Public Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

44 indicators covering public sector for Sub-Saharan Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Arms imports 731.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values 2023 down 17.3%
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 27.8% 2023 up 17.3%
Taxes on goods and services 32.4% 2023 up 12.0%
Interest payments 13.6% 2023 up 222.6%
Grants and other revenue 21.0% 2023 down 31.1%
Interest payments 10.2% 2021 up 127.6%
Other taxes 0.9% 2021 up 20.5%
Compensation of employees 35.9% 2021 down 6.5%
Goods and services expense 19.7% 2021 down 9.8%
Taxes on international trade 10.1% 2023 down 2.8%
Subsidies and other transfers 25.4% 2021 down 16.7%
Military expenditure 1.1% 2024 down 17.8%
Military expenditure 21.67 billion current USD 2024 down 6.9%
Armed forces personnel, total 1.73 million 2020 up 3.3%
Armed forces personnel 0.4% 2020 down 21.0%
Other expense 5.1% 2021 up 24.1%
Intentional homicides 12.2 per 100,000 people 2023 down 14.7%
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 27.0% 2025 up 14.4%
Military expenditure 5.1% 2024 down 13.8%
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disaste 6.03 million number of cases 2023 up 277.9%
Arms exports 22.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values 1976 up 144.4%
Intentional homicides, male 19.9 per 100,000 male 2023 down 16.7%
Intentional homicides, female 4.6 per 100,000 female 2023 down 4.2%
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating 2.89 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 6.2%
CPIA business regulatory environment rating 3.02 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.2%
CPIA debt policy rating 3.09 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 6.1%
CPIA economic management cluster average 3.2 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.3%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.27 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 1.6%
CPIA fiscal policy rating 3.05 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.8%
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector 2.6 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.1%
CPIA gender equality rating 3.25 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 1.2%
CPIA building human resources rating 3.64 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 3.2%
IDA resource allocation index 3.14 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.1%
CPIA macroeconomic management rating 3.46 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.8%
CPIA quality of public administration rating 2.81 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.0%
CPIA equity of public resource use rating 3.46 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.7%
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 2.7 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.3%
CPIA efficiency of revenue mobilization rating 3.24 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.4%
CPIA structural policies cluster average 3.16 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.8%
CPIA financial sector rating 2.8 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.3%
CPIA social protection rating 3.1 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.7%
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average 3.35 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 3.4%
CPIA trade rating 3.65 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.2%
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflic 13.46 million number of cases 2023 up 145.8%