Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

Maldives
0.1209 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.0424 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Maldives rank
25th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
22nd

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.050.10.15197920012024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.1209 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0424 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0785 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Maldives's figure about 2.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 25th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0415 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0228 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0187 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1980s 0.1072 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0293 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0779 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1990s 0.0696 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0416 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2000s 0.073 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0384 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0347 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2010s 0.0977 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0397 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2020s 0.111 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0378 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0733 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Maldives, at 0.1209 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0424 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0785 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Maldives ranks 25th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
246 places, 9,470 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Primary income payments (BoP, 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.