Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure was 4.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 1992–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 4.4% for households and npishs final consumption expenditure in 2025.
That represents a change of up 41.1% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households and npishs final consumption expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 7.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, -0.9%, in 1992.
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 22nd of 42 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -0.9% | — |
| 1993 | 2.9% | -414.6% |
| 1994 | 2.3% | -19.5% |
| 1995 | 5.9% | +153.6% |
| 1996 | 4.3% | -27.5% |
| 1997 | 3.3% | -23.3% |
| 1998 | 3.9% | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 3.5% | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | -36.7% |
| 2001 | 4.2% | +91.0% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | -32.0% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | +52.1% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | +27.6% |
| 2005 | 6.3% | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | +18.3% |
| 2007 | 5.5% | -25.6% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -42.9% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | -24.7% |
| 2010 | 5.8% | +141.8% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | -48.1% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | +54.0% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | -22.8% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -33.7% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | +78.4% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -18.9% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -18.5% |
| 2020 | -0.6% | -121.3% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | -1040.8% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -22.1% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | -20.7% |
| 2024 | 3.1% | -11.7% |
| 2025 | 4.4% | +41.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +1040.8% | -0.6% | 5.7% |
| 1993 | +414.6% | -0.9% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.1% | -0.9% | 5.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.4% | 2.2% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.4% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | -0.6% | 5.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 5.26 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 246.12 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1471 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 283.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1696 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 9.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -1.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households and npishs final consumption expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Households and npishs final consumption expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 4.4% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest households and npishs final consumption expenditure recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest households and npishs final consumption expenditure recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.9% in 1992.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for households and npishs final consumption expenditure?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 22nd out of 42 groups with data for 2025.
- Is households and npishs final consumption expenditure rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.