Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Maldives
184,768 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1,628 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives rank
43rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
40th

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

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k198220022023

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 184,768 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,628 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 183,140 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Maldives's figure about 113.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Maldives ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 4,667 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 122.57 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,544 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Maldives
1990s 16,587 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 172.76 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16,414 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Maldives
2000s 37,694 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 377.46 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 37,317 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Maldives
2010s 33,144 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 843.16 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 32,301 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Maldives
2020s 99,633 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,326 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 98,307 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income receipts (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Maldives, at 184,768 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 1,628 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income receipts (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
183,140 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
40 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2023.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for primary income receipts (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Maldives ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-receipts-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/maldives/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-receipts-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/maldives/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary income receipts (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
244 places, 8,921 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Primary income receipts (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.