Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth was 1.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1992–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 1.9% for households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth in 2025.
That represents a change of up 217.0% on the previous year and up 116.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 4.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, -3.6%, in 1992.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 28th of 42 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -3.6% | — |
| 1993 | 0.1% | -102.0% |
| 1994 | -0.3% | -548.8% |
| 1995 | 3.1% | -1074.0% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -51.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | -60.7% |
| 1998 | 1.2% | +104.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -34.5% |
| 2000 | -0.4% | -149.4% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -466.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -89.3% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +915.6% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +73.9% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +26.2% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | +32.8% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | -40.2% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -89.0% |
| 2009 | -0.4% | -232.3% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | -835.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -93.4% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | +839.9% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -54.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | -0.3% | -135.7% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -607.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -51.8% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -76.4% |
| 2020 | -3.1% | -1867.8% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | -196.2% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | -38.2% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -46.6% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -41.0% |
| 2025 | 1.9% | +217.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -1867.8% | 0.2% | -3.1% |
| 1995 | +1074.0% | -0.3% | 3.1% |
| 2003 | +915.6% | 0.2% | 1.6% |
| 2010 | +835.4% | -0.4% | 2.9% |
| 2012 | +839.9% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| 2017 | +607.6% | -0.3% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | -3.6% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | -0.4% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | -0.3% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | -3.1% | 3.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.147 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 245.62 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.8257 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 8.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita 1,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 1.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.6% in 1992.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 28th out of 42 groups with data for 2025.
- Is households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth (annual %). 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. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.