Eritrea vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP

Eritrea
1.25 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Eritrea rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th

Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Eritrea
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.511.5196519952025

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 1.25 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2599 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Eritrea has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 188 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 1.3 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.8989 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3993 current US$ per US$ of GDP Eritrea
2000s 1.21 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.8885 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3203 current US$ per US$ of GDP Eritrea
2010s 1.35 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.8223 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5292 current US$ per US$ of GDP Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp, Eritrea or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Eritrea, at 1.25 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2011.
What is the difference in final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp between Eritrea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.2599 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
20 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2011.
How do Eritrea and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Eritrea ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Final consumption expenditure (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
231 places, 11,115 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Final consumption expenditure (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.