South Africa - GDP per Capita 2009
$6,375
+$37 from 2008
South Africa's gdp per capita was $6,375 in 2009, increased +$37 from $6,185 in 2008. This was the 102nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $169,150 | -17.2% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $126,025 | -18.6% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | $109,420 | -10.0% |
| 4th | Bermuda | $104,712 | -5.0% |
| 5th | Cayman Islands | $81,374 | -9.2% |
| 6th | Norway | $80,348 | -17.3% |
| 7th | Switzerland | $71,568 | -4.2% |
| 8th | Isle of Man | $66,156 | -8.5% |
| 9th | San Marino | $62,429 | -21.1% |
| 10th | Qatar | $60,786 | -16.1% |
| 11th | Denmark | $58,413 | -9.9% |
| 12th | Channel Islands | $57,779 | -22.1% |
| 13th | Netherlands | $53,172 | -8.9% |
| 14th | Ireland | $52,133 | -14.5% |
| 15th | Austria | $47,857 | -7.2% |
| 16th | Finland | $47,478 | -11.9% |
| 17th | United States | $47,195 | -2.6% |
| 18th | Faroe Islands | $47,059 | -8.2% |
| 19th | Sweden | $46,708 | -16.0% |
| 20th | Belgium | $44,923 | -7.4% |
| 21st | Greenland | $44,919 | 1.2% |
| 22nd | Andorra | $43,975 | -10.5% |
| 23rd | Australia | $42,955 | -12.7% |
| 24th | Germany | $42,472 | -9.9% |
| 25th | France | $41,728 | -8.8% |
| 26th | Iceland | $41,484 | -28.3% |
| 27th | Japan | $41,309 | 3.3% |
| 28th | Canada | $40,875 | -12.6% |
| 29th | Macao SAR, China | $40,354 | 5.4% |
| 30th | United Kingdom | $39,009 | -18.5% |
| 31st | Singapore | $38,927 | -2.7% |
| 32nd | Virgin Islands (US) | $38,753 | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Kuwait | $37,907 | -28.6% |
| 34th | United Arab Emirates | $37,803 | -22.1% |
| 35th | Italy | $37,100 | -9.4% |
| 36th | New Caledonia | $33,836 | -5.3% |
| 37th | European Union | $33,632 | -9.5% |
| 38th | Spain | $32,280 | -8.8% |
| 39th | Cyprus | $32,236 | -10.5% |
| 40th | Brunei Darussalam | $30,946 | -27.2% |
| 41st | Hong Kong SAR, China | $30,698 | -2.5% |
| 42nd | Greece | $29,425 | -7.3% |
| 43rd | Guam | $29,054 | 3.4% |
| 44th | Israel | $28,508 | -5.7% |
| 45th | New Zealand | $28,277 | -11.1% |
| 46th | Bahamas, The | $27,513 | -10.6% |
| 47th | Puerto Rico (US) | $25,769 | 3.5% |
| 48th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $25,528 | - |
| 49th | Aruba | $25,135 | -3.9% |
| 50th | Turks and Caicos Islands | $24,597 | -21.8% |
| 51st | Slovenia | $24,502 | -11.3% |
| 52nd | French Polynesia | $24,434 | -8.1% |
| 53rd | Portugal | $23,151 | -7.2% |
| 54th | Malta | $21,176 | -5.8% |
| 55th | Oman | $20,656 | -17.6% |
| 56th | Korea | $19,937 | -10.6% |
| 57th | Czechia | $19,817 | -13.4% |
| 58th | Curaçao | $19,540 | 0.6% |
| 59th | Bahrain | $19,465 | -19.9% |
| 60th | Saudi Arabia | $17,718 | -24.3% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | $16,587 | -8.2% |
| 62nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | $16,503 | -0.7% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | $16,472 | -12.6% |
| 64th | Barbados | $16,295 | -16.3% |
| 65th | Estonia | $14,712 | -19.5% |
| 66th | Trinidad and Tobago | $14,634 | -31.8% |
| 67th | Croatia | $14,475 | -8.9% |
| 68th | Northern Mariana Islands | $14,370 | -12.5% |
| 69th | Equatorial Guinea | $13,233 | -42.0% |
| 70th | Hungary | $13,051 | -17.1% |
| 71st | American Samoa | $12,156 | 21.2% |
| 72nd | Latvia | $11,996 | -23.3% |
