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South Africa — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for South Africa, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
15,906
GDP per Capita (PPP) · current international $ · +149.2% since 1990
GDP per capita (PPP) for South Africa was 15,906 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 6,275 in 1992 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.64% per year.
South Africa ranks 121 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4,379, so South Africa sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 19%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
15,906
First (1990)
6,382
Change
+149.2%
Highest
15,906
in 2025
Lowest
6,275
in 1992
Average
10,887
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.64%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | current international $ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,905.68 |
| 2024 | 15,478.65 |
| 2023 | 15,212.26 |
| 2022 | 14,746.71 |
| 2021 | 13,681.95 |
| 2020 | 12,671.09 |
| 2019 | 13,361.49 |
| 2018 | 13,347.36 |
| 2017 | 13,738.44 |
| 2016 | 13,519.32 |
| 2015 | 13,397.52 |
| 2014 | 13,358.94 |
Reading this correctly. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity. More meaningful than the nominal figure when comparing actual living standards across countries with very different price levels. Figures are in current international $. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.