Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita was 5,680 USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Southern Africa, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross national income — value us$ per capita in Southern Africa is 5,680 USD, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross national income — value us$ per capita in Southern Africa peaked at 7,985 USD in 2011 and was at its lowest, 739.25 USD, in 1970.
That places Southern Africa 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, 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 National Income — Value US$ per capita in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 739.25 USD | — |
| 1971 | 796.55 USD | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 812.29 USD | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 1,081 USD | +33.1% |
| 1974 | 1,316 USD | +21.7% |
| 1975 | 1,318 USD | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 1,233 USD | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 1,333 USD | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 1,493 USD | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 1,792 USD | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 2,500 USD | +39.5% |
| 1981 | 2,484 USD | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 2,208 USD | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 2,380 USD | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 2,034 USD | -14.5% |
| 1985 | 1,495 USD | -26.5% |
| 1986 | 1,658 USD | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 2,133 USD | +28.7% |
| 1988 | 2,235 USD | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 2,283 USD | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 2,590 USD | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 2,797 USD | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 3,048 USD | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 3,050 USD | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,195 USD | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 3,572 USD | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 3,353 USD | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 3,432 USD | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 3,072 USD | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 3,004 USD | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 2,989 USD | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 2,627 USD | -12.1% |
| 2002 | 2,500 USD | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 3,762 USD | +50.4% |
| 2004 | 4,850 USD | +28.9% |
| 2005 | 5,413 USD | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 5,641 USD | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 6,040 USD | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 5,689 USD | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 5,894 USD | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 7,369 USD | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 7,985 USD | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 7,465 USD | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 6,806 USD | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 6,411 USD | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 5,724 USD | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 5,299 USD | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 6,157 USD | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 6,432 USD | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 6,099 USD | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 5,268 USD | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 6,407 USD | +21.6% |
| 2022 | 6,127 USD | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 5,680 USD | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,191 USD | 739.25 USD | 1,792 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,141 USD | 1,495 USD | 2,500 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,111 USD | 2,590 USD | 3,572 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,540 USD | 2,500 USD | 6,040 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,575 USD | 5,299 USD | 7,985 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,870 USD | 5,268 USD | 6,407 USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 14 Australia 64,844 USD compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 1,759 USD compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 63,271 USD compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 61,994 USD compare
- 17 Sweden 57,490 USD compare
- 18 Austria 56,064 USD compare
- 19 Belgium 55,798 USD compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 643.63 USD compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 4,942 USD compare
- 20 China, Hong Kong SAR 55,759 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 — Value US$, 2015 prices 61,673 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 5,975 USD (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 Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 2.74 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 15.36 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross national income — value us$ per capita in Southern Africa?
- Gross national income — value us$ per capita in Southern Africa was 5,680 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,985 USD in 2011.
- What is the lowest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 739.25 USD in 1970.
- How does Southern Africa rank for gross national income — value us$ per capita?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gross national income — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. 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 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).