| 73rd | Lithuania | $11,854 | -21.0% |
| 74th | Poland | $11,556 | -17.8% |
| 75th | Palau | $10,148 | -4.1% |
| 76th | Chile | $10,099 | -6.1% |
| 77th | Uruguay | $9,881 | 0.2% |
| 78th | Seychelles | $9,747 | -15.1% |
| 79th | Libya | $9,551 | -35.3% |
| 80th | Türkiye | $9,077 | -18.1% |
| 81st | Brazil | $8,679 | -2.1% |
| 82nd | Russian Federation | $8,563 | -31.3% |
| 83rd | Romania | $8,548 | -18.2% |
| 84th | Mexico | $8,424 | -19.3% |
| 85th | St. Lucia | $8,251 | -2.4% |
| 86th | Argentina | $8,150 | -10.9% |
| 87th | Panama | $7,797 | 5.8% |
| 88th | Dominica | $7,487 | 15.8% |
| 89th | Mauritius | $7,427 | -8.7% |
| 90th | Gabon | $7,291 | -30.0% |
| 91st | Malaysia | $7,191 | -18.0% |
| 92nd | Suriname | $7,130 | -1.9% |
| 93rd | Lebanon | $7,091 | 19.0% |
| 94th | Bulgaria | $6,988 | -2.4% |
| 95th | Kazakhstan | $6,938 | -18.5% |
| 96th | Grenada | $6,933 | -11.6% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | $6,833 | -2.3% |
| 98th | Maldives | $6,734 | -8.2% |
| 99th | Montenegro | $6,700 | -9.3% |
| 100th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $6,464 | -3.9% |
| 101st | Serbia | $6,414 | -12.9% |
| 102nd | South Africa | $6,375 | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $5,416 | -21.5% |
| 104th | Belize | $5,400 | -4.7% |
| 105th | Belarus | $5,352 | -18.8% |
| 106th | Colombia | $5,251 | -6.6% |
| 107th | Cuba | $5,089 | 2.1% |
| 108th | Botswana | $5,083 | -4.9% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | $4,974 | -4.2% |
| 110th | Azerbaijan | $4,950 | -11.0% |
| 111th | North Macedonia | $4,800 | -4.5% |
| 112th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,540 | -11.2% |
| 113th | Jamaica | $4,428 | -15.9% |
| 114th | Nauru | $4,411 | 24.1% |
| 115th | Namibia | $4,303 | 2.9% |
| 116th | Algeria | $4,235 | -18.8% |
| 117th | Albania | $4,214 | -3.6% |
| 118th | Guyana | $4,209 | 26.4% |
| 119th | Peru | $4,181 | -2.1% |
| 120th | Thailand | $4,135 | -5.6% |
| 121st | Tunisia | $4,080 | -9.7% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | $4,053 | -4.8% |
| 123rd | Paraguay | $3,942 | -10.5% |
| 124th | China | $3,898 | 11.3% |
| 125th | Iraq | $3,715 | -16.9% |
| 126th | Turkmenistan | $3,708 | -5.4% |
| 127th | Cabo Verde | $3,660 | -12.7% |
| 128th | Angola | $3,645 | -20.0% |
| 129th | Jordan | $3,436 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Samoa | $3,279 | -12.2% |
| 131st | Eswatini | $3,190 | 0.9% |
| 132nd | Fiji | $3,164 | -30.5% |
| 133rd | Morocco | $3,120 | -2.2% |
| 134th | Tonga | $2,914 | -13.3% |
| 135th | El Salvador | $2,910 | -2.4% |
| 136th | Marshall Islands | $2,907 | 4.0% |
| 137th | Georgia | $2,823 | -17.5% |
| 138th | Armenia | $2,821 | -25.8% |
| 139th | Kosovo | $2,795 | -2.9% |
| 140th | Tuvalu | $2,684 | -15.8% |
| 141st | Guatemala | $2,612 | -9.6% |
| 142nd | Ukraine | $2,607 | -33.9% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | $2,546 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $2,544 | 1.3% |
| 145th | Syrian Arab Republic | $2,462 | -3.7% |
| 146th | Congo, Republic of | $2,271 | -20.3% |
| 147th | Indonesia | $2,218 | -8.2% |
| 148th | West Bank and Gaza | $2,192 | 14.6% |
| 149th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $2,162 | -4.8% |
| 150th | Sri Lanka | $2,027 | -15.9% |
| 151st | Bhutan | $1,918 | -3.2% |
| 152nd | Moldova | $1,898 | -9.7% |
