Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs United Arab Emirates: Services, value added (current US$), per capita

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
838.2 current US$ per person
in 2025
United Arab Emirates
27,601 current US$ per person
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
40th
United Arab Emirates rank
37th

Services, value added (current US$), per capita over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
  • United Arab Emirates
010.0k20.0k30.0k197520002025

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 27,601 current US$ per person against 838.2 current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 26,763 current US$ per person.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 32.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 44 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th and United Arab Emirates ranks 37th of 47 groups.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1980s 314.51 current US$ per person 16,197 current US$ per person 15,882 current US$ per person United Arab Emirates
1990s 355.58 current US$ per person 14,490 current US$ per person 14,134 current US$ per person United Arab Emirates
2000s 496.71 current US$ per person 17,662 current US$ per person 17,165 current US$ per person United Arab Emirates
2010s 887.75 current US$ per person 24,551 current US$ per person 23,663 current US$ per person United Arab Emirates
2020s 849.31 current US$ per person 25,158 current US$ per person 24,309 current US$ per person United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher services, value added (current us$), per capita, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or United Arab Emirates?
United Arab Emirates, at 27,601 current US$ per person against 838.2 current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in services, value added (current us$), per capita between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and United Arab Emirates?
26,763 current US$ per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and United Arab Emirates?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and United Arab Emirates rank globally for services, value added (current us$), per capita?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th and United Arab Emirates ranks 37th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Services, value added (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Services, value added (current US$), per capita
Unit
current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
252 places, 10,748 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Services, value added (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.