Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP

Maldives
0.7821 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.2779 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Maldives rank
21st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
21st

Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.20.40.60.81196719962025

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.7821 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2779 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.5042 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Maldives's figure about 2.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Maldives ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 193 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2010s 0.7339 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.226 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5079 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2020s 0.7185 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4801 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher exports of goods and services (current us$), per unit of gdp, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Maldives, at 0.7821 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2779 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in exports of goods and services (current us$), per unit of gdp between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.5042 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
11 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for exports of goods and services (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Maldives ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
237 places, 11,389 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Exports of goods and services (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.