Sub-Saharan Africa · rank #43 of 215
As of July 10, 2026
South Africa
$5 trillion
0.28% of Earth's market cap · $81,265 per person
South Africa's slice of total global wealth — its share of Earth's $1.88Q market cap, apportioned by its share of world output and marked to the daily headline.
Market cap
$5T
share of Earth's total
Share of Earth
0.28%
rank #43 of 215
GDP
$401B
World Bank, 2024
Per person
$81,265
64,007,187 people
Neighbours by rank
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#42 · Colombia → $5T
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#44 · Viet Nam → $5T
How it's valued
South Africa produces $401B a year. Weighting that output by its income group's wealth-to-GDP ratio puts its share of global wealth at 0.28% — so it is apportioned $5 trillion of Earth's market cap.
Note: this is South Africa's share of the planetary total, estimated from GDP scaled by income-group wealth multiples — not an independent national balance-sheet figure. See the methodology for the modelling choice.