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

Kyrgyzstan
0.5734 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.2262 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Kyrgyzstan rank
26th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
23rd

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

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.20.40.60.8196019922025

How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 0.5734 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2262 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.3472 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Kyrgyzstan's figure about 2.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Kyrgyzstan has been ahead every year.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 26th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 203 countries.

Kyrgyzstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kyrgyzstan Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 0.3446 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1648 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1798 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kyrgyzstan
2000s 0.5181 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2089 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3093 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kyrgyzstan
2010s 0.6721 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2207 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4514 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kyrgyzstan
2020s 0.6577 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2088 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.4489 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Kyrgyzstan or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Kyrgyzstan, at 0.5734 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2262 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Kyrgyzstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.3472 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2025.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise imports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Kyrgyzstan ranks 26th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kyrgyzstan vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-imports-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/kyrgyz-republic/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-imports-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/kyrgyz-republic/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Kyrgyzstan vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise 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
250 places, 13,931 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Merchandise 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.