Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s final consumption expenditure (current US$) was US$2.19 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 57.18% from US$1.39 trillion in 2015 (4.63% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$2.19 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$1.52 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1.39 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$2.19 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$37.34 billion | 1965 |
| Average since 2016 | US$1.72 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$37.34 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s final consumption expenditure (current US$) rose 8.1% on 2024 (from US$2.02 trillion to US$2.19 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.3% and a typical year strayed about 8.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 30% in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.6% in 1985. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$87.32 billion a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | US$2.19 trillion | 2025 |
| World | US$81.66 trillion | 2024 |
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 61 values
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,186,943,831,430 |
| 2024 | 2,023,104,181,586 |
| 2023 | 1,897,207,912,775 |
| 2022 | 1,876,155,697,338 |
| 2021 | 1,744,667,587,883 |
| 2020 | 1,522,015,502,720 |
| 2019 | 1,587,244,553,226 |
| 2018 | 1,569,211,686,067 |
| 2017 | 1,491,193,651,683 |
| 2016 | 1,302,995,965,726 |
Final consumption expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$24.06 billion (2024)
- Algeria — US$172.34 billion (2025)
- Bahrain — US$25.46 billion (2024)
- Djibouti — US$3.87 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$360.88 billion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$242.86 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$191.81 billion (2024)
- Israel — US$449.08 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — US$108.41 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — US$34.84 billion (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) — US$3.07 billion (2025)
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — −US$472.27 million (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$2.21 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.13 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,671 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,614 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 4.14% (2025)
- GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.64% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s final consumption expenditure (current US$)?
- US$2.19 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 5,757% from US$37.34 billion in 1965 (7.02% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$2.19 trillion in 2025 and the lowest US$37.34 billion in 1965.
- Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (current US$) unusual for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- In 2025, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s final consumption expenditure (current US$) rose 8.1% on 2024 (from US$2.02 trillion to US$2.19 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.3% and a typical year strayed about 8.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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