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South Africa — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for South Africa, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6,598
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +1139.8% since 1960
GDP per capita for South Africa was 6,598 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8,646 in 2011. The lowest was 532 in 1960 (about 12.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.95% per year.
South Africa ranks 125 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so South Africa sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 24% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6,598
First (1960)
532
Change
+1139.8%
Highest
8,646
in 2011
Lowest
532
in 1960
Average
3,636
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.95%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,597.71 |
| 2024 | 6,267.19 |
| 2023 | 6,034.27 |
| 2022 | 6,534.25 |
| 2021 | 6,828.76 |
| 2020 | 5,580.6 |
| 2019 | 6,533.71 |
| 2018 | 6,914.18 |
| 2017 | 6,618.34 |
| 2016 | 5,651.21 |
| 2015 | 6,112.27 |
| 2014 | 6,856.73 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.