Guyana vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per

Guyana
0.2691 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.1694 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Guyana rank
15th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
16th

General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per over time

  • Guyana
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.10.150.20.250.3196019922025

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 0.2691 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1694 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0997 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Guyana's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 187 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 4 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1539 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1115 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0424 current US$ per US$ of GDP Guyana
1970s 0.2194 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.124 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0954 current US$ per US$ of GDP Guyana
1980s 0.2458 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1469 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0989 current US$ per US$ of GDP Guyana
1990s 0.162 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1725 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 0.2626 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1683 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0944 current US$ per US$ of GDP Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per, Guyana or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Guyana, at 0.2691 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1694 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2005.
What is the difference in general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per between Guyana and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0997 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
41 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2005.
How do Guyana and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per?
Guyana ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
General government 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
230 places, 11,054 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

General government 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.