| 153rd | Philippines | $1,864 | -7.3% |
| 154th | Nigeria | $1,820 | -39.4% |
| 155th | Honduras | $1,781 | 2.4% |
| 156th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $1,731 | 0.1% |
| 157th | Mongolia | $1,703 | -19.2% |
| 158th | Papua New Guinea | $1,569 | -16.7% |
| 159th | Solomon Islands | $1,555 | 19.5% |
| 160th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,540 | -6.7% |
| 161st | Nicaragua | $1,467 | -2.1% |
| 162nd | Cameroon | $1,461 | -2.1% |
| 163rd | Mauritania | $1,435 | -12.9% |
| 164th | Comoros | $1,410 | -3.0% |
| 165th | South Sudan | $1,323 | -20.0% |
| 166th | Kiribati | $1,317 | -13.3% |
| 167th | Senegal | $1,309 | -6.8% |
| 168th | Viet Nam | $1,226 | -15.2% |
| 169th | Uzbekistan | $1,206 | -9.0% |
| 170th | Haiti | $1,197 | 11.4% |
| 171st | Sudan | $1,178 | -30.7% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | $1,151 | -32.0% |
| 173rd | Zambia | $1,136 | -18.5% |
| 174th | São Tomé and Principe | $1,128 | 4.3% |
| 175th | India | $1,095 | 10.3% |
| 176th | Kenya | $1,048 | -6.3% |
| 177th | Ghana | $1,048 | -38.5% |
| 178th | Chad | $1,036 | -13.5% |
| 179th | Benin | $1,024 | -3.4% |
| 180th | Yemen, Republic of | $969 | -9.6% |
| 181st | Pakistan | $964 | -21.5% |
| 182nd | Lao PDR | $935 | -3.5% |
| 183rd | Lesotho | $879 | 6.1% |
| 184th | Cambodia | $876 | -3.0% |
| 185th | Kyrgyz Republic | $870 | -10.4% |
| 186th | Uganda | $799 | 1.8% |
| 187th | Mali | $787 | 19.2% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | $775 | -16.2% |
| 189th | Myanmar | $758 | 47.2% |
| 190th | Zimbabwe | $736 | -10.0% |
| 191st | Togo | $721 | 0.3% |
| 192nd | Tanzania | $694 | 1.5% |
| 193rd | Timor-Leste | $687 | 7.9% |
| 194th | Bangladesh | $679 | -10.7% |
| 195th | Tajikistan | $665 | -5.4% |
| 196th | Guinea | $662 | -2.0% |
| 197th | Sierra Leone | $653 | -2.0% |
| 198th | Eritrea | $643 | 113.4% |
| 199th | Malawi | $626 | 24.0% |
| 200th | Burkina Faso | $602 | -2.9% |
| 201st | Guinea-Bissau | $583 | -13.2% |
| 202nd | Rwanda | $564 | 3.4% |
| 203rd | Mozambique | $548 | -5.6% |
| 204th | Nepal | $473 | -10.8% |
| 205th | Niger | $461 | -3.4% |
| 206th | Central African Republic | $456 | 1.2% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | $452 | 16.0% |
| 208th | Liberia | $448 | -3.5% |
| 209th | Madagascar | $446 | -20.5% |
| 210th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $280 | -23.6% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $247 | -51.4% |
| 212th | Burundi | $198 | 4.7% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's gdp per capita in 2009?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita in 2009 was $6,375. This ranked 102nd globally.
How did South Africa's gdp per capita change in 2009?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita increased by 0.6% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 2009?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 2009 at $169,150.
What is the gdp per capita of South Africa in 2009?▾
The gdp per capita of South Africa in 2009 was $6,375. This ranked 102nd globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for South Africa's gdp per capita?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita went from $6,185 in 2008 to $6,375 in 2009, a 0.6% increase.
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