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$), per unit of GDP over time
- Barbados
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.6429 constant 2015 US$ 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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About this data
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.