South Sudan vs Zambia

South Sudan vs Zambia: GDP per person

GDP per person: $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015 and $1,356 in Zambia in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Zambia, by $216, or 1.2 times that in South Sudan.

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US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

South Sudan vs Zambia: GDP per personGDP per person: $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015 and $1,356 in Zambia in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Zambia, by $216, or 1.2 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Zambia 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

YearSouth SudanZambiaWorld
2025–$1,356$12,130
2024–$1,343$11,890
2023–$1,331$11,670
2022–$1,299$11,450
2021–$1,269$11,170
2020–$1,229$10,580
2019–$1,301$11,000
2018–$1,321$10,820
2017–$1,309$10,590
2016–$1,304$10,360
2015$1,080$1,296$10,190
2014$1,197$1,299$10,000
2013$1,165$1,281$9,811
2012$1,069$1,259$9,654
2011$2,073$1,208$9,515
2010$2,295$1,183$9,322
2009$2,294$1,111$9,028
2008$2,289$1,054$9,266
2007–$1,013$9,191
2006–$969$8,913
2005–$929$8,639
2004–$896$8,409
2003–$864$8,151
2002–$833$8,011
2001–$822$7,932
2000–$805$7,880
1999–$796$7,639
1998–$782$7,479
1997–$806$7,382
1996–$796$7,203
1995–$768$7,058
1994–$765$6,944
1993–$857$6,819
1992–$822$6,801
1991–$857$6,773
1990–$879$6,804
1989–$906$6,741
1988–$940$6,620
1987–$909$6,446
1986–$911$6,326
1985–$932$6,233
1984–$945$6,120
1983–$978$5,947
1982–$1,030$5,903
1981–$1,094$5,986
1980–$1,063$5,980
1979–$1,063$5,978
1978–$1,129$5,843
1977–$1,158$5,710
1976–$1,251$5,591
1975–$1,214$5,410
1974–$1,280$5,467
1973–$1,238$5,465
1972–$1,287$5,236
1971–$1,212$5,061
1970–$1,247$4,964
1969–$1,225$4,885
1968–$1,270$4,707
1967–$1,296$4,535
1966–$1,240$4,461
1965–$1,355$4,321
1964–$1,199$4,176
1963–$1,103$3,999
1962–$1,102$3,889
1961–$1,167$3,759
1960–$1,188$3,667

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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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