Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP in Africa

Africa: Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP was 16,551 in 2027. ▲ Rising

Latest (2027)
16,551
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
75th
of 87 groups
All-time high
16,551
in 2027
All-time low
11,327
in 1994
Years of data
37
1991–2027

Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP in Africa, 1991–2027

05.0k10.0k15.0k1991200920271991: 12.1k1992: 11.9k1993: 11.5k1994: 11.3k1995: 11.4k1996: 11.6k1997: 11.8k1998: 11.9k1999: 11.9k2000: 12.1k2001: 12.2k2002: 12.5k2003: 12.7k2004: 13.0k2005: 13.3k2006: 13.7k2007: 14.1k2008: 14.5k2009: 14.6k2010: 15.0k2011: 15.0k2012: 15.3k2013: 15.4k2014: 15.7k2015: 15.8k2016: 15.8k2017: 16.0k2018: 16.2k2019: 16.3k2020: 15.9k2021: 16.0k2022: 15.9k2023: 15.8k2024: 15.9k2025: 16.1k2026: 16.3k2027: 16.6k

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

Africa recorded 16,551 for output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp in 2027. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp in Africa peaked at 16,551 in 2027 and was at its lowest, 11,327, in 1994.

Africa ranks 75th of 87 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.

Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP in Africa, year by year

Annual values for Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP (ILO modelled estimates) in Africa, 1991 to 2027.
Year Value Change
1991 12,125
1992 11,856 -2.2%
1993 11,485 -3.1%
1994 11,327 -1.4%
1995 11,370 +0.4%
1996 11,630 +2.3%
1997 11,786 +1.3%
1998 11,880 +0.8%
1999 11,907 +0.2%
2000 12,085 +1.5%
2001 12,227 +1.2%
2002 12,493 +2.2%
2003 12,677 +1.5%
2004 12,980 +2.4%
2005 13,323 +2.6%
2006 13,710 +2.9%
2007 14,128 +3.0%
2008 14,492 +2.6%
2009 14,575 +0.6%
2010 15,009 +3.0%
2011 15,000 -0.1%
2012 15,315 +2.1%
2013 15,360 +0.3%
2014 15,661 +2.0%
2015 15,835 +1.1%
2016 15,814 -0.1%
2017 16,049 +1.5%
2018 16,190 +0.9%
2019 16,287 +0.6%
2020 15,854 -2.7%
2021 15,965 +0.7%
2022 15,924 -0.3%
2023 15,818 -0.7%
2024 15,859 +0.3%
2025 16,070 +1.3%
2026 16,297 +1.4%
2027 16,551 +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 11,707 11,327 12,125 9
2000s 13,269 12,085 14,575 10
2010s 15,652 15,000 16,287 10
2020s 16,042 15,818 16,551 8

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 72 Georgia 63,753 compare
  2. 73 Egypt 63,648 compare
  3. 74 Serbia 62,530 compare
  4. 75 Belarus 61,855 compare
  5. 76 Turkmenistan 61,099 compare
  6. 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61,078 compare
  7. 78 Armenia 59,071 compare

See the full ranking of 276 places →

More work & labour data for Africa

All data for Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp in Africa?
Output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp in Africa was 16,551 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 16,551 in 2027.
What is the lowest output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 11,327 in 1994.
How does Africa rank for output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp?
Africa ranks 75th out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
Is output per worker, gdp constant 2021 international $ at ppp rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Africa data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP (ILO modelled estimates). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 37 observations, free to reuse under ILO Terms of Use (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP in Africa. Statizoid, drawing on International Labour Organization. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/output-per-worker-gdp-constant-2021-international-at-ppp-ilo-modelled-estimates/africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under ILO Terms of Use (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/output-per-worker-gdp-constant-2021-international-at-ppp-ilo-modelled-estimates/africa/">Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP in Africa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP (ILO modelled estimates)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
276 places, 10,188 data points, 1991–2027
Last refreshed

This measure of labour productivity is calculated using data on GDP (in constant 2021 international dollars at PPP) derived from the World Development Indicators database of the World Bank. To compute labour productivity as GDP per worker, ILO estimates for total employment are used. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.