South Africa - GDP per Capita 2023
$6,034
−$606 from 2022
South Africa's gdp per capita was $6,034 in 2023, decreased +$606 from $6,534 in 2022. This was the 118th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $256,800 | 13.6% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $206,781 | 11.2% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | $133,231 | 6.3% |
| 4th | Bermuda | $132,604 | 9.0% |
| 5th | Ireland | $106,819 | 2.0% |
| 6th | Switzerland | $100,624 | 6.1% |
| 7th | Cayman Islands | $99,144 | 6.6% |
| 8th | Norway | $87,497 | -19.7% |
| 9th | Singapore | $85,412 | -5.4% |
| 10th | Iceland | $82,139 | 2.8% |
| 11th | Qatar | $81,817 | 1.8% |
| 12th | United States | $81,032 | 4.0% |
| 13th | Channel Islands | $74,586 | 10.3% |
| 14th | Faroe Islands | $72,465 | 8.1% |
| 15th | Denmark | $68,044 | -0.1% |
| 16th | Macao SAR, China | $67,216 | 80.9% |
| 17th | Australia | $65,058 | -0.8% |
| 18th | Netherlands | $63,516 | 6.7% |
| 19th | San Marino | $59,880 | 11.1% |
| 20th | Greenland | $58,499 | 5.1% |
| 21st | Austria | $56,580 | 7.6% |
| 22nd | Belgium | $55,291 | 8.1% |
| 23rd | Sweden | $54,950 | 0.5% |
| 24th | Germany | $54,777 | 7.5% |
| 25th | Canada | $54,220 | -3.8% |
| 26th | Finland | $52,834 | 4.5% |
| 27th | Israel | $52,004 | -5.4% |
| 28th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $50,562 | 5.3% |
| 29th | United Kingdom | $49,944 | 8.0% |
| 30th | United Arab Emirates | $49,851 | 0.3% |
| 31st | New Zealand | $49,076 | 1.9% |
| 32nd | Andorra | $46,812 | 13.1% |
| 33rd | France | $44,700 | 8.8% |
| 34th | European Union | $41,567 | 9.2% |
| 35th | Malta | $40,906 | 12.3% |
| 36th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $39,452 | 4.4% |
| 37th | Italy | $39,277 | 10.1% |
| 38th | Bahamas, The | $38,232 | 9.9% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | $36,981 | 3.9% |
| 40th | Cyprus | $36,624 | 7.0% |
| 41st | Saudi Arabia | $36,157 | -6.1% |
| 42nd | Aruba | $35,719 | 19.4% |
| 43rd | Korea | $35,674 | 2.4% |
| 44th | Turks and Caicos Islands | $35,470 | 13.4% |
| 45th | Kuwait | $34,076 | -11.0% |
| 46th | Japan | $33,836 | -0.7% |
| 47th | New Caledonia | $33,702 | 0.6% |
| 48th | Spain | $33,493 | 11.1% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | $32,891 | -12.2% |
| 50th | Slovenia | $32,660 | 14.8% |
| 51st | Czechia | $31,762 | 13.9% |
| 52nd | Estonia | $30,264 | 6.7% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | $29,290 | -3.9% |
| 54th | Lithuania | $27,786 | 10.7% |
| 55th | Portugal | $27,635 | 12.5% |
| 56th | Barbados | $25,584 | 18.3% |
| 57th | Slovak Republic | $24,615 | 15.3% |
| 58th | Greece | $23,344 | 11.5% |
| 59th | Uruguay | $23,019 | 14.2% |
| 60th | Latvia | $22,710 | 12.0% |
| 61st | St. Kitts and Nevis | $22,577 | 18.2% |
| 62nd | Hungary | $22,231 | 19.8% |
| 63rd | Croatia | $22,184 | 20.0% |
| 64th | Poland | $22,145 | 17.4% |
| 65th | French Polynesia | $21,832 | 8.9% |
| 66th | Antigua and Barbuda | $21,495 | 16.0% |
| 67th | Curaçao | $21,218 | 5.8% |
| 68th | Oman | $21,028 | -5.6% |
| 69th | Guyana | $20,474 | 10.1% |
