$6,598
Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.
Sub-Saharan Africa · ZAF
South Africa market indicators
A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.
1.11%
Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.
3.21%
Annual change in consumer prices.
64,747,319
Total resident population.
1.15%
Annual population growth rate.
78.36%
Share of people who used the internet recently.
5.35
Fixed high-speed internet subscriptions per 100 people.
32.39%
Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.
60.91%
Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.
66.31
Expected years of life under current mortality patterns.
Data-led reading
What the latest series says
Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.
Income trend
$6,598 per person
South Africa's GDP per capita was $6,598 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 18.2% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.
Economic pulse
1.11% real growth
Real GDP growth was 1.11% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 3.21% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 32.39% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.
Digital reach
78.36% online
Internet use reached 78.36% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 5.35 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.
People & connections
64,747,319 residents
The population grew at 1.15% in 2025. Life expectancy was 66.31 years, while exports plus imports equaled 60.91% of GDP in their respective latest observations.
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