Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Tonga: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1.23 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Tonga
1.46 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
4th
Tonga rank
7th

Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
  • Tonga
00.511.5197520002025

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 1.46 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.23 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.23 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Tonga ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 4th and Tonga ranks 7th of 43 groups.

Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Tonga Difference Ahead
1980s 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.41 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3947 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
1990s 1.13 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.29 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1634 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
2000s 1.12 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.35 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2356 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
2010s 1.07 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.42 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3536 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga
2020s 1.09 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.45 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3615 current US$ per US$ of GDP Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Tonga?
Tonga, at 1.46 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.23 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tonga?
0.23 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tonga?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tonga rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 4th and Tonga ranks 7th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Gross national 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
229 places, 10,825 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross national 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.