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South Africa - GDP per Capita PPP 2008

Name: South Africa GDP per Capita PPP 2008
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GDP per capita based on PPP · World Bank

$12,525 +$823 from 2007 Global rank: 92nd

South Africa's gdp per capita ppp was $12,525 in 2008, increased +$823 from $12,047 in 2007. This was the 92nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

GDP per Capita PPP by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	$126,015	43.3%
2nd	Liechtenstein	$125,255	-0.9%
3rd	United Arab Emirates	$94,628	37.1%
4th	Luxembourg	$90,971	-13.4%
5th	Kuwait	$90,337	42.1%
6th	Brunei Darussalam	$80,477	23.1%
7th	Bermuda	$77,556	-0.4%
8th	Macao SAR, China	$76,827	-1.3%
9th	Cayman Islands	$76,297	-1.3%
10th	San Marino	$71,724	4.2%
11th	Singapore	$67,735	5.5%
12th	Norway	$62,073	11.8%
13th	Saudi Arabia	$57,236	31.3%
14th	Switzerland	$53,809	-5.0%
15th	Oman	$52,841	71.0%
16th	Bahrain	$50,330	18.6%
17th	United States	$48,570	1.3%
18th	Greenland	$48,203	8.6%
19th	Hong Kong SAR, China	$46,830	12.0%
20th	Netherlands	$46,714	1.1%
21st	Andorra	$44,839	-5.6%
22nd	Ireland	$44,169	-15.2%
23rd	Iceland	$43,728	-9.4%
24th	Virgin Islands (US)	$43,465	3.1%
25th	Sweden	$41,907	-0.1%
26th	Denmark	$41,467	-11.0%
27th	Faroe Islands	$41,160	-
28th	Austria	$41,047	-8.7%
29th	Canada	$40,376	1.8%
30th	Finland	$40,081	-4.8%
31st	Aruba	$38,905	26.0%
32nd	Germany	$38,444	-8.7%
33rd	Belgium	$37,883	-10.7%
34th	Australia	$37,616	-3.2%
35th	United Kingdom	$36,745	-3.8%
36th	Italy	$35,422	-10.2%
37th	Japan	$35,274	3.8%
38th	France	$35,053	-6.1%
39th	Cyprus	$34,830	-0.3%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	$33,828	5.7%
41st	Spain	$33,350	-1.8%
42nd	European Union	$32,581	4.7%
43rd	Korea	$31,211	9.8%
44th	Libya	$30,812	29.0%
45th	Trinidad and Tobago	$30,807	20.5%
46th	Puerto Rico (US)	$30,782	10.8%
47th	Bahamas, The	$30,679	-8.6%
48th	Equatorial Guinea	$30,523	-3.9%
49th	Greece	$30,441	-6.0%
50th	Antigua and Barbuda	$29,978	32.6%
51st	New Zealand	$29,896	-9.7%
52nd	Slovenia	$29,461	-2.1%
53rd	Israel	$28,084	-2.4%
54th	Czechia	$27,938	-6.7%
55th	Portugal	$26,666	-4.5%
56th	Malta	$26,654	-0.7%
57th	Curaçao	$26,098	2.9%
58th	St. Kitts and Nevis	$24,102	21.0%
59th	Slovak Republic	$23,714	13.3%
60th	Estonia	$22,804	-15.9%
61st	Barbados	$21,376	26.5%
62nd	Croatia	$21,018	-7.5%
63rd	Hungary	$20,709	-5.9%
64th	Russian Federation	$20,164	-1.5%
65th	Malaysia	$19,480	13.6%
66th	Lithuania	$19,410	-11.7%
67th	Seychelles	$18,881	4.0%
68th	Poland	$18,372	-1.0%
69th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$17,549	32.6%
70th	Latvia	$17,443	-17.6%
71st	Kazakhstan	$17,278	2.6%
72nd	Argentina	$17,277	-11.2%
73rd	Romania	$16,782	-1.4%
74th	Chile	$16,376	-5.7%
75th	Türkiye	$16,142	-6.6%
76th	Uruguay	$15,694	12.3%
77th	Mexico	$15,681	-7.9%
78th	Panama	$14,705	-18.6%
79th	Mauritius	$14,569	7.6%
80th	Bulgaria	$14,347	-1.6%
81st	Palau	$14,039	17.9%
82nd	Belarus	$13,886	11.8%
83rd	Botswana	$13,810	14.8%
84th	Montenegro	$13,802	-2.0%
85th	Maldives	$13,779	-12.7%
86th	Gabon	$13,734	-2.3%
87th	Algeria	$13,666	27.0%
88th	Brazil	$13,445	15.9%
89th	Azerbaijan	$13,217	30.5%
90th	Serbia	$13,123	0.4%
91st	St. Lucia	$12,969	1.5%
92nd	South Africa	$12,525	7.0%
93rd	Costa Rica	$12,472	-11.0%
94th	Lebanon	$12,416	-21.3%
95th	Suriname	$12,097	-18.6%
96th	Thailand	$12,062	0.1%
97th	Iraq	$11,657	77.2%
98th	Grenada	$11,001	-8.8%
99th	North Macedonia	$10,924	-1.9%
100th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$10,902	3.2%
101st	Dominica	$10,862	12.9%
102nd	Dominican Republic	$10,346	-2.2%
103rd	Colombia	$10,307	4.3%
104th	Belize	$9,975	14.0%
105th	Tunisia	$9,975	13.2%
106th	Paraguay	$9,867	11.9%
107th	Ukraine	$9,324	-15.2%
