Samoa vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Net financial flows, IMF concessional

Samoa
-222,561 NFL, current US$
in 1992
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
-218.80 million NFL, current US$
in 2024
Samoa rank
10th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
9th

Net financial flows, IMF concessional over time

  • Samoa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0500.0M1.0B1.5B197519992024

How they compare

Samoa currently reports -222,561 NFL, current US$ against -218.80 million NFL, current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 218.58 million NFL, current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Samoa ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 27 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 401,333 NFL, current US$ 59.43 million NFL, current US$ 59.03 million NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s -367,713 NFL, current US$ 84.18 million NFL, current US$ 84.55 million NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s -529,174 NFL, current US$ 69.76 million NFL, current US$ 70.29 million NFL, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net financial flows, imf concessional, Samoa or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Samoa, at -222,561 NFL, current US$ against -218.80 million NFL, current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 1992.
What is the difference in net financial flows, imf concessional between Samoa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
218.58 million NFL, current US$, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
16 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 1992.
How do Samoa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for net financial flows, imf concessional?
Samoa ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 27 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Net financial flows, IMF concessional (NFL, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Net financial flows, IMF concessional (NFL, current US$)
Unit
NFL, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
39 places, 1,162 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IMF is the International Monetary Fund, which provides concessional lending through the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and the IMF Trust Fund. Data are in current U.S. dollars.