What is the difference in reserves excluding gold (sdr), per unit of gdp between Somalia and United States of America?

0.0041 SDR per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and United States of America?

30 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 1989.

Where does this data come from?

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

Somalia vs United States of America: Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per unit of GDP

Somalia

0.0099 SDR per US$ of GDP

in 1989

United States of America

0.0058 SDR per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Somalia rank

173rd

United States of America rank

176th

Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per unit of GDP over time

Somalia
United States of America

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.0099 SDR per US$ of GDP against 0.0058 SDR per US$ of GDP in United States of America, a difference of 0.0041 SDR per US$ of GDP.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.7 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 173rd and United States of America ranks 176th of 178 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0544 SDR per US$ of GDP	0.0029 SDR per US$ of GDP	0.0515 SDR per US$ of GDP	Somalia
1970s	0.0902 SDR per US$ of GDP	0.0024 SDR per US$ of GDP	0.0878 SDR per US$ of GDP	Somalia
1980s	0.0117 SDR per US$ of GDP	0.006 SDR per US$ of GDP	0.0058 SDR per US$ of GDP	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reserves excluding gold (sdr), per unit of gdp, Somalia or United States of America?: Somalia, at 0.0099 