Sierra Leone vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP

Sierra Leone
1.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9654 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sierra Leone rank
6th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
9th

GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9654 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.4146 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 210 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 6.67 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 6.51 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1598 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
1970s 5.46 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 3.89 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.58 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
1980s 4.55 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.87 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 2.68 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
1990s 4.49 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.62 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 2.88 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
2000s 2 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.46 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5466 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
2010s 1.15 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9464 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2072 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
2020s 1.31 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9291 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3849 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp, Sierra Leone or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sierra Leone, at 1.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9654 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp between Sierra Leone and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.4146 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Sierra Leone and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for gdp (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?
Sierra Leone ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 210 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
258 places, 14,390 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

GDP (constant 2015 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.