South Africa GDP per Capita Over Time (1980–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

GDP per Capita (USD)

Global rank: 107 / 190

Data table

1980	3,075	1992	3,803	2004	5,393	2016	5,732
1981	3,123	1993	3,716	2005	6,008	2017	6,665
1982	2,806	1994	3,786	2006	6,251	2018	6,980
1983	3,063	1995	4,145	2007	6,737	2019	6,610
1984	2,634	1996	3,870	2008	6,321	2020	5,660
1985	1,955	1997	3,938	2009	6,522	2021	6,971
1986	2,176	1998	3,508	2010	8,102	2022	6,694
1987	2,801	1999	3,424	2011	8,773	2023	6,193
1988	2,955	2000	3,382	2012	8,177	2024	6,435
1989	3,004	2001	2,964	2013	7,429	2025	6,769
1990	3,426	2002	2,778	2014	6,951	2026	7,503
1991	3,588	2003	4,191	2015	6,227

GDP per Capita (Local currency - ZAR)

Data table

1980	2,395	1992	10,844	2004	34,784	2016	84,335
1981	2,740	1993	12,140	2005	38,222	2017	88,763
1982	3,047	1994	13,439	2006	42,301	2018	92,407
1983	3,412	1995	15,035	2007	47,529	2019	95,521
1984	3,887	1996	16,626	2008	52,161	2020	93,188
1985	4,356	1997	18,142	2009	55,023	2021	103,044
1986	4,969	1998	19,406	2010	59,323	2022	109,527
1987	5,704	1999	20,929	2011	63,633	2023	114,288
1988	6,716	2000	23,455	2012	67,131	2024	117,963
1989	7,879	2001	25,500	2013	71,693	2025	121,104
1990	8,865	2002	29,216	2014	75,385	2026	125,300
1991	9,906	2003	31,707	2015	79,411

Real GDP per Capita (Local currency - ZAR)

Data table

1980	69,887	1992	59,171	2004	68,212	2016	78,853
1981	71,782	1993	58,434	2005	70,981	2017	78,686
1982	69,685	1994	58,906	2006	74,063	2018	78,771
1983	66,656	1995	59,457	2007	76,877	2019	77,835
1984	68,315	1996	60,868	2008	78,229	2020	72,049
1985	65,912	1997	61,417	2009	75,942	2021	74,872
1986	64,457	1998	60,790	2010	77,149	2022	75,619
1987	64,417	1999	61,334	2011	78,410	2023	75,348
1988	65,712	2000	62,956	2012	79,019	2024	74,839
1989	65,845	2001	63,491	2013	79,730	2025	74,747
1990	64,173	2002	64,640	2014	79,565	2026	74,505
1991	62,003	2003	65,935	2015	79,411