| 70th | Panama | $18,797 | 8.0% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | $18,308 | -8.6% |
| 72nd | Seychelles | $18,263 | -10.5% |
| 73rd | Romania | $18,244 | 17.0% |
| 74th | Chile | $17,067 | 12.3% |
| 75th | Costa Rica | $16,942 | 28.0% |
| 76th | Bulgaria | $15,853 | 12.7% |
| 77th | Palau | $15,611 | 11.1% |
| 78th | Argentina | $14,262 | 4.1% |
| 79th | Russian Federation | $14,159 | -9.5% |
| 80th | Mexico | $13,861 | 22.8% |
| 81st | St. Lucia | $13,555 | 3.8% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | $13,375 | 22.9% |
| 83rd | China | $12,951 | -0.1% |
| 84th | Kazakhstan | $12,879 | 12.1% |
| 85th | Nauru | $12,752 | -1.3% |
| 86th | Maldives | $12,588 | -20.2% |
| 87th | Serbia | $12,282 | 22.5% |
| 88th | Montenegro | $12,260 | 22.0% |
| 89th | Grenada | $11,414 | 6.7% |
| 90th | Malaysia | $11,386 | -8.8% |
| 91st | Mauritius | $11,270 | 10.1% |
| 92nd | Dominican Republic | $10,630 | -0.8% |
| 93rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $10,582 | 20.9% |
| 94th | Brazil | $10,378 | 12.1% |
| 95th | Dominica | $9,913 | 21.0% |
| 96th | Albania | $9,731 | 40.9% |
| 97th | North Macedonia | $8,674 | 13.8% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $8,663 | 22.4% |
| 99th | Georgia | $8,284 | 22.3% |
| 100th | Armenia | $8,159 | 24.8% |
| 101st | Belarus | $7,897 | -1.2% |
| 102nd | Peru | $7,888 | 6.1% |
| 103rd | Botswana | $7,826 | 1.3% |
| 104th | Gabon | $7,803 | -17.7% |
| 105th | Jamaica | $7,542 | 10.6% |
| 106th | Belize | $7,425 | 3.7% |
| 107th | Thailand | $7,195 | 1.7% |
| 108th | Azerbaijan | $7,133 | -8.9% |
| 109th | Colombia | $7,001 | 4.7% |
| 110th | Moldova | $6,800 | 20.1% |
| 111th | Marshall Islands | $6,793 | 11.0% |
| 112th | Ecuador | $6,738 | 2.8% |
| 113th | Equatorial Guinea | $6,678 | -27.1% |
| 114th | Tuvalu | $6,345 | 23.8% |
| 115th | Paraguay | $6,300 | 0.9% |
| 116th | Turkmenistan | $6,232 | -29.3% |
| 117th | Kosovo | $6,221 | 17.6% |
| 118th | South Africa | $6,034 | -9.1% |
| 119th | Libya | $6,027 | -5.6% |
| 120th | Iraq | $5,965 | -12.5% |
| 121st | Fiji | $5,926 | 8.5% |
| 122nd | Mongolia | $5,839 | 17.7% |
| 123rd | Guatemala | $5,758 | 7.5% |
| 124th | Tonga | $5,652 | 9.7% |
| 125th | Suriname | $5,522 | -4.5% |
| 126th | Algeria | $5,370 | 7.8% |
| 127th | El Salvador | $5,365 | 5.7% |
| 128th | Ukraine | $5,140 | 9.5% |
| 129th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $5,049 | 6.3% |
| 130th | Indonesia | $4,876 | 1.9% |
| 131st | Samoa | $4,823 | 12.0% |
| 132nd | Cabo Verde | $4,795 | 7.9% |
| 133rd | Jordan | $4,466 | 3.2% |
| 134th | Viet Nam | $4,323 | 4.6% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $4,275 | 15.3% |
| 136th | Namibia | $4,188 | -5.0% |
| 137th | Tunisia | $3,951 | 7.5% |
| 138th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $3,920 | -10.7% |
| 139th | Bhutan | $3,831 | 4.3% |
| 140th | Morocco | $3,814 | 6.6% |
| 141st | Philippines | $3,804 | 4.4% |
| 142nd | Sri Lanka | $3,799 | 14.1% |
| 143rd | Eswatini | $3,756 | -9.4% |
| 144th | Vanuatu | $3,483 | 8.6% |
| 145th | Lebanon | $3,478 | -22.9% |
| 146th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $3,457 | -24.6% |
