South Africa - GDP per Capita 2022
$6,534
−$390 from 2021
South Africa's gdp per capita was $6,534 in 2022, decreased +$390 from $6,829 in 2021. This was the 116th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $226,052 | 1.0% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $188,055 | -6.6% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | $123,720 | -9.2% |
| 4th | Bermuda | $121,614 | 7.8% |
| 5th | Norway | $109,270 | 17.6% |
| 6th | Ireland | $105,191 | 1.5% |
| 7th | Switzerland | $94,395 | 0.5% |
| 8th | Cayman Islands | $93,031 | 7.6% |
| 9th | Singapore | $90,299 | 12.8% |
| 10th | Qatar | $88,701 | 35.6% |
| 11th | Isle of Man | $88,329 | -6.3% |
| 12th | United States | $76,657 | 7.4% |
| 13th | Iceland | $76,350 | 4.3% |
| 14th | Denmark | $67,781 | -2.5% |
| 15th | Channel Islands | $67,627 | 1.1% |
| 16th | Faroe Islands | $67,058 | -3.4% |
| 17th | Australia | $65,170 | 1.4% |
| 18th | Netherlands | $59,123 | -2.1% |
| 19th | Canada | $56,257 | 6.3% |
| 20th | Greenland | $55,635 | -4.3% |
| 21st | Israel | $54,950 | 5.1% |
| 22nd | Sweden | $54,837 | -9.3% |
| 23rd | San Marino | $54,191 | -1.0% |
| 24th | Austria | $52,337 | -2.8% |
| 25th | United Arab Emirates | $50,760 | 18.5% |
| 26th | Belgium | $50,606 | -2.4% |
| 27th | Germany | $50,507 | -5.0% |
| 28th | Finland | $50,441 | -5.2% |
| 29th | New Zealand | $49,100 | -0.1% |
| 30th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $48,826 | -2.1% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | $47,057 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | Virgin Islands (US) | $44,321 | 4.1% |
| 33rd | Andorra | $42,414 | 1.5% |
| 34th | Guam | $41,833 | 9.9% |
| 35th | France | $40,989 | -6.5% |
| 36th | Kuwait | $39,982 | 18.2% |
| 37th | Saudi Arabia | $38,510 | 20.6% |
| 38th | European Union | $38,067 | -2.9% |
| 39th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $37,793 | 16.1% |
| 40th | Macao SAR, China | $36,807 | -18.8% |
| 41st | Brunei Darussalam | $36,633 | 15.3% |
| 42nd | Italy | $35,654 | -3.1% |
| 43rd | Malta | $35,639 | -6.9% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | $35,354 | 6.3% |
| 45th | Bahamas, The | $34,957 | 14.5% |
| 46th | Korea | $34,822 | -7.2% |
| 47th | Japan | $34,066 | -15.2% |
| 48th | New Caledonia | $33,516 | -5.1% |
| 49th | Cyprus | $33,231 | -2.0% |
| 50th | Turks and Caicos Islands | $31,281 | 14.5% |
| 51st | Aruba | $30,976 | 18.4% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | $30,471 | 12.2% |
| 53rd | Spain | $30,319 | -1.5% |
| 54th | Slovenia | $28,360 | -2.9% |
| 55th | Estonia | $28,340 | 1.3% |
| 56th | Czechia | $28,282 | 2.2% |
| 57th | Lithuania | $25,086 | 5.0% |
| 58th | Portugal | $24,621 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Barbados | $24,387 | 33.4% |
| 60th | Northern Mariana Islands | $23,786 | 22.3% |
| 61st | Oman | $23,224 | 19.3% |
| 62nd | Slovak Republic | $21,318 | -3.5% |
| 63rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | $21,012 | 24.6% |
| 64th | Greece | $20,887 | 2.1% |
| 65th | Uruguay | $20,819 | 20.2% |
| 66th | Trinidad and Tobago | $20,751 | 20.5% |
| 67th | Latvia | $20,221 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | $20,105 | 24.7% |
| 69th | Curaçao | $20,057 | 12.7% |
| 70th | French Polynesia | $20,054 | -6.4% |
