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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Yemen
1.32 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th
Yemen rank
7th

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

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

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 1.32 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 0.3299 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Yemen ranks 7th of 43 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 0.9207 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9507 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0299 current US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen
2000s 0.8885 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.833 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0554 current US$ per US$ of GDP Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 0.8335 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.08 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2502 current US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Yemen?
Yemen, at 1.32 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen?
0.3299 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen rank globally for final consumption expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Yemen ranks 7th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Final consumption expenditure (current US$), 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.