Egypt vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): GDFI - general government

Egypt
17.53 billion current US$
in 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
53.66 billion current US$
in 2008
Egypt rank
2nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
1st

GDFI - general government over time

  • Egypt
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
10.0B20.0B30.0B40.0B50.0B198219962011

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 53.66 billion current US$ against 17.53 billion current US$ in Egypt, a difference of 36.13 billion current US$.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 3.1 times Egypt's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 42 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 6.43 billion current US$ 15.05 billion current US$ 8.62 billion current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 5.87 billion current US$ 15.55 billion current US$ 9.68 billion current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdfi - general government, Egypt or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 53.66 billion current US$ against 17.53 billion current US$ in Egypt as of 2008.
What is the difference in gdfi - general government between Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
36.13 billion current US$, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
7 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 1991.
How do Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for gdfi - general government?
Egypt ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 42 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, published as GDFI - general government (current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GDFI - general government (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
44 places, 1,242 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

General government’s gross domestic fixed investment (gross fixed capital formation) comprises all additions to the stocks of fixed assets (purchases and own-account capital formation), less any sales of second-hand and scrapped fixed assets, by local, state. Data are in current U.S. dollars.