Global Statistics and Country Indicators
South Africa GDP per Capita Over Time (1980–2027)
GDP per Capita
Data table
| 1980 | 3,131 | 1992 | 3,801 | 2004 | 5,393 | 2016 | 5,721 |
| 1981 | 3,176 | 1993 | 3,715 | 2005 | 6,008 | 2017 | 6,647 |
| 1982 | 2,849 | 1994 | 3,786 | 2006 | 6,251 | 2018 | 6,956 |
| 1983 | 3,104 | 1995 | 4,144 | 2007 | 6,752 | 2019 | 6,583 |
| 1984 | 2,665 | 1996 | 3,867 | 2008 | 6,338 | 2020 | 5,631 |
| 1985 | 1,973 | 1997 | 3,931 | 2009 | 6,538 | 2021 | 6,924 |
| 1986 | 2,191 | 1998 | 3,500 | 2010 | 8,118 | 2022 | 6,640 |
| 1987 | 2,814 | 1999 | 3,415 | 2011 | 8,785 | 2023 | 6,133 |
| 1988 | 2,963 | 2000 | 3,377 | 2012 | 8,186 | 2024 | 6,365 |
| 1989 | 3,008 | 2001 | 2,974 | 2013 | 7,432 | 2025 | 6,769 |
| 1990 | 3,425 | 2002 | 2,778 | 2014 | 6,952 | 2026 | 7,659 |
| 1991 | 3,585 | 2003 | 4,191 | 2015 | 6,223 | 2027 | 8,009 |
GDP per Capita
Data table
| 1980 | 2,438 | 1992 | 10,838 | 2004 | 34,784 | 2016 | 84,176 |
| 1981 | 2,787 | 1993 | 12,137 | 2005 | 38,222 | 2017 | 88,523 |
| 1982 | 3,094 | 1994 | 13,439 | 2006 | 42,301 | 2018 | 92,099 |
| 1983 | 3,459 | 1995 | 15,031 | 2007 | 47,633 | 2019 | 95,131 |
| 1984 | 3,932 | 1996 | 16,615 | 2008 | 52,300 | 2020 | 92,708 |
| 1985 | 4,396 | 1997 | 18,112 | 2009 | 55,163 | 2021 | 102,352 |
| 1986 | 5,004 | 1998 | 19,362 | 2010 | 59,442 | 2022 | 108,654 |
| 1987 | 5,730 | 1999 | 20,877 | 2011 | 63,716 | 2023 | 113,182 |
| 1988 | 6,735 | 2000 | 23,419 | 2012 | 67,204 | 2024 | 116,676 |
| 1989 | 7,887 | 2001 | 25,586 | 2013 | 71,721 | 2025 | 121,104 |
| 1990 | 8,862 | 2002 | 29,216 | 2014 | 75,394 | 2026 | 125,727 |
| 1991 | 9,898 | 2003 | 31,707 | 2015 | 79,352 | 2027 | 130,688 |
Real GDP per Capita
Data table
| 1980 | 71,159 | 1992 | 59,140 | 2004 | 68,212 | 2016 | 78,704 |
| 1981 | 73,006 | 1993 | 58,419 | 2005 | 70,981 | 2017 | 78,473 |
| 1982 | 70,748 | 1994 | 58,906 | 2006 | 74,063 | 2018 | 78,508 |
| 1983 | 67,559 | 1995 | 59,443 | 2007 | 77,046 | 2019 | 77,517 |
| 1984 | 69,109 | 1996 | 60,825 | 2008 | 78,437 | 2020 | 71,678 |
| 1985 | 66,517 | 1997 | 61,317 | 2009 | 76,136 | 2021 | 74,369 |
| 1986 | 64,900 | 1998 | 60,650 | 2010 | 77,304 | 2022 | 75,016 |
| 1987 | 64,718 | 1999 | 61,182 | 2011 | 78,513 | 2023 | 74,619 |
| 1988 | 65,899 | 2000 | 62,858 | 2012 | 79,105 | 2024 | 74,023 |
| 1989 | 65,918 | 2001 | 63,705 | 2013 | 79,761 | 2025 | 74,747 |
| 1990 | 64,156 | 2002 | 64,640 | 2014 | 79,575 | 2026 | 74,629 |
| 1991 | 61,953 | 2003 | 65,935 | 2015 | 79,352 | 2027 | 74,721 |