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South Africa - GDP per Capita 1976

Name: South Africa GDP per Capita 1976
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GDP divided by midyear population · World Bank

$1,559 −$111 from 1975 Global rank: 54th

South Africa's gdp per capita was $1,559 in 1976, decreased +$111 from $1,670 in 1975. This was the 54th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1976▾

GDP per Capita by Country - 1976
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	United Arab Emirates	$31,197	15.0%
2nd	Monaco	$28,396	1.7%
3rd	Brunei Darussalam	$18,671	18.2%
4th	Qatar	$15,710	20.7%
5th	Saudi Arabia	$13,313	29.7%
6th	Liechtenstein	$11,326	9.6%
7th	Kuwait	$11,141	2.4%
8th	Switzerland	$10,865	5.2%
9th	Sweden	$10,853	7.4%
10th	Luxembourg	$9,491	9.1%
11th	Norway	$8,927	8.8%
12th	Canada	$8,839	17.3%
13th	Denmark	$8,773	9.8%
14th	United States	$8,592	10.1%
15th	Netherlands	$7,937	8.0%
16th	Iceland	$7,848	17.5%
17th	Andorra	$7,721	-2.6%
18th	Australia	$7,497	6.9%
19th	Bermuda	$7,260	11.8%
20th	Belgium	$7,243	8.1%
21st	Libya	$7,018	22.7%
22nd	France	$6,792	2.7%
23rd	Finland	$6,740	7.7%
24th	Germany	$6,659	6.4%
25th	Faroe Islands	$6,594	17.6%
26th	Nauru	$5,703	-0.6%
27th	Austria	$5,656	7.4%
28th	New Caledonia	$5,618	-5.4%
29th	Japan	$5,310	11.2%
30th	Bahrain	$5,310	36.8%
31st	French Polynesia	$5,302	3.0%
32nd	Greenland	$4,845	13.8%
33rd	Israel	$4,516	-3.3%
34th	Gabon	$4,441	36.3%
35th	European Union	$4,432	4.2%
36th	New Zealand	$4,374	4.8%
37th	United Kingdom	$4,138	-3.8%
38th	Italy	$4,042	-1.8%
39th	Greece	$3,343	7.5%
40th	Spain	$3,277	2.2%
41st	Oman	$3,143	16.7%
42nd	Bahamas, The	$2,993	5.4%
43rd	Puerto Rico (US)	$2,946	7.6%
44th	Ireland	$2,920	-1.8%
45th	Hong Kong SAR, China	$2,850	26.5%
46th	Singapore	$2,759	10.8%
47th	Trinidad and Tobago	$2,345	1.1%
48th	Portugal	$2,173	2.1%
49th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$1,954	27.5%
50th	Argentina	$1,947	-3.9%
51st	Barbados	$1,734	8.3%
52nd	Malta	$1,727	10.7%
53rd	Palau	$1,616	10.4%
54th	South Africa	$1,559	-6.7%
55th	Iraq	$1,489	27.7%
56th	Mexico	$1,465	-1.8%
57th	Panama	$1,457	3.6%
58th	Jamaica	$1,450	2.3%
59th	Cuba	$1,441	4.8%
60th	Guinea	$1,431	9.1%
61st	Brazil	$1,390	15.8%
62nd	Suriname	$1,302	9.4%
63rd	Uruguay	$1,268	3.0%
64th	Hungary	$1,249	15.3%
65th	Ecuador	$1,242	14.3%
66th	Türkiye	$1,228	9.5%
67th	Fiji	$1,186	-0.2%
68th	Cyprus	$1,157	18.5%
69th	Costa Rica	$1,123	19.9%
70th	Algeria	$1,080	8.9%
71st	Peru	$1,026	-7.0%
72nd	Syrian Arab Republic	$976	8.1%
73rd	Chile	$971	32.6%
74th	Malaysia	$940	16.0%
75th	Jordan	$873	21.6%
76th	Korea	$847	35.1%
77th	Seychelles	$814	1.0%
78th	Mauritius	$787	4.3%
79th	Dominican Republic	$763	7.0%
80th	Tunisia	$752	1.4%
81st	Belize	$729	-19.5%
82nd	Guatemala	$697	17.2%
83rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	$692	-9.5%
84th	Zimbabwe	$687	-4.2%
85th	Micronesia, Federated States of	$678	-0.9%
86th	Marshall Islands	$672	5.3%
87th	Côte d'Ivoire	$661	15.0%
88th	Colombia	$643	14.6%
89th	Nicaragua	$633	12.7%
90th	Paraguay	$616	9.7%
91st	Tuvalu	$612	-6.8%
92nd	Guyana	$604	-9.0%
93rd	Mauritania	$589	7.0%
94th	São Tomé and Principe	$585	-15.6%
95th	Nigeria	$556	27.0%
96th	El Salvador	$553	20.9%
97th	Kiribati	$548	-25.0%
98th	Morocco	$543	4.1%
99th	Samoa	$541	-11.3%
100th	Senegal	$541	-1.2%
101st	Zambia	$533	8.9%
102nd	Papua New Guinea	$525	9.0%
103rd	Eswatini	$521	-8.3%
104th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$520	11.0%
105th	Botswana	$490	-0.5%
106th	Honduras	$482	15.8%
107th	Congo, Republic of	$453	-4.0%
108th	Philippines	$449	12.0%
109th	Guinea-Bissau	$421	-3.3%
110th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$408	-8.2%
111th	Thailand	$405	11.5%
112th	Solomon Islands	$401	7.9%
113th	Tanzania	$398	8.9%
114th	Cameroon	$381	-1.2%
115th	Equatorial Guinea	$369	1.8%
116th	Liberia	$347	0.5%
117th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$335	11.8%
118th	Togo	$332	-2.1%
119th	Sudan	$325	20.6%
120th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$324	-2.1%
121st	Tonga	$315	-9.8%
122nd	Indonesia	$276	19.3%
123rd	Madagascar	$274	-7.3%
124th	Ghana	$261	-4.4%
125th	Sri Lanka	$260	-7.0%
126th	Kenya	$249	3.2%
127th	Bhutan	$234	-1.5%
128th	Chad	$204	-1.8%
129th	Uganda	$203	1.0%
130th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$200	12.2%
131st	Benin	$198	0.6%
132nd	Sierra Leone	$196	-14.0%
133rd	Niger	$195	-1.2%
134th	Central African Republic	$192	17.4%
135th	Pakistan	$184	13.7%
136th	Gambia, The	$179	-5.5%
137th	Haiti	$169	26.5%
138th	China	$166	-7.2%
139th	India	$164	1.9%
140th	Burkina Faso	$155	1.7%
141st	Maldives	$152	-11.4%
142nd	Mali	$135	11.1%
143rd	Rwanda	$134	8.3%
144th	Cambodia	$129	13.2%
145th	Bangladesh	$127	-49.3%
146th	Lesotho	$118	-4.4%
147th	Burundi	$115	4.2%
148th	Nepal	$102	-9.8%
149th	Myanmar	$39	11.4%

FAQ

What was South Africa's gdp per capita in 1976?▾

South Africa's gdp per capita in 1976 was $1,559. This ranked 54th globally.

How did South Africa's gdp per capita change in 1976?▾

South Africa's gdp per capita decreased by 6.7% in 1976 compared to 1975.

Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1976?▾

United Arab Emirates had the highest gdp per capita in 1976 at $31,197.

What is the gdp per capita of South Africa in 1976?▾

The gdp per capita of South Africa in 1976 was $1,559. This ranked 54th globally.

How does 1976 compare to 1975 for South Africa's gdp per capita?▾

South Africa's gdp per capita went from $1,670 in 1975 to $1,559 in 1976, a 6.7% decrease.

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