South Sudan vs Zimbabwe

South Sudan vs Zimbabwe: GDP per person

GDP per person: $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015 and $1,503 in Zimbabwe in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by $307, or 1.28 times that in South Sudan.

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US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

South Sudan vs Zimbabwe: GDP per personGDP per person: $1,080 in South Sudan in 2015 and $1,503 in Zimbabwe in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2015 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by $307, or 1.28 times that in South Sudan.
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What the numbers say

  • Zimbabwe 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 SudanZimbabweWorld
2025–$1,503$12,130
2024–$1,417$11,890
2023–$1,418$11,670
2022–$1,369$11,450
2021–$1,312$11,170
2020–$1,231$10,580
2019–$1,358$11,000
2018–$1,472$10,820
2017–$1,423$10,590
2016–$1,378$10,360
2015$1,080$1,387$10,190
2014$1,197$1,381$10,000
2013$1,165$1,368$9,811
2012$1,069$1,360$9,654
2011$2,073$1,185$9,515
2010$2,295$1,056$9,322
2009$2,294$897$9,028
2008$2,289$803$9,266
2007–$987$9,191
2006–$1,038$8,913
2005–$1,089$8,639
2004–$1,166$8,409
2003–$1,251$8,151
2002–$1,525$8,011
2001–$1,690$7,932
2000–$1,677$7,880
1999–$1,746$7,639
1998–$1,789$7,479
1997–$1,774$7,382
1996–$1,760$7,203
1995–$1,621$7,058
1994–$1,634$6,944
1993–$1,498$6,819
1992–$1,504$6,801
1991–$1,700$6,773
1990–$1,654$6,804
1989–$1,588$6,741
1988–$1,554$6,620
1987–$1,491$6,446
1986–$1,524$6,326
1985–$1,544$6,233
1984–$1,494$6,120
1983–$1,578$5,947
1982–$1,614$5,903
1981–$1,635$5,986
1980–$1,547$5,980
1979–$1,432$5,978
1978–$1,409$5,843
1977–$1,469$5,710
1976–$1,618$5,591
1975–$1,660$5,410
1974–$1,747$5,467
1973–$1,693$5,465
1972–$1,703$5,236
1971–$1,621$5,061
1970–$1,533$4,964
1969–$1,290$4,885
1968–$1,184$4,707
1967–$1,199$4,535
1966–$1,142$4,461
1965–$1,160$4,321
1964–$1,142$4,176
1963–$1,191$3,999
1962–$1,157$3,889
1961–$1,177$3,759
1960–$1,143$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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