This is a list of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sou ...
n nations by
gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is of ...
per capita based on
purchasing power parity
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is the measurement of prices in different countries that uses the prices of specific goods to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currencies. PPP is effectively the ratio of the price of a bask ...
.
IMF list
List according to the
International Monetary Fund
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in current
international dollars for 2018.
World Bank list
All figures are in 2017
international dollars according to the
World Bank
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, and rounded to the nearest
whole number.
CIA list
All figures are in current
international dollars according to ''
The World Factbook
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'' by the
Central Intelligence Agency
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, rounded to the nearest hundred.
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! South American Rank
! World Rank
! Nation
! GDP (PPP) per capita (Int$)
! Year
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, 1 , , 59 , , , , 24,600 , , 2017 est.
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, 2 , , 63 , , , , 22,400 , , 2017 est.
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, 3 , , 66 , , , , 20,700 , , 2017 est.
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, 4 , , 84 , , , , 15,500 , , 2017 est.
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, 5 , , 89 , , , , 14,500 , , 2017 est.
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, 6 , , 90 , , , , 13,900 , , 2017 est.
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, 7 , , 93 , , , , 13,300 , , 2017 est.
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, 8 , , 100 , , , , 12,400 , , 2017 est.
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, 9 , , 109 , , , , 11,200 , , 2017 est.
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, 10 , , 113 , , , , 9,800 , , 2017 est.
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, 11 , , 121 , , , , 8,300 , , 2017 est.
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, 12 , , 125 , , {{flag, Bolivia , , 7,500 , , 2017 est.
See also
List of South American countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
References
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sou ...
*GDP (PPP) per capita
GDP (PPP) per capita
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is ofte ...