# GDP per capita growth in South Africa

GDP per capita growth in South Africa was -0.04% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `gdp_per_capita_growth`
- Place id: `za`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.
- Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/south-africa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=gdp_per_capita_growth&place=za

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | -0.04 |
| 2024 | -0.71 |
| 2023 | -0.52 |
| 2022 | 0.63 |
| 2021 | 3.26 |
| 2020 | -7.68 |
| 2019 | -1.38 |
| 2018 | -0.14 |
| 2017 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | -0.28 |
| 2015 | -0.69 |
| 2014 | -0.26 |
| 2013 | 0.81 |
| 2012 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | 1.9 |
| 2010 | 1.83 |
| 2009 | -2.71 |
| 2008 | 2.01 |
| 2007 | 4.25 |
| 2006 | 4.53 |
| 2005 | 4.22 |
| 2004 | 3.51 |
| 2003 | 1.93 |
| 2002 | 2.72 |
| 2001 | 1.82 |
| 2000 | 3.25 |
| 1999 | 1.29 |
| 1998 | -0.71 |
| 1997 | 1.38 |
| 1996 | 2.96 |
| 1995 | 1.86 |
| 1994 | 1.54 |
| 1993 | -0.76 |
| 1992 | -3.88 |
| 1991 | -3.25 |
| 1990 | -3.05 |
| 1989 | -0.57 |
| 1988 | 1.07 |
| 1987 | -1.03 |
| 1986 | -3.13 |
| 1985 | -4.45 |
| 1984 | 1.52 |
| 1983 | -5.22 |
| 1982 | -3.77 |
| 1981 | 1.83 |
| 1980 | 3.43 |
| 1979 | 1.02 |
| 1978 | 0.24 |
| 1977 | -2.76 |
| 1976 | -0.48 |
| 1975 | -1.08 |
| 1974 | 3.16 |
| 1973 | 1.62 |
| 1972 | -1.22 |
| 1971 | 1.27 |
| 1970 | 2.11 |
| 1969 | 1.53 |
| 1968 | 0.96 |
| 1967 | 3.9 |
| 1966 | 1.25 |
| 1965 | 2.91 |
| 1964 | 4.69 |
| 1963 | 4.17 |
| 1962 | 3.07 |
| 1961 | 0.97 |