South Africa GDP per Capita
The economy's output in a full calendar year divided by the number of people living there that year: the usual measure of average living standards.
R118k
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1993 to 2025
Source: Calculated: GDP for each complete calendar year divided by that year's population. GDP: FRED series NGDPSAXDCZAQ · IMF International Financial Statistics, quarterly, with the latest quarters from the OECD quarterly national accounts. Population: World Bank · Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL).
South Africa GDP per Capita in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In South Africa, the GDP per capita rose by R3.2k in 2025, from R115k in 2024.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in 1993.
Over the past five years it has ranged from R91.9k in 2020 to R118k in 2025.
South Africa is 53rd of 61 countries in our GDP per Capita by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- Calculated: GDP for each complete calendar year divided by that year's population. GDP: FRED series NGDPSAXDCZAQ
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- $
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-09. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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