GDP per capita (current US$)
South Africa · current US$ · published annual by World Bank Open Data
Aggregates
descriptive statistics over the recorded seriesLatest
6,598
2025-01-01
Change vs previous period
+5.27%
Lowest on record
532
Highest on record
8,646
Median
3,156
Standard deviation
2,338
Observations
66
Consecutive moves
2 up
Series
current US$ · annualRANGE
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.
Observations
66 of 66 observations, most recent first| Period | Value | Revision | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 6,598 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2024-01-01 | 6,267 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2023-01-01 | 6,034 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2022-01-01 | 6,534 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2021-01-01 | 6,829 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2020-01-01 | 5,581 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2019-01-01 | 6,534 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2018-01-01 | 6,914 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2017-01-01 | 6,618 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2016-01-01 | 5,651 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2015-01-01 | 6,112 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2014-01-01 | 6,857 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2013-01-01 | 7,332 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2012-01-01 | 8,077 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2011-01-01 | 8,646 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2010-01-01 | 7,973 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2009-01-01 | 6,375 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2008-01-01 | 6,185 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2007-01-01 | 6,592 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2006-01-01 | 6,077 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2005-01-01 | 5,837 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2004-01-01 | 5,221 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2003-01-01 | 4,062 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2002-01-01 | 2,688 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2001-01-01 | 2,847 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2000-01-01 | 3,218 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1999-01-01 | 3,242 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1998-01-01 | 3,310 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1997-01-01 | 3,700 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1996-01-01 | 3,618 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1995-01-01 | 3,856 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1994-01-01 | 3,489 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1993-01-01 | 3,400 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1992-01-01 | 3,462 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1991-01-01 | 3,243 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1990-01-01 | 3,093 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1989-01-01 | 2,727 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1988-01-01 | 2,702 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1987-01-01 | 2,586 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1986-01-01 | 2,027 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1985-01-01 | 1,839 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1984-01-01 | 2,504 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1983-01-01 | 2,938 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1982-01-01 | 2,717 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1981-01-01 | 3,050 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1980-01-01 | 3,029 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1979-01-01 | 2,202 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1978-01-01 | 1,852 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1977-01-01 | 1,671 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1976-01-01 | 1,559 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1975-01-01 | 1,670 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1974-01-01 | 1,656 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1973-01-01 | 1,369 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1972-01-01 | 1,038 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1971-01-01 | 1,020 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1970-01-01 | 952 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1969-01-01 | 891 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1968-01-01 | 817 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1967-01-01 | 779 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1966-01-01 | 722 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1965-01-01 | 685 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1964-01-01 | 646 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1963-01-01 | 605 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1962-01-01 | 563 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1961-01-01 | 546 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1960-01-01 | 532 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13