Seychelles vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Seychelles
270,365 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
3,696 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Seychelles rank
39th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
38th

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Seychelles
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
-200.0k-100.0k0100.0k200.0k300.0k197619992023

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 270,365 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 3,696 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 266,669 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 73.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Seychelles ahead.

Seychelles ranks 39th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 198 countries.

Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 16,608 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 270.89 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16,337 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
1980s 23,245 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 461.7 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 22,783 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
1990s 48,750 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 575.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 48,175 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
2000s 124,172 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,509 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 122,663 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
2010s 181,654 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,939 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 178,715 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles
2020s 215,040 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,257 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 211,783 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Seychelles or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Seychelles, at 270,365 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 3,696 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa?
266,669 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa?
45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
How do Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Seychelles ranks 39th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,137 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.