Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Western Africa
Western Africa: Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita was 1,470 USD in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Western 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 Western Africa is 1,470 USD, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 11.0% on the previous year and down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross national income — value us$ per capita in Western Africa peaked at 2,086 USD in 2014 and was at its lowest, 376.23 USD, in 1970.
That places Western Africa 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 376.23 USD | — |
| 1971 | 417.06 USD | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 476.76 USD | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 529.85 USD | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 781.38 USD | +47.5% |
| 1975 | 964.26 USD | +23.4% |
| 1976 | 1,119 USD | +16.1% |
| 1977 | 1,259 USD | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 1,378 USD | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 1,611 USD | +16.8% |
| 1980 | 1,977 USD | +22.8% |
| 1981 | 1,779 USD | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 1,677 USD | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 1,614 USD | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 1,546 USD | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 1,470 USD | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 872.97 USD | -40.6% |
| 1987 | 573.5 USD | -34.3% |
| 1988 | 629.7 USD | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 548.45 USD | -12.9% |
| 1990 | 592.44 USD | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 578.13 USD | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 529.77 USD | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 518.59 USD | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 431.72 USD | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 474.57 USD | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 491.54 USD | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 480.61 USD | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 489.43 USD | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 484.23 USD | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 466.06 USD | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 482.07 USD | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 574.75 USD | +19.2% |
| 2003 | 644.57 USD | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 776.64 USD | +20.5% |
| 2005 | 920.97 USD | +18.6% |
| 2006 | 1,149 USD | +24.7% |
| 2007 | 1,263 USD | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 1,487 USD | +17.7% |
| 2009 | 1,284 USD | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 1,538 USD | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 1,686 USD | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 1,797 USD | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 1,965 USD | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 2,086 USD | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 1,815 USD | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 1,524 USD | -16.0% |
| 2017 | 1,452 USD | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 1,579 USD | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 1,682 USD | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 1,581 USD | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 1,634 USD | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 1,651 USD | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,470 USD | -11.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 891.33 USD | 376.23 USD | 1,611 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,269 USD | 548.45 USD | 1,977 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 507.1 USD | 431.72 USD | 592.44 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 904.77 USD | 466.06 USD | 1,487 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,712 USD | 1,452 USD | 2,086 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,584 USD | 1,470 USD | 1,651 USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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- 30 Andorra 46,812 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$ per capita -25.09 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,174 USD (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$, 2015 prices 4.28 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ -31.89 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 17.61 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross national income — value us$ per capita in Western Africa?
- Gross national income — value us$ per capita in Western Africa was 1,470 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,086 USD in 2014.
- What is the lowest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 376.23 USD in 1970.
- How does Western Africa rank for gross national income — value us$ per capita?
- Western Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gross national income — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. 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 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).