Nigeria vs South Sudan

Nigeria vs South Sudan: GDP per person

GDP per person: $2,369 in Nigeria in 2025 and $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Nigeria, by $1,506, or 2.39 times that in South Sudan.

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US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

Nigeria vs South Sudan: GDP per personGDP per person: $2,369 in Nigeria in 2025 and $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Nigeria, by $1,506, or 2.39 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2010, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • The world as a whole: $10,190 in 2015.

Every year

US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

YearNigeriaSouth SudanWorld
2025$2,369–$12,130
2024$2,325–$11,890
2023$2,281–$11,670
2022$2,254–$11,450
2021$2,207–$11,170
2020$2,229–$10,580
2019$2,432–$11,000
2018$2,432–$10,820
2017$2,442–$10,590
2016$2,482–$10,360
2015$2,586$1,080$10,190
2014$2,584$1,197$10,000
2013$2,495$1,165$9,811
2012$2,404$1,069$9,654
2011$2,371$2,073$9,515
2010$2,315$2,295$9,322
2009$2,205$2,294$9,028
2008$2,098$2,289$9,266
2007$2,021–$9,191
2006$1,949–$8,913
2005$1,889–$8,639
2004$1,825–$8,409
2003$1,717–$8,151
2002$1,644–$8,011
2001$1,465–$7,932
2000$1,422–$7,880
1999$1,390–$7,639
1998$1,419–$7,479
1997$1,420–$7,382
1996$1,416–$7,203
1995$1,395–$7,058
1994$1,433–$6,944
1993$1,499–$6,819
1992$1,571–$6,801
1991$1,542–$6,773
1990$1,577–$6,804
1989$1,450–$6,741
1988$1,461–$6,620
1987$1,398–$6,446
1986$1,391–$6,326
1985$1,429–$6,233
1984$1,388–$6,120
1983$1,440–$5,947
1982$1,659–$5,903
1981$1,834–$5,986
1980$2,177–$5,980
1979$2,156–$5,978
1978$2,083–$5,843
1977$2,279–$5,710
1976$2,214–$5,591
1975$2,090–$5,410
1974$2,267–$5,467
1973$2,094–$5,465
1972$2,037–$5,236
1971$2,018–$5,061
1970$1,808–$4,964
1969$1,480–$4,885
1968$1,218–$4,707
1967$1,261–$4,535
1966$1,529–$4,461
1965$1,632–$4,321
1964$1,590–$4,176
1963$1,547–$3,999
1962$1,456–$3,889
1961$1,428–$3,759
1960$1,455–$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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