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South Africa: Real GDP per capita

Constant local currency per person · 1804–2025 · 195 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP_pc

2025
74,747constant local currency per person
Change on 2024
−0.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
−0.6%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$5,847US dollars per person

Real GDP per capita

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Recent values

Constant local currency per person

YearValue
203176,885Forecast
203076,560Forecast
202975,964Forecast
202875,499Forecast
202775,135Forecast
202674,767Forecast
202574,747
202474,839
202375,348
202275,619
202174,872
202072,049
201977,835
201878,771
201778,686
201678,853

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

South Africa documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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