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World Development Indicators

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): South Africa

Most recent
6,270 (2025)
Earliest
550 (1962)
Highest
8,220 (2012)
Years reported
64
Member state
South Africa at the United Nations
05,00010,0001962: 5501963: 5801964: 6201965: 6601966: 7001967: 7501968: 8001969: 8501970: 9201971: 9901972: 1,0401973: 1,2601974: 1,5701975: 1,7901976: 1,7301977: 1,6501978: 1,7601979: 2,0901980: 2,6501981: 3,0201982: 2,8901983: 2,6301984: 2,5501985: 2,1901986: 2,0201987: 2,2201988: 2,6601989: 2,8101990: 2,8301991: 2,9601992: 3,2301993: 3,3801994: 3,5501995: 3,7301996: 3,7901997: 3,7501998: 3,3901999: 3,3002000: 3,2602001: 3,0602002: 2,8702003: 3,1602004: 4,0402005: 5,4302006: 6,1202007: 6,4402008: 6,4902009: 6,3502010: 6,7302011: 7,6202012: 8,2202013: 7,9302014: 7,2302015: 6,4502016: 5,8802017: 5,8502018: 6,2502019: 6,5702020: 5,9302021: 6,3202022: 6,5302023: 6,4902024: 6,1102025: 6,27019622025
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$), 1962–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearGNI per capita
20256,270
20246,110
20236,490
20226,530
20216,320
20205,930
20196,570
20186,250
20175,850
20165,880
20156,450
20147,230
20137,930
20128,220
20117,620
20106,730
20096,350
20086,490
20076,440
20066,120
20055,430
20044,040
20033,160
20022,870
20013,060
20003,260
19993,300
19983,390
19973,750
19963,790
19953,730
19943,550
19933,380
19923,230
19912,960
19902,830
19892,810
19882,660
19872,220
19862,020
19852,190
19842,550
19832,630
19822,890
19813,020
19802,650
19792,090
19781,760
19771,650
19761,730
19751,790
19741,570
19731,260
19721,040
1971990
1970920
1969850
1968800
1967750
1966700
1965660
1964620
1963580
1962550

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