Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), 1992–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 1.9% for households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 208.6% on the previous year and up 117.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 4.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, -3.6%, in 1992.
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -3.6% | — |
| 1993 | 0.1% | -102.9% |
| 1994 | -0.4% | -449.9% |
| 1995 | 3.1% | -959.3% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -51.6% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | -60.5% |
| 1998 | 1.2% | +101.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -37.5% |
| 2000 | -0.5% | -163.8% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | -402.5% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -91.3% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +1141.9% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +73.2% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +26.6% |
| 2006 | 4.6% | +32.7% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | -41.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -87.0% |
| 2009 | -0.4% | -216.5% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | -809.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -92.9% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | +775.1% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -52.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -7.9% |
| 2016 | -0.3% | -133.6% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -644.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -51.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -76.8% |
| 2020 | -3.1% | -1880.8% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | -196.5% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | -38.7% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -47.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -38.6% |
| 2025 | 1.9% | +208.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -1880.8% | 0.2% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | +1141.9% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| 1995 | +959.3% | -0.4% | 3.1% |
| 2010 | +809.7% | -0.4% | 2.9% |
| 2012 | +775.1% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| 2017 | +644.5% | -0.3% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | -3.6% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | -0.5% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | -0.3% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | -3.1% | 3.0% | 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)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 1,426 constant 2015 US$ per person (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 per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.6% in 1992.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for households and npishs final consumption expenditure per capita growth?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 117.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.