How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

35 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$)

Somalia

1.33 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa

0.8256 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Somalia rank

1st

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

3rd

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) over time

Somalia
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 1.33 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.8256 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.5044 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 3rd of 190 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8729 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.6364 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2365 current US$ per US$ of GDP	Somalia
1970s	0.7691 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.6131 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.156 current US$ per US$ of GDP	Somalia
1980s	1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5494 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.4564 current US$ per US$ of GDP	Somalia
2010s	1.24 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.6753 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.569 current US$ per US$ of GDP	Somalia
2020s	1.28 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.7384 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5394 current US$ per US$ of GDP	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher households and npishs final consumption expenditure (current us$), Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Somalia, at 1.33 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.8256 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in households and npishs final consumption expenditure (current us$) between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 0.5044 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2025.
How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for households and npishs final consumption expenditure (current us$)?: Somalia ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 3rd of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Households and NPISHs 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: 233 places, 11,052 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 10 September 2026

Households and NPISHs 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.