Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Yemen: Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.2509 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Yemen
0.6177 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
22nd
Yemen rank
22nd

Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
  • Yemen
0123199020072025

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 0.6177 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2509 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.3668 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Yemen's figure about 2.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Yemen ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 22nd of 36 groups.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 0.3502 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.39 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.04 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen
2000s 0.4214 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 1.27 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.8486 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen
2010s 0.2497 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4657 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2161 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher imports of goods and services (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Yemen?
Yemen, at 0.6177 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2509 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in imports of goods and services (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen?
0.3668 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen?
28 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2018.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Yemen rank globally for imports of goods and services (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 22nd of 36 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
208 places, 9,084 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Imports of goods and services (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.