South Africa - GDP per Capita 1999
$3,242
−$266 from 1998
South Africa's gdp per capita was $3,242 in 1999, decreased +$266 from $3,310 in 1998. This was the 86th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1999▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $89,698 | -1.4% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $82,682 | 5.6% |
| 3rd | Bermuda | $54,388 | 5.3% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | $50,872 | 11.5% |
| 5th | Channel Islands | $42,444 | 4.9% |
| 6th | San Marino | $41,932 | 4.5% |
| 7th | Switzerland | $41,696 | -2.4% |
| 8th | Japan | $36,610 | 12.9% |
| 9th | Norway | $36,393 | 4.8% |
| 10th | United States | $34,515 | 5.1% |
| 11th | Denmark | $33,426 | 0.1% |
| 12th | Iceland | $32,834 | 3.5% |
| 13th | Sweden | $30,969 | 1.2% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | $28,858 | 2.0% |
| 15th | Netherlands | $28,319 | 0.9% |
| 16th | Austria | $27,079 | -0.6% |
| 17th | Germany | $26,965 | -2.4% |
| 18th | Ireland | $26,338 | 8.8% |
| 19th | Finland | $26,180 | 0.4% |
| 20th | United Arab Emirates | $25,856 | -2.7% |
| 21st | Belgium | $25,253 | -0.6% |
| 22nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | $25,092 | -2.2% |
| 23rd | Faroe Islands | $24,979 | 1.0% |
| 24th | France | $24,576 | -1.8% |
| 25th | Bahamas, The | $24,041 | 3.2% |
| 26th | Canada | $22,315 | 6.0% |
| 27th | Italy | $22,050 | -1.5% |
| 28th | Singapore | $21,797 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Isle of Man | $21,042 | 12.2% |
| 30th | Australia | $20,750 | 1.7% |
| 31st | Qatar | $20,234 | 31.2% |
| 32nd | Greenland | $20,170 | -1.6% |
| 33rd | Israel | $19,823 | -1.8% |
| 34th | Brunei Darussalam | $19,752 | 14.2% |
| 35th | Aruba | $19,216 | 15.9% |
| 36th | Andorra | $18,875 | 1.8% |
| 37th | European Union | $18,507 | -0.6% |
| 38th | New Caledonia | $16,693 | 0.5% |
| 39th | French Polynesia | $16,533 | -1.4% |
| 40th | Kuwait | $15,854 | 23.9% |
| 41st | Spain | $15,708 | 1.7% |
| 42nd | New Zealand | $15,322 | 2.9% |
| 43rd | Macao SAR, China | $15,319 | -4.8% |
| 44th | Cyprus | $15,288 | 0.7% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | $15,221 | 5.5% |
| 46th | Greece | $12,743 | -2.5% |
| 47th | Portugal | $12,475 | 2.1% |
| 48th | Bahrain | $12,123 | 0.5% |
| 49th | Slovenia | $11,401 | 2.5% |
| 50th | Antigua and Barbuda | $11,342 | 3.8% |
| 51st | Barbados | $11,244 | -1.4% |
| 52nd | Korea | $11,063 | 29.0% |
| 53rd | Malta | $10,609 | 11.2% |
| 54th | Saudi Arabia | $10,452 | 22.8% |
| 55th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $9,116 | 8.8% |
| 56th | Seychelles | $8,243 | 6.8% |
| 57th | Oman | $7,915 | 14.4% |
| 58th | Argentina | $7,706 | -17.0% |
| 59th | Palau | $7,630 | -5.2% |
| 60th | Uruguay | $7,371 | -11.9% |
| 61st | Libya | $6,895 | 11.7% |
| 62nd | Mexico | $6,500 | 12.9% |
| 63rd | Czechia | $6,378 | -2.2% |
| 64th | St. Lucia | $5,883 | 3.8% |
| 65th | Slovak Republic | $5,652 | 32.9% |
| 66th | Croatia | $5,269 | -1.1% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | $5,179 | 6.3% |
| 68th | Chile | $4,934 | -9.9% |
