GDP in US dollars in Sub-Saharan Africa
GDP of Sub-Saharan Africa was US$2.21 trillion in 2025.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
US$2.21 trillion
Change from 2024
+11.1%
World, 2025
US$118.35 trillion
GDP in US dollars in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Current US dollars. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | US$2.21 trillion | US$118.35 trillion |
| 2024 | US$1.99 trillion | US$111.67 trillion |
| 2023 | US$2.12 trillion | US$107.35 trillion |
| 2022 | US$2.29 trillion | US$102.86 trillion |
| 2021 | US$2.14 trillion | US$98.78 trillion |
| 2020 | US$1.90 trillion | US$86.39 trillion |
| 2019 | US$2.05 trillion | US$88.80 trillion |
| 2018 | US$1.80 trillion | US$87.31 trillion |
| 2017 | US$1.67 trillion | US$82.11 trillion |
| 2016 | US$1.53 trillion | US$77.08 trillion |
| 2015 | US$1.69 trillion | US$75.84 trillion |
| 2014 | US$1.90 trillion | US$80.24 trillion |
| 2013 | US$1.83 trillion | US$78.17 trillion |
| 2012 | US$1.72 trillion | US$76.06 trillion |
| 2011 | US$1.65 trillion | US$74.39 trillion |
| 2010 | US$1.47 trillion | US$66.89 trillion |
| 2009 | US$1.24 trillion | US$61.05 trillion |
| 2008 | US$1.30 trillion | US$64.38 trillion |
| 2007 | US$1.15 trillion | US$58.57 trillion |
| 2006 | US$988.8 billion | US$51.97 trillion |
| 2005 | US$837.0 billion | US$47.94 trillion |
| 2004 | US$702.8 billion | US$44.26 trillion |
| 2003 | US$565.9 billion | US$39.29 trillion |
| 2002 | US$449.5 billion | US$35.05 trillion |
| 2001 | US$410.9 billion | US$33.75 trillion |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +11.1% from US$1.99 trillion in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was US$1.69 trillion, the figure has changed by +31.0%.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was US$118.35 trillion.
More for Sub-Saharan Africa
All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$1,673 per person
2025 · World Bank
Real GDP growth
4.1%
2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita, PPP
Int$4,963 per person
2025 · World Bank
GNI per capita, Atlas method
US$1,610 per person
2025 · World Bank
Services share of GDP
50.2%
2025 · World Bank
Investment share of GDP
23.1%
2025 · World Bank