| 147th | West Bank and Gaza | $3,455 | -3.5% |
| 148th | Djibouti | $3,381 | -3.6% |
| 149th | Honduras | $3,227 | 5.7% |
| 150th | São Tomé and Principe | $2,991 | 24.0% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | $2,966 | 12.7% |
| 152nd | Angola | $2,916 | -27.1% |
| 153rd | Uzbekistan | $2,879 | 12.7% |
| 154th | Nicaragua | $2,609 | 13.0% |
| 155th | Côte d'Ivoire | $2,592 | 10.2% |
| 156th | Bangladesh | $2,551 | -6.6% |
| 157th | India | $2,530 | 7.8% |
| 158th | Congo, Republic of | $2,478 | 5.9% |
| 159th | Cambodia | $2,430 | 4.7% |
| 160th | Ghana | $2,384 | 6.9% |
| 161st | Zimbabwe | $2,195 | -26.7% |
| 162nd | Kiribati | $2,178 | -0.7% |
| 163rd | Nigeria | $2,139 | -26.1% |
| 164th | Kyrgyz Republic | $2,138 | 18.4% |
| 165th | Mauritania | $2,136 | -3.2% |
| 166th | Lao PDR | $2,067 | 2.2% |
| 167th | Kenya | $1,943 | -14.3% |
| 168th | Solomon Islands | $1,883 | -9.4% |
| 169th | Cameroon | $1,720 | 7.0% |
| 170th | Haiti | $1,706 | 3.8% |
| 171st | Senegal | $1,698 | 8.2% |
| 172nd | Comoros | $1,560 | 8.5% |
| 173rd | Guinea | $1,555 | 16.5% |
| 174th | Timor-Leste | $1,502 | -36.2% |
| 175th | Benin | $1,394 | 10.0% |
| 176th | Nepal | $1,382 | -0.3% |
| 177th | Pakistan | $1,360 | -17.6% |
| 178th | Zambia | $1,331 | -8.7% |
| 179th | Myanmar | $1,233 | -0.5% |
| 180th | Tanzania | $1,224 | 1.5% |
| 181st | Tajikistan | $1,178 | 8.2% |
| 182nd | Togo | $1,055 | 17.9% |
| 183rd | Mali | $1,044 | 24.7% |
| 184th | Rwanda | $1,027 | 2.2% |
| 185th | Uganda | $1,002 | -7.1% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | $988 | 8.9% |
| 187th | Chad | $949 | -8.4% |
| 188th | Lesotho | $916 | -7.1% |
| 189th | Gambia, The | $883 | 6.2% |
| 190th | Burkina Faso | $873 | 5.4% |
| 191st | Liberia | $799 | 8.0% |
| 192nd | Sudan | $797 | 11.1% |
| 193rd | Sierra Leone | $758 | -11.8% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $660 | -3.4% |
| 195th | Niger | $638 | 7.7% |
| 196th | Malawi | $633 | 11.6% |
| 197th | Mozambique | $622 | 8.6% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $597 | -8.7% |
| 199th | Madagascar | $509 | -3.9% |
| 200th | Central African Republic | $496 | 1.2% |
| 201st | South Sudan | $493 | -4.5% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | $493 | -20.0% |
| 203rd | Afghanistan | $414 | 16.4% |
| 204th | Burundi | $251 | -14.9% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's gdp per capita in 2023?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita in 2023 was $6,034. This ranked 118th globally.
How did South Africa's gdp per capita change in 2023?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita decreased by 9.1% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 2023?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 2023 at $256,800.
What is the gdp per capita of South Africa in 2023?▾
The gdp per capita of South Africa in 2023 was $6,034. This ranked 118th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for South Africa's gdp per capita?▾
South Africa's gdp per capita went from $6,534 in 2022 to $6,034 in 2023, a 9.1% decrease.
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