| 71st | Poland | $18,891 | 1.6% |
| 72nd | Croatia | $18,466 | 3.7% |
| 73rd | Hungary | $18,428 | -3.0% |
| 74th | American Samoa | $18,017 | 18.3% |
| 75th | Guyana | $17,913 | 75.8% |
| 76th | Panama | $17,379 | 11.8% |
| 77th | Seychelles | $16,837 | 10.8% |
| 78th | Russian Federation | $15,620 | 25.7% |
| 79th | Romania | $15,504 | 3.8% |
| 80th | Chile | $15,406 | -3.9% |
| 81st | Bulgaria | $13,999 | 13.3% |
| 82nd | Argentina | $13,962 | 31.6% |
| 83rd | Palau | $13,730 | 2.5% |
| 84th | Costa Rica | $13,626 | 8.7% |
| 85th | St. Lucia | $13,104 | 25.1% |
| 86th | China | $12,971 | 0.7% |
| 87th | Nauru | $12,912 | -14.1% |
| 88th | Maldives | $11,786 | -13.5% |
| 89th | Malaysia | $11,755 | 2.4% |
| 90th | Mexico | $11,406 | 11.7% |
| 91st | Kazakhstan | $11,255 | 8.5% |
| 92nd | Türkiye | $10,898 | 10.8% |
| 93rd | Grenada | $10,469 | 6.1% |
| 94th | Mauritius | $10,247 | 12.8% |
| 95th | Dominican Republic | $10,104 | 12.0% |
| 96th | Serbia | $10,025 | 4.1% |
| 97th | Montenegro | $10,025 | 7.5% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $9,694 | 20.9% |
| 99th | Dominica | $9,324 | 23.8% |
| 100th | Brazil | $9,281 | 16.7% |
| 101st | Gabon | $8,409 | -7.7% |
| 102nd | Botswana | $8,329 | 15.0% |
| 103rd | Belarus | $7,995 | 9.0% |
| 104th | Azerbaijan | $7,771 | 42.1% |
| 105th | Albania | $7,757 | 21.3% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $7,656 | 12.5% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | $7,606 | -0.2% |
| 108th | Equatorial Guinea | $7,589 | -9.8% |
| 109th | Peru | $7,351 | 5.7% |
| 110th | Belize | $7,068 | 16.2% |
| 111th | Thailand | $6,909 | -4.5% |
| 112th | Georgia | $6,730 | 33.1% |
| 113th | Colombia | $6,680 | 7.2% |
| 114th | Jamaica | $6,626 | 13.6% |
| 115th | Armenia | $6,572 | 40.6% |
| 116th | South Africa | $6,534 | -5.6% |
| 117th | Iraq | $6,521 | 27.4% |
| 118th | Ecuador | $6,516 | 7.1% |
| 119th | Marshall Islands | $6,456 | 5.8% |
| 120th | Paraguay | $6,206 | 3.3% |
| 121st | Suriname | $6,084 | 22.0% |
| 122nd | Libya | $5,987 | 14.1% |
| 123rd | Tuvalu | $5,911 | -1.2% |
| 124th | Turkmenistan | $5,838 | -25.2% |
| 125th | Moldova | $5,744 | 10.2% |
| 126th | Fiji | $5,414 | 18.0% |
| 127th | Guatemala | $5,359 | 9.1% |
| 128th | Tonga | $5,298 | 2.2% |
| 129th | Kosovo | $5,291 | 0.4% |
| 130th | El Salvador | $5,075 | 9.3% |
| 131st | Mongolia | $4,994 | 11.4% |
| 132nd | Algeria | $4,960 | 19.0% |
| 133rd | Indonesia | $4,731 | 8.7% |
| 134th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $4,721 | 29.1% |
| 135th | Namibia | $4,350 | -2.8% |
| 136th | Jordan | $4,332 | 4.2% |
| 137th | Cabo Verde | $4,323 | 6.2% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $4,233 | 2.1% |
| 139th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $4,219 | 22.3% |
| 140th | Ukraine | $4,200 | -13.8% |
| 141st | Viet Nam | $4,148 | 10.4% |
| 142nd | Samoa | $4,132 | -1.9% |
| 143rd | Eswatini | $3,894 | -7.9% |
| 144th | West Bank and Gaza | $3,800 | 9.7% |
| 145th | Bhutan | $3,711 | 9.7% |
| 146th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $3,710 | -9.1% |
| 147th | Tunisia | $3,707 | -4.8% |
| 148th | Angola | $3,682 | 50.6% |
| 149th | Lebanon | $3,654 | 3.3% |
| 150th | Philippines | $3,548 | -0.9% |
| 151st | Morocco | $3,463 | -11.5% |
