What is the difference in urban population, per unit of gdp between Low income and Somalia?

0.0004 units per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Somalia?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Low income vs Somalia: Urban population, per unit of GDP

Low income

0.0004 units per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Somalia

0.0008 units per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Low income rank

1st

Somalia rank

2nd

Urban population, per unit of GDP over time

Low income
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP in Low income, a difference of 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP.

That makes Somalia's figure about 2.0 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.

Low income ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 2nd of 47 groups.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Low income	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0012 units per US$ of GDP	0.0028 units per US$ of GDP	0.0015 units per US$ of GDP	Somalia
1970s	0.0008 units per US$ of GDP	0.0021 units per US$ of GDP	0.0013 units per US$ of GDP	Somalia
1980s	0.0006 units per US$ of GDP	0.0022 units per US$ of GDP	0.0016 units per US$ of GDP	Somalia
1990s	0.0008 units per US$ of GDP	0.0016 units per US$ of GDP	0.0008 units per US$ of GDP	Somalia
2000s	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	0.001 units per US$ of GDP	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	Somalia
2010s	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0012 units per US$ of GDP	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	Somalia
2020s	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	0.0009 units per US$ of GDP	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per unit of gdp, Low income or Somalia?: Somalia, at 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP in Low income as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per unit of gdp between Low income and Somalia?: 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Somalia?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Low income and Somalia rank globally for urban population, per unit of gdp?: Low income ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 2nd of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban population, per unit of GDP
Unit: units per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 262 places, 14,784 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Urban population divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.