Netherlands vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP

Netherlands
0.7041 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.5015 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Netherlands rank
33rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
35th

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

  • Netherlands
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.20.40.60.8196919972025

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.7041 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.5015 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2026 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 204 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.6145 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.432 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1825 current US$ per US$ of GDP Netherlands
1990s 0.6472 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4741 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1732 current US$ per US$ of GDP Netherlands
2000s 0.6682 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4875 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1807 current US$ per US$ of GDP Netherlands
2010s 0.6986 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5197 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1788 current US$ per US$ of GDP Netherlands
2020s 0.6988 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.5002 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1986 current US$ per US$ of GDP Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher services, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp, Netherlands or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Netherlands, at 0.7041 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.5015 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in services, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp between Netherlands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.2026 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
How do Netherlands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for services, value added (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Netherlands ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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