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

Somalia
1.41 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Somalia rank
3rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th

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

  • Somalia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.511.5196019922025

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 1.41 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 0.4199 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 188 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 5 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9496 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7421 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2075 current US$ per US$ of GDP Somalia
1970s 0.9551 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7337 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2214 current US$ per US$ of GDP Somalia
1980s 1.05 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7742 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2799 current US$ per US$ of GDP Somalia
1990s 1 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 1.3 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.8292 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4713 current US$ per US$ of GDP Somalia
2020s 1.35 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.8902 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4617 current US$ per US$ of GDP Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Somalia, at 1.41 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.4199 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
40 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Final consumption expenditure (current US$), 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.