What is the difference in secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Samoa and Sub-Saharan Africa?

0.2097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Samoa ahead.

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

41 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Samoa vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

Samoa

0.2527 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa

0.043 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2024

Samoa rank

13th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

11th

Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP over time

Samoa
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.2527 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.043 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.2097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Samoa's figure about 5.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.2851 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2731 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Samoa
1980s	0.3548 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0147 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3401 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Samoa
1990s	0.3134 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.02 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2934 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Samoa
2000s	0.2224 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0367 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1858 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Samoa
2010s	0.2215 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0379 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1836 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Samoa
2020s	0.2937 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0386 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2552 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Samoa or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Samoa, at 0.2527 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.043 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Samoa and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 0.2097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Samoa and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for secondary income receipts (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?: Samoa ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 11th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Secondary income receipts (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: 245 places, 9,154 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 20 September 2026

Secondary income receipts (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.