Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Maldives
0.2657 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.0672 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Maldives rank
19th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
17th

Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.250.50.751197720002024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.2657 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0672 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1985 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Maldives's figure about 4.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Maldives ranks 19th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 17th of 198 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3467 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0557 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2911 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1980s 0.4765 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0451 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4314 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
1990s 0.1785 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0492 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1293 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2000s 0.1511 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0873 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2010s 0.2197 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0655 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1542 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives
2020s 0.2362 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0573 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1789 current US$ per US$ of GDP Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Maldives, at 0.2657 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0672 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.1985 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Maldives ranks 19th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 17th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Commercial service imports (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
245 places, 9,662 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Commercial service imports (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.