Ghana vs South Sudan

Ghana vs South Sudan: GDP per person

GDP per person: $2,261 in Ghana in 2025 and $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Ghana, by $643, or 1.6 times that in South Sudan.

Watch it change on the map

US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

Ghana vs South Sudan: GDP per personGDP per person: $2,261 in Ghana in 2025 and $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Ghana, by $643, or 1.6 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Ghana has been higher since 2012, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: $10,190 in 2015.

Every year

US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

YearGhanaSouth SudanWorld
2025$2,261–$12,130
2024$2,173–$11,890
2023$2,092–$11,670
2022$2,067–$11,450
2021$2,030–$11,170
2020$1,970–$10,580
2019$2,000–$11,000
2018$1,915–$10,820
2017$1,841–$10,590
2016$1,741–$10,360
2015$1,723$1,080$10,190
2014$1,726$1,197$10,000
2013$1,719$1,165$9,811
2012$1,641$1,069$9,654
2011$1,538$2,073$9,515
2010$1,381$2,295$9,322
2009$1,312$2,294$9,028
2008$1,283$2,289$9,266
2007$1,205–$9,191
2006$1,185–$8,913
2005$1,143–$8,639
2004$1,108–$8,409
2003$1,078–$8,151
2002$1,052–$8,011
2001$1,035–$7,932
2000$1,022–$7,880
1999$1,011–$7,639
1998$992–$7,479
1997$971–$7,382
1996$954–$7,203
1995$934–$7,058
1994$918–$6,944
1993$911–$6,819
1992$890–$6,801
1991$879–$6,773
1990$856–$6,804
1989$850–$6,741
1988$829–$6,620
1987$804–$6,446
1986$785–$6,326
1985$763–$6,233
1984$742–$6,120
1983$700–$5,947
1982$756–$5,903
1981$837–$5,986
1980$892–$5,980
1979$914–$5,978
1978$966–$5,843
1977$918–$5,710
1976$925–$5,591
1975$987–$5,410
1974$1,160–$5,467
1973$1,117–$5,465
1972$1,118–$5,236
1971$1,179–$5,061
1970$1,152–$4,964
1969$1,078–$4,885
1968$1,043–$4,707
1967$1,065–$4,535
1966$1,058–$4,461
1965$1,132–$4,321
1964$1,144–$4,176
1963$1,146–$3,999
1962$1,125–$3,889
1961$1,106–$3,759
1960$1,101–$3,667

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
  • Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
  • Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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