Rwanda vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP

Rwanda
1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.9626 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Rwanda rank
38th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
35th

GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Rwanda
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.250.50.7511.2196219932025

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9626 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0574 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Rwanda ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 207 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 1 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.08 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0774 current US$ per US$ of GDP Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9838 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.04 current US$ per US$ of GDP Rwanda
2000s 1 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9568 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0447 current US$ per US$ of GDP Rwanda
2010s 0.9856 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9517 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0339 current US$ per US$ of GDP Rwanda
2020s 0.9929 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.993 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 current US$ per US$ of GDP Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gni, atlas method (current us$), per unit of gdp, Rwanda or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Rwanda, at 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.9626 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in gni, atlas method (current us$), per unit of gdp between Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0574 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
How do Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for gni, atlas method (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Rwanda ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
254 places, 13,209 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

GNI, Atlas method (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.