GDP per Capita / South Africa
South Africa GDP per Capita
South Africa gdp per capita data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 6,267.19.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: current US$
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-27 05:42:02
GM ECONOMY RATING
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
58 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
9.0 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
4.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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South Africa · gdp per capita data as current US$.
Latest
6,267.19
Previous
6,034.27
Range avg.
6,307.48
Rank
71
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CountrySouth Africa
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6,267.192024 · Rank 71
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 6,267.19 for GDP per Capita in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 6,034.27 in 2023; the absolute change was 232.91.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (6,307.48).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 5,580.60 in 2020 to 6,914.18 in 2018.
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