South Africa - GDP per Capita PPP 2012
$12,987
+$353 from 2011
South Africa's gdp per capita ppp was $12,987 in 2012, increased +$353 from $13,143 in 2011. This was the 97th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | $180,939 | 67.8% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | $133,112 | 4.9% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | $113,789 | 0.8% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | $96,636 | -7.7% |
| 5th | United Arab Emirates | $89,198 | 40.2% |
| 6th | Brunei Darussalam | $87,256 | 33.3% |
| 7th | Singapore | $82,108 | 10.0% |
| 8th | Kuwait | $82,090 | 61.0% |
| 9th | Bermuda | $69,149 | -2.5% |
| 10th | Norway | $65,774 | 17.3% |
| 11th | Saudi Arabia | $65,034 | 32.2% |
| 12th | Cayman Islands | $64,727 | -2.9% |
| 13th | Switzerland | $59,441 | -1.6% |
| 14th | Bahrain | $56,713 | 25.2% |
| 15th | Greenland | $52,389 | 3.4% |
| 16th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $52,150 | 8.2% |
| 17th | United States | $51,708 | 3.4% |
| 18th | San Marino | $51,274 | -4.1% |
| 19th | Oman | $49,989 | 51.6% |
| 20th | Netherlands | $47,653 | -2.3% |
| 21st | Ireland | $46,726 | -6.7% |
| 22nd | Faroe Islands | $46,197 | 9.6% |
| 23rd | Austria | $46,156 | -4.4% |
| 24th | Andorra | $45,503 | -12.1% |
| 25th | Sweden | $45,207 | 1.5% |
| 26th | Denmark | $44,755 | -4.9% |
| 27th | Germany | $44,229 | -4.5% |
| 28th | Australia | $43,007 | 1.7% |
| 29th | Belgium | $42,484 | -4.7% |
| 30th | Canada | $42,292 | 0.8% |
| 31st | Iceland | $42,004 | -9.9% |
| 32nd | Finland | $40,739 | -5.0% |
| 33rd | United Kingdom | $38,337 | -0.6% |
| 34th | France | $37,671 | -4.5% |
| 35th | Japan | $37,606 | 7.8% |
| 36th | Italy | $36,281 | -7.2% |
| 37th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $35,521 | -10.6% |
| 38th | European Union | $35,115 | 1.3% |
| 39th | Korea | $35,062 | 3.7% |
| 40th | Aruba | $34,096 | 14.3% |
| 41st | Virgin Islands (US) | $33,879 | -13.1% |
| 42nd | New Zealand | $33,055 | -4.2% |
| 43rd | Israel | $32,484 | -0.9% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | $32,078 | 11.0% |
| 45th | Cyprus | $31,924 | -8.4% |
| 46th | Trinidad and Tobago | $31,883 | 18.4% |
| 47th | Spain | $31,870 | -5.8% |
| 48th | Bahamas, The | $31,036 | -3.9% |
| 49th | Malta | $30,716 | 0.1% |
| 50th | Equatorial Guinea | $30,012 | -7.7% |
| 51st | Czechia | $29,466 | -6.9% |
| 52nd | Slovenia | $28,787 | -5.3% |
| 53rd | Slovak Republic | $27,023 | 12.2% |
| 54th | Libya | $26,826 | 118.2% |
| 55th | Portugal | $26,476 | -7.7% |
| 56th | Estonia | $26,243 | 1.3% |
| 57th | Curaçao | $25,106 | -4.4% |
| 58th | Greece | $24,583 | -11.4% |
| 59th | Russian Federation | $24,274 | 6.3% |
| 60th | Poland | $23,728 | 3.6% |
| 61st | Turks and Caicos Islands | $23,610 | -11.1% |
| 62nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | $23,458 | 3.0% |
| 63rd | Lithuania | $23,275 | 0.5% |
| 64th | Hungary | $23,205 | 1.7% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | $23,012 | 26.5% |
| 66th | Malaysia | $22,639 | 14.3% |
| 67th | Seychelles | $22,264 | 9.4% |
| 68th | Croatia | $21,619 | -4.7% |
| 69th | Kazakhstan | $21,367 | 6.2% |
| 70th | Chile | $21,366 | 5.1% |
| 71st | Türkiye | $20,739 | 3.6% |