| 152nd | Vanuatu | $3,370 | 14.2% |
| 153rd | Sri Lanka | $3,343 | -16.4% |
| 154th | Djibouti | $3,133 | -7.4% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | $3,102 | 40.0% |
| 156th | Honduras | $3,003 | 7.9% |
| 157th | Nigeria | $2,899 | 3.9% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | $2,716 | 8.8% |
| 159th | Congo, Republic of | $2,621 | 14.2% |
| 160th | Uzbekistan | $2,579 | 15.2% |
| 161st | Zimbabwe | $2,536 | -23.0% |
| 162nd | São Tomé and Principe | $2,390 | 0.3% |
| 163rd | India | $2,347 | 4.8% |
| 164th | Timor-Leste | $2,343 | -13.5% |
| 165th | Côte d'Ivoire | $2,333 | -5.8% |
| 166th | Cambodia | $2,325 | 4.8% |
| 167th | Nicaragua | $2,323 | 9.4% |
| 168th | Ghana | $2,230 | -8.8% |
| 169th | Kenya | $2,110 | -4.5% |
| 170th | Kiribati | $2,070 | -12.0% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | $2,046 | -18.0% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | $1,960 | -8.9% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | $1,878 | -8.8% |
| 174th | Haiti | $1,761 | -0.3% |
| 175th | Kyrgyz Republic | $1,740 | 25.1% |
| 176th | Cameroon | $1,605 | -4.1% |
| 177th | Senegal | $1,574 | -1.8% |
| 178th | Pakistan | $1,538 | -1.7% |
| 179th | Comoros | $1,465 | -5.4% |
| 180th | Zambia | $1,447 | 27.5% |
| 181st | Guinea | $1,417 | 24.3% |
| 182nd | Nepal | $1,386 | 10.6% |
| 183rd | Benin | $1,266 | -4.0% |
| 184th | Tanzania | $1,208 | 6.1% |
| 185th | Myanmar | $1,158 | 13.3% |
| 186th | Tajikistan | $1,052 | 13.7% |
| 187th | Syrian Arab Republic | $1,052 | 58.5% |
| 188th | Sudan | $1,046 | 35.5% |
| 189th | Lesotho | $1,030 | -3.9% |
| 190th | Mali | $977 | 13.2% |
| 191st | Rwanda | $975 | 14.2% |
| 192nd | Chad | $966 | -3.7% |
| 193rd | Uganda | $963 | -4.5% |
| 194th | Togo | $951 | 1.3% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | $883 | -4.9% |
| 196th | Sierra Leone | $860 | -2.8% |
| 197th | Gambia, The | $836 | 1.9% |
| 198th | Burkina Faso | $827 | -7.7% |
| 199th | Liberia | $745 | 11.6% |
| 200th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $688 | 11.7% |
| 201st | Yemen, Republic of | $616 | 17.9% |
| 202nd | Niger | $610 | 2.7% |
| 203rd | Malawi | $604 | 4.0% |
| 204th | Mozambique | $578 | 14.7% |
| 205th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $573 | -8.2% |
| 206th | South Sudan | $516 | 23.2% |
| 207th | Madagascar | $504 | -1.2% |
| 208th | Central African Republic | $467 | -10.9% |
| 209th | Afghanistan | $357 | 0.3% |
| 210th | Burundi | $303 | 17.1% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's gdp per capita in 2022?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita in 2022 was $6,534. This ranked 116th globally.
How did South Africa's gdp per capita change in 2022?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita decreased by 5.6% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 2022?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 2022 at $226,052.
What is the gdp per capita of South Africa in 2022?▾
The gdp per capita of South Africa in 2022 was $6,534. This ranked 116th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for South Africa's gdp per capita?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita went from $6,829 in 2021 to $6,534 in 2022, a 5.6% decrease.
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