Barbados vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP

Barbados
0.6429 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.522 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Barbados rank
19th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
20th

Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Barbados
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
01234197520002025

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.6429 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.522 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.1209 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 19th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 20th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1980s 1.36 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.8026 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5556 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
1990s 0.9749 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.7328 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.242 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
2000s 0.9173 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.6937 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2236 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
2010s 0.7583 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5063 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.252 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
2020s 0.6569 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4973 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1596 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp, Barbados or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Barbados, at 0.6429 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.522 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp between Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.1209 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?
Barbados ranks 19th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 20th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
238 places, 9,768 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Services, value added (constant 2015 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.