108th	Jordan	$8,983	-2.0%
109th	Jamaica	$8,952	-3.9%
110th	Peru	$8,820	12.6%
111th	Ecuador	$8,663	8.4%
112th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$8,587	-4.8%
113th	Albania	$8,469	7.3%
114th	Guyana	$8,437	7.8%
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$8,191	-10.4%
116th	Namibia	$8,125	6.1%
117th	Turkmenistan	$7,916	37.4%
118th	Armenia	$7,827	-2.4%
119th	China	$7,713	25.1%
120th	Indonesia	$7,569	20.8%
121st	Sri Lanka	$7,317	3.9%
122nd	Angola	$7,316	6.2%
123rd	Mongolia	$7,297	25.1%
124th	Georgia	$7,279	-4.6%
125th	Fiji	$7,154	-21.5%
126th	Eswatini	$6,914	5.9%
127th	Morocco	$6,437	16.4%
128th	Guatemala	$6,435	-12.2%
129th	Kosovo	$6,353	-
130th	El Salvador	$6,175	-6.1%
131st	Moldova	$6,153	-6.2%
132nd	Bhutan	$6,035	7.9%
133rd	Cabo Verde	$6,011	-0.5%
134th	Syrian Arab Republic	$5,939	3.9%
135th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$5,890	9.4%
136th	Nauru	$5,863	46.9%
137th	Nigeria	$5,607	13.6%
138th	Philippines	$5,144	9.3%
139th	Samoa	$4,939	11.8%
140th	Viet Nam	$4,844	0.2%
141st	Uzbekistan	$4,800	17.7%
142nd	Tonga	$4,600	15.0%
143rd	Congo, Republic of	$4,448	15.2%
144th	Nicaragua	$4,044	-0.6%
145th	Sudan	$3,938	-9.2%
146th	Honduras	$3,806	-12.7%
147th	Pakistan	$3,721	-9.5%
148th	West Bank and Gaza	$3,713	1.0%
149th	India	$3,633	14.6%
150th	Ghana	$3,516	19.8%
151st	Yemen, Republic of	$3,370	2.3%
152nd	Tuvalu	$3,291	11.9%
153rd	Djibouti	$3,274	6.4%
154th	Lao PDR	$3,271	-5.2%
155th	Mauritania	$3,236	-30.7%
156th	Marshall Islands	$3,118	8.3%
157th	Côte d'Ivoire	$3,116	-3.3%
158th	Kyrgyz Republic	$3,031	-9.9%
159th	South Sudan	$2,887	-
160th	Micronesia, Federated States of	$2,877	7.5%
161st	Cameroon	$2,870	-1.6%
162nd	São Tomé and Principe	$2,802	13.0%
163rd	Cambodia	$2,769	3.5%
164th	Myanmar	$2,748	18.2%
165th	Haiti	$2,724	3.6%
166th	Zambia	$2,708	17.9%
167th	Vanuatu	$2,701	22.4%
168th	Papua New Guinea	$2,583	-1.5%
169th	Senegal	$2,581	7.1%
170th	Bangladesh	$2,555	-2.8%
171st	Kenya	$2,459	-24.7%
172nd	Comoros	$2,262	-11.6%
173rd	Benin	$2,215	-1.5%
174th	Chad	$2,181	13.4%
175th	Tajikistan	$2,120	22.8%
176th	Gambia, The	$2,088	8.7%
177th	Lesotho	$2,064	5.2%
178th	Solomon Islands	$1,989	23.9%
179th	Zimbabwe	$1,987	-29.2%
180th	Nepal	$1,942	-6.2%
181st	Uganda	$1,931	21.6%
182nd	Tanzania	$1,908	19.6%
183rd	Mali	$1,893	12.2%
184th	Sierra Leone	$1,824	-1.3%
185th	Kiribati	$1,735	1.6%
186th	Timor-Leste	$1,675	-27.2%
187th	Guinea	$1,614	-7.7%
188th	Madagascar	$1,577	3.9%
189th	Eritrea	$1,547	16.4%
190th	Togo	$1,429	8.5%
191st	Burkina Faso	$1,351	-1.2%
192nd	Afghanistan	$1,334	-9.1%
193rd	Malawi	$1,311	42.8%
194th	Guinea-Bissau	$1,309	-21.2%
195th	Rwanda	$1,191	4.7%
196th	Niger	$1,010	16.6%
197th	Mozambique	$916	17.8%
198th	Liberia	$915	-29.0%
199th	Central African Republic	$798	-20.3%
200th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$739	5.6%
201st	Burundi	$609	-14.2%
202nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$584	-20.9%

FAQ

What was South Africa's gdp per capita ppp in 2008?▾

South Africa's gdp per capita ppp in 2008 was $12,525. This ranked 92nd globally.

How did South Africa's gdp per capita ppp change in 2008?▾

South Africa's gdp per capita ppp increased by 7.0% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest gdp per capita ppp in 2008?▾

Qatar had the highest gdp per capita ppp in 2008 at $126,015.

What is the gdp per capita ppp of South Africa in 2008?▾

The gdp per capita ppp of South Africa in 2008 was $12,525. This ranked 92nd globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for South Africa's gdp per capita ppp?▾

South Africa's gdp per capita ppp went from $12,047 in 2007 to $12,525 in 2008, a 7.0% increase.

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