South Sudan

GDP per person in South Sudan

GDP per person in South Sudan: $2,289 in 2008 and $1,080 in 2015, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2015
$1,080
Since 2008
−$1,209
World, 2015
$10,190
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US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

GDP per person in South SudanGDP per person in South Sudan: $2,289 in 2008 and $1,080 in 2015, by World Bank estimates. The highest was $2,295 in 2010, the lowest $1,069 in 2012.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $2,295 in 2010, the lowest $1,069 in 2012.

Every year

US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank

YearSouth SudanWorld
2025–$12,130
2024–$11,890
2023–$11,670
2022–$11,450
2021–$11,170
2020–$10,580
2019–$11,000
2018–$10,820
2017–$10,590
2016–$10,360
2015$1,080$10,190
2014$1,197$10,000
2013$1,165$9,811
2012$1,069$9,654
2011$2,073$9,515
2010$2,295$9,322
2009$2,294$9,028
2008$2,289$9,266
2007–$9,191
2006–$8,913
2005–$8,639
2004–$8,409
2003–$8,151
2002–$8,011
2001–$7,932
2000–$7,880
1999–$7,639
1998–$7,479
1997–$7,382
1996–$7,203
1995–$7,058
1994–$6,944
1993–$6,819
1992–$6,801
1991–$6,773
1990–$6,804
1989–$6,741
1988–$6,620
1987–$6,446
1986–$6,326
1985–$6,233
1984–$6,120
1983–$5,947
1982–$5,903
1981–$5,986
1980–$5,980
1979–$5,978
1978–$5,843
1977–$5,710
1976–$5,591
1975–$5,410
1974–$5,467
1973–$5,465
1972–$5,236
1971–$5,061
1970–$4,964
1969–$4,885
1968–$4,707
1967–$4,535
1966–$4,461
1965–$4,321
1964–$4,176
1963–$3,999
1962–$3,889
1961–$3,759
1960–$3,667

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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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