USD | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 1,055 USD | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 1,001 USD | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 952.48 USD | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 812.01 USD | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 754.03 USD | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 781.29 USD | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 765.67 USD | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 878.76 USD | +14.8% |
| 1991 | 863.55 USD | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 863.94 USD | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 791.8 USD | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 744.67 USD | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 800.46 USD | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 812.66 USD | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 826.08 USD | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 797.25 USD | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 784.28 USD | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 782.88 USD | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 747.21 USD | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 749.95 USD | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 877.85 USD | +17.1% |
| 2004 | 1,041 USD | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 1,198 USD | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 1,365 USD | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 1,529 USD | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 1,739 USD | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 1,619 USD | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 1,860 USD | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 2,010 USD | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 2,104 USD | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 2,103 USD | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,171 USD | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 1,935 USD | -10.9% |
| 2016 | 1,757 USD | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 1,779 USD | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,834 USD | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 1,865 USD | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,746 USD | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 1,891 USD | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 1,941 USD | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,837 USD | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 609.71 USD | 309.59 USD | 1,008 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 958.17 USD | 754.03 USD | 1,239 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 816.35 USD | 744.67 USD | 878.76 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,165 USD | 747.21 USD | 1,739 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,942 USD | 1,757 USD | 2,171 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,854 USD | 1,746 USD | 1,941 USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 23 Canada 53,760 USD compare
- 24 Finland 53,048 USD compare
- 25 Greenland 52,907 USD compare
- 26 San Marino 52,250 USD compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 48,893 USD compare
- 28 United Arab Emirates 48,672 USD compare
- 29 New Zealand 47,418 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 — Value US$, 2015 prices 3.04 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.98 % (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$, 2015 prices 2.89 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 7.84 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 88.82 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross national income — value us$ per capita in Africa?
- Gross national income — value us$ per capita in Africa was 1,837 USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,171 USD in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 309.59 USD in 1970.
- How does Africa rank for gross national income — value us$ per capita?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gross national income — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. 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 National Income — 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).