| 72nd | Romania | $19,808 | 1.2% |
| 73rd | Barbados | $19,605 | 19.6% |
| 74th | Uruguay | $19,495 | 5.6% |
| 75th | Panama | $19,473 | -16.9% |
| 76th | Argentina | $19,430 | -13.5% |
| 77th | Latvia | $19,417 | 0.9% |
| 78th | Belarus | $18,115 | 8.7% |
| 79th | Mexico | $18,005 | 3.3% |
| 80th | Mauritius | $17,259 | 2.8% |
| 81st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $17,021 | 12.6% |
| 82nd | Bulgaria | $16,327 | -4.6% |
| 83rd | Lebanon | $16,121 | -22.7% |
| 84th | Azerbaijan | $15,994 | 23.2% |
| 85th | Palau | $15,461 | 26.5% |
| 86th | Brazil | $15,198 | 9.1% |
| 87th | Suriname | $15,185 | -14.9% |
| 88th | Gabon | $14,620 | 3.4% |
| 89th | Thailand | $14,617 | 6.6% |
| 90th | Serbia | $14,506 | -0.9% |
| 91st | Costa Rica | $14,464 | -9.3% |
| 92nd | Algeria | $14,441 | 22.6% |
| 93rd | Iraq | $14,402 | 78.4% |
| 94th | Maldives | $13,989 | -23.1% |
| 95th | Montenegro | $13,793 | -12.8% |
| 96th | St. Lucia | $13,443 | -6.2% |
| 97th | South Africa | $12,987 | 2.8% |
| 98th | Botswana | $12,737 | 3.9% |
| 99th | North Macedonia | $12,726 | -5.2% |
| 100th | Colombia | $12,093 | 3.3% |
| 101st | Dominican Republic | $11,777 | -5.9% |
| 102nd | China | $11,420 | 22.9% |
| 103rd | Turkmenistan | $11,035 | 10.6% |
| 104th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $10,989 | 4.2% |
| 105th | Paraguay | $10,954 | -0.6% |
| 106th | Dominica | $10,921 | -0.6% |
| 107th | Peru | $10,757 | 4.8% |
| 108th | Guyana | $10,627 | 12.0% |
| 109th | Tunisia | $10,615 | 9.1% |
| 110th | Albania | $10,609 | 5.0% |
| 111th | Grenada | $10,575 | -11.1% |
| 112th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $10,342 | -2.7% |
| 113th | Sri Lanka | $10,249 | 9.7% |
| 114th | Ecuador | $10,245 | 7.0% |
| 115th | Mongolia | $10,152 | 32.6% |
| 116th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $10,121 | -1.1% |
| 117th | Georgia | $10,060 | 6.4% |
| 118th | Jordan | $9,739 | -7.1% |
| 119th | Ukraine | $9,552 | -15.3% |
| 120th | Indonesia | $9,530 | 20.0% |
| 121st | Namibia | $9,364 | 6.7% |
| 122nd | Belize | $9,303 | 11.2% |
| 123rd | Armenia | $8,943 | 5.0% |
| 124th | Jamaica | $8,831 | -5.3% |
| 125th | Bhutan | $8,577 | 7.5% |
| 126th | Angola | $8,246 | 6.4% |
| 127th | Fiji | $8,204 | -17.9% |
| 128th | Nauru | $8,153 | 49.8% |
| 129th | Kosovo | $7,898 | 1.6% |
| 130th | Eswatini | $7,760 | 6.2% |
| 131st | Morocco | $7,308 | 8.6% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | $7,258 | -9.0% |
| 133rd | Moldova | $7,255 | -9.5% |
| 134th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $7,184 | 11.8% |
| 135th | El Salvador | $6,708 | -8.0% |
| 136th | Nigeria | $6,671 | 5.5% |
| 137th | Viet Nam | $6,377 | 1.5% |
| 138th | Cabo Verde | $6,318 | -8.1% |
| 139th | Uzbekistan | $6,168 | 15.0% |
| 140th | Philippines | $6,094 | 11.0% |
| 141st | Congo, Republic of | $6,058 | 28.6% |
| 142nd | Samoa | $5,339 | 7.1% |
| 143rd | West Bank and Gaza | $5,215 | 9.8% |
| 144th | Tonga | $4,996 | 11.3% |
| 145th | Ghana | $4,934 | 23.8% |
| 146th | India | $4,820 | 19.7% |
| 147th | Lao PDR | $4,781 | 2.9% |
| 148th | Nicaragua | $4,508 | -0.5% |
| 149th | Pakistan | $4,047 | -8.1% |
| 150th | Honduras | $4,016 | -13.8% |
