Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Sub-Saharan Africa

Government consumption in US dollars in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 374,997,415,595 US$. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 6,984.5%.

2025 375B US$ +9.56% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 375B US$2025
Period minimum 5.29B US$1965

Trend over time

1965–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1965–20250100B200B300B400B196519711977198319891995200120072013201920251965: 5,293,196,300 US$1967: 6,122,430,868 US$1969: 7,726,402,637 US$1971: 9,828,331,753 US$1973: 12,900,945,456 US$1975: 19,067,334,299 US$1977: 22,501,450,745 US$1979: 32,995,261,740 US$1981: 43,116,849,460 US$1983: 42,482,173,894 US$1985: 36,972,202,723 US$1987: 56,525,322,303 US$1989: 58,299,302,972 US$1991: 75,449,859,340 US$1993: 74,644,283,128 US$1995: 74,629,754,049 US$1997: 79,517,152,689 US$1999: 74,861,640,811 US$2001: 70,876,866,681 US$2003: 98,743,033,060 US$2005: 135,096,768,580 US$2007: 173,903,944,013 US$2009: 201,098,731,809 US$2011: 274,429,701,777 US$2013: 295,359,665,229 US$2015: 257,394,765,352 US$2017: 274,236,565,711 US$2019: 284,584,722,176 US$2021: 316,389,328,522 US$2023: 326,183,281,493 US$2025: 374,997,415,595 US$
Change over the period: +370B (+6,984.52%) Average annual rate: 7.36 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 375B +32.71B +9.56%
2024 342B +16.1B +4.94%
2023 326B −13.16B −3.88%
2022 339B +22.96B +7.26%
2021 316B +37.45B +13.43%
2020 279B −5.65B −1.98%
2019 285B +2.92B +1.04%
2018 282B +7.43B +2.71%
2017 274B +32.28B +13.34%
2016 242B −15.44B −6%
2015 257B −35.15B −12.02%
2014 293B −2.81B −0.95%
2013 295B +15.98B +5.72%
2012 279B +4.95B +1.8%
2011 274B +41.54B +17.84%
2010 233B +31.79B +15.81%
2009 201B +7.31B +3.77%
2008 194B +19.88B +11.43%
2007 174B +24.85B +16.67%
2006 149B +13.96B +10.33%
2005 135B +14.6B +12.12%
2004 120B +21.75B +22.03%
2003 98.74B +26.91B +37.45%
2002 71.84B +961M +1.36%
2001 70.88B −3.55B −4.77%
2000 74.43B −435M −0.58%
1999 74.86B −1.6B −2.1%
1998 76.46B −3.05B −3.84%
1997 79.52B +2.66B +3.46%
1996 76.86B +2.23B +2.98%
1995 74.63B +3.34B +4.68%
1994 71.29B −3.35B −4.49%
1993 74.64B −1.32B −1.74%
1992 75.96B +513M +0.68%
1991 75.45B +5.32B +7.59%
1990 70.13B +11.83B +20.28%
1989 58.3B +157M +0.27%
1988 58.14B +1.62B +2.86%
1987 56.53B +11.17B +24.62%
1986 45.36B +8.39B +22.68%
1985 36.97B −4.88B −11.67%
1984 41.85B −627M −1.48%
1983 42.48B +782M +1.88%
1982 41.7B −1.42B −3.29%
1981 43.12B +64.21M +0.15%
1980 43.05B +10.06B +30.48%
1979 33B +5.97B +22.1%
1978 27.02B +4.52B +20.1%
1977 22.5B +2.52B +12.59%
1976 19.99B +918M +4.81%
1975 19.07B +3.42B +21.85%
1974 15.65B +2.75B +21.3%
1973 12.9B +2.43B +23.23%
1972 10.47B +640M +6.51%
1971 9.83B +1.34B +15.76%
1970 8.49B +764M +9.88%
1969 7.73B +717M +10.23%
1968 7.01B +887M +14.49%
1967 6.12B +385M +6.71%
1966 5.74B +444M +8.39%
1965 5.29B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.