Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Service imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP

Maldives
0.2679 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
0.0697 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Maldives rank
20th
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
18th

Service imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
00.250.50.7511.2197720002024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.2679 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0697 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.1982 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Maldives's figure about 3.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

Maldives ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3532 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0594 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2938 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1980s 0.5053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0494 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4559 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1990s 0.1816 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1273 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2000s 0.1534 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0692 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0842 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2010s 0.2215 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0693 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1522 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2020s 0.2386 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0598 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1788 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher service imports (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Maldives, at 0.2679 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0697 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2024.
What is the difference in service imports (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
0.1982 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for service imports (bop, current us$), per unit of gdp?
Maldives ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Service imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. 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 (IDA & IBRD countries): Service imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/service-imports-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/maldives/sub-saharan-africa-ida-and-ibrd-countries/

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/service-imports-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/maldives/sub-saharan-africa-ida-and-ibrd-countries/">Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Service imports (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Service imports (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, 9,715 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Service imports (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.