| 151st | Djibouti | $3,881 | 5.0% |
| 152nd | Myanmar | $3,845 | 28.7% |
| 153rd | Sudan | $3,710 | -30.1% |
| 154th | Marshall Islands | $3,590 | 20.0% |
| 155th | Kyrgyz Republic | $3,589 | -10.0% |
| 156th | Cambodia | $3,583 | 6.9% |
| 157th | Zimbabwe | $3,472 | -1.8% |
| 158th | Mauritania | $3,465 | -27.2% |
| 159th | Bangladesh | $3,434 | 3.1% |
| 160th | Zambia | $3,324 | 14.6% |
| 161st | Côte d'Ivoire | $3,291 | 5.0% |
| 162nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | $3,238 | 8.6% |
| 163rd | Tuvalu | $3,170 | 1.6% |
| 164th | Cameroon | $3,060 | -1.3% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | $3,026 | 10.1% |
| 166th | Yemen, Republic of | $3,005 | -3.5% |
| 167th | Kenya | $2,847 | -22.6% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | $2,834 | 16.8% |
| 169th | Haiti | $2,830 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Senegal | $2,764 | 8.2% |
| 171st | Tajikistan | $2,679 | 24.8% |
| 172nd | Comoros | $2,679 | -7.5% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | $2,653 | -4.5% |
| 174th | Nepal | $2,466 | -4.2% |
| 175th | Chad | $2,435 | 12.8% |
| 176th | Timor-Leste | $2,386 | -23.7% |
| 177th | Benin | $2,346 | -1.6% |
| 178th | Solomon Islands | $2,320 | 20.3% |
| 179th | Sierra Leone | $2,317 | 6.0% |
| 180th | Lesotho | $2,291 | -1.5% |
| 181st | Tanzania | $2,083 | 8.3% |
| 182nd | Gambia, The | $2,065 | 3.7% |
| 183rd | Uganda | $2,032 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Mali | $1,990 | 6.3% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | $1,988 | -0.1% |
| 186th | Kiribati | $1,896 | 11.1% |
| 187th | Guinea | $1,790 | -4.9% |
| 188th | Eritrea | $1,697 | 2.6% |
| 189th | Togo | $1,645 | 7.2% |
| 190th | Burkina Faso | $1,572 | -3.1% |
| 191st | Malawi | $1,464 | 28.9% |
| 192nd | Madagascar | $1,464 | -2.2% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | $1,455 | -2.2% |
| 194th | South Sudan | $1,417 | 133.0% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | $1,402 | -29.8% |
| 196th | Niger | $1,162 | 20.8% |
| 197th | Liberia | $1,157 | -23.1% |
| 198th | Mozambique | $1,076 | 12.6% |
| 199th | Central African Republic | $1,062 | -10.5% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $1,003 | 13.8% |
| 201st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $648 | -24.8% |
| 202nd | Burundi | $637 | -15.2% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's gdp per capita ppp in 2012?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita ppp in 2012 was $12,987. This ranked 97th globally.
How did South Africa's gdp per capita ppp change in 2012?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita ppp increased by 2.8% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita ppp in 2012?▾
Qatar had the highest gdp per capita ppp in 2012 at $180,939.
What is the gdp per capita ppp of South Africa in 2012?▾
The gdp per capita ppp of South Africa in 2012 was $12,987. This ranked 97th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for South Africa's gdp per capita ppp?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita ppp went from $13,143 in 2011 to $12,987 in 2012, a 2.8% increase.
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