| 69th | Dominica | $4,817 | 6.4% |
| 70th | Hungary | $4,802 | 1.2% |
| 71st | Grenada | $4,516 | 3.3% |
| 72nd | Poland | $4,416 | -1.3% |
| 73rd | Belize | $4,290 | 10.1% |
| 74th | Estonia | $4,141 | 1.1% |
| 75th | Lebanon | $4,087 | 0.1% |
| 76th | Türkiye | $3,974 | -10.6% |
| 77th | Panama | $3,950 | -5.4% |
| 78th | Gabon | $3,751 | -9.9% |
| 79th | Mauritius | $3,746 | -0.2% |
| 80th | Costa Rica | $3,691 | 1.0% |
| 81st | Malaysia | $3,528 | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Brazil | $3,494 | -31.8% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $3,447 | -8.1% |
| 84th | Jamaica | $3,432 | -3.5% |
| 85th | Botswana | $3,340 | 15.7% |
| 86th | South Africa | $3,242 | -7.6% |
| 87th | Lithuania | $3,128 | -1.6% |
| 88th | Latvia | $3,064 | 6.3% |
| 89th | Serbia | $2,769 | -0.2% |
| 90th | Nauru | $2,683 | -7.8% |
| 91st | Dominican Republic | $2,621 | -1.4% |
| 92nd | Cuba | $2,562 | 9.8% |
| 93rd | Tunisia | $2,376 | -1.3% |
| 94th | Fiji | $2,328 | 2.5% |
| 95th | Marshall Islands | $2,258 | 0.8% |
| 96th | Colombia | $2,241 | -27.5% |
| 97th | Namibia | $2,178 | -2.8% |
| 98th | Maldives | $2,124 | -20.1% |
| 99th | Thailand | $2,033 | 10.2% |
| 100th | Tonga | $1,952 | -9.3% |
| 101st | Micronesia, Federated States of | $1,945 | -5.6% |
| 102nd | Peru | $1,917 | -9.0% |
| 103rd | North Macedonia | $1,915 | 1.4% |
| 104th | El Salvador | $1,908 | 2.6% |
| 105th | Suriname | $1,898 | -45.7% |
| 106th | Paraguay | $1,766 | -7.5% |
| 107th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $1,740 | -57.0% |
| 108th | Bulgaria | $1,661 | -10.4% |
| 109th | Morocco | $1,636 | 0.1% |
| 110th | Guatemala | $1,604 | -3.2% |
| 111th | Romania | $1,600 | -15.1% |
| 112th | Algeria | $1,596 | -9.9% |
| 113th | Ecuador | $1,575 | -27.4% |
| 114th | Iraq | $1,560 | 73.2% |
| 115th | Tuvalu | $1,559 | 6.8% |
| 116th | Jordan | $1,545 | -8.3% |
| 117th | Eswatini | $1,502 | -18.6% |
| 118th | West Bank and Gaza | $1,499 | 5.9% |
| 119th | Vanuatu | $1,472 | 2.2% |
| 120th | Samoa | $1,417 | -14.4% |
| 121st | Montenegro | $1,368 | -2.7% |
| 122nd | Russian Federation | $1,331 | -31.7% |
| 123rd | Cabo Verde | $1,327 | -18.7% |
| 124th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $1,268 | -12.8% |
| 125th | Belarus | $1,211 | -20.1% |
| 126th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,135 | -19.8% |
| 127th | Solomon Islands | $1,134 | -1.3% |
| 128th | Philippines | $1,101 | 11.4% |
| 129th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,096 | -3.4% |
| 130th | Kazakhstan | $1,092 | -26.3% |
| 131st | Albania | $1,056 | 29.4% |
| 132nd | Honduras | $999 | -2.4% |
| 133rd | Nicaragua | $980 | 0.7% |
| 134th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $979 | -7.4% |
| 135th | Syrian Arab Republic | $978 | -4.9% |
| 136th | Equatorial Guinea | $931 | 19.8% |
| 137th | Guyana | $909 | -55.4% |
| 138th | Kiribati | $887 | -3.4% |
| 139th | China | $881 | 6.2% |
| 140th | Sri Lanka | $829 | -19.2% |
| 141st | Cameroon | $796 | -0.9% |
| 142nd | Mauritania | $781 | -3.8% |
| 143rd | Congo, Republic of | $776 | 1.8% |
| 144th | Djibouti | $740 | -30.3% |
| 145th | Comoros | $707 | 0.3% |
| 146th | Uzbekistan | $698 | -9.8% |
| 147th | Bhutan | $685 | -6.0% |
| 148th | Senegal | $678 | -1.3% |
| 149th | Georgia | $674 | -22.5% |
| 150th | Indonesia | $657 | 14.9% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | $650 | -42.9% |
| 152nd | Ukraine | $632 | -27.7% |
| 153rd | Guinea | $611 | 3.2% |
| 154th | Armenia | $583 | -0.6% |
| 155th | Zimbabwe | $582 | -61.7% |
| 156th | Gambia, The | $575 | -29.4% |
| 157th | Azerbaijan | $574 | 5.6% |
| 158th | Turkmenistan | $546 | -6.4% |
| 159th | São Tomé and Principe | $543 | 3.6% |
| 160th | Benin | $525 | 6.1% |
| 161st | Haiti | $510 | -34.1% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | $481 | -80.8% |
| 163rd | Guinea-Bissau | $479 | -7.5% |
| 164th | Lesotho | $456 | -4.6% |
| 165th | Mongolia | $449 | -6.7% |
| 166th | Togo | $445 | -8.3% |
| 167th | India | $442 | 6.8% |
| 168th | Kenya | $434 | -41.6% |
| 169th | Pakistan | $418 | -46.7% |
| 170th | Ghana | $403 | -59.3% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | $401 | 17.1% |
| 172nd | Moldova | $399 | -30.6% |
| 173rd | Angola | $393 | -42.3% |
| 174th | Tanzania | $393 | 6.1% |
| 175th | Bangladesh | $388 | -20.5% |
| 176th | Viet Nam | $376 | -16.1% |
| 177th | Mali | $364 | 19.6% |
| 178th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $359 | -1.3% |
| 179th | Mozambique | $354 | 7.3% |
| 180th | Zambia | $350 | -7.4% |
| 181st | Sudan | $325 | -11.4% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | $311 | 9.7% |
| 183rd | Burkina Faso | $293 | 4.3% |
| 184th | Cambodia | $287 | 3.6% |
| 185th | Lao PDR | $272 | 7.1% |
| 186th | Timor-Leste | $270 | -21.9% |
| 187th | Central African Republic | $268 | -7.4% |
| 188th | Madagascar | $267 | -13.8% |
| 189th | Rwanda | $265 | -21.7% |
| 190th | Kyrgyz Republic | $258 | -25.1% |
| 191st | Uganda | $258 | -35.9% |
| 192nd | Malawi | $234 | -37.3% |
| 193rd | Niger | $228 | -8.8% |
| 194th | Nepal | $209 | -17.5% |
| 195th | Myanmar | $189 | 66.2% |
| 196th | Chad | $187 | -43.4% |
| 197th | Tajikistan | $175 | -21.3% |
| 198th | Liberia | $157 | 16.3% |
| 199th | Sierra Leone | $155 | -56.5% |
| 200th | Burundi | $128 | -24.1% |
| 201st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $96 | -79.1% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's gdp per capita in 1999?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita in 1999 was $3,242. This ranked 86th globally.
How did South Africa's gdp per capita change in 1999?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita decreased by 7.6% in 1999 compared to 1998.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1999?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 1999 at $89,698.
What is the gdp per capita of South Africa in 1999?▾
The gdp per capita of South Africa in 1999 was $3,242. This ranked 86th globally.
How does 1999 compare to 1998 for South Africa's gdp per capita?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita went from $3,310 in 1998 to $3,242 in 1999, a 7.6% decrease.
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