Africa Corporate Wellness Market, by End User, 2018-2027
South Africa GNI Per Capita
What is South Africa's gni per capita (current us$)? As of 2023, it's 6.5K current US$, down from 7.2K current US$ in 2014.
| Label | GNI Per Capita (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 7230 current US$ |
| 2015 | 6450 current US$ |
| 2016 | 5880 current US$ |
| 2017 | 5850 current US$ |
| 2018 | 6250 current US$ |
| 2019 | 6570 current US$ |
| 2020 | 5930 current US$ |
| 2021 | 6320 current US$ |
| 2022 | 6530 current US$ |
| 2023 | 6490 current US$ |
Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
South Africa GNI Per Capita: Key Points
- Framed simply: South Africa's gNI Per Capita was 7.23K current US$ in 2014, is now 6.49K current US$ as of 2023, down by roughly 10% in between.
- 2015-2016: drifts lower, 5.88K current US$ (-19%).
- 2018-2019: builds to 6.57K current US$ (+12%).
- 2020: slips to 5.93K current US$ (-10%).
- 2021-2022: keeps gaining, out to 6.53K current US$ (+10%).
- 2023: Series wraps up at 6.49K current US$, a net 10.2% loss across the whole run.
Why There's No Clean Trend Here
This chart doesn't support a simple narrative. It moves up, it moves down — pick any two years and you can tell almost any story you want. Look at the whole series, not a slice of it.
The 2020 dip lands in the one year that disrupted almost every kind of economic activity worldwide — 2020. That doesn't prove COVID-19 caused this specific move, but it's a reasonable first place to look before assuming something else did.
This chart answers 'what happened' for South Africa, not 'is that good or bad' — that second question needs a comparison point, either other countries or a longer run of history than what's shown here.
Treat this as South Africa's best current estimate rather than a precise annual count — the source linked below periodically revises these figures as new survey data comes in.
This chart divides by population, which means it can move even when the underlying total does not — worth confirming which one, the ratio or the total, is actually driving the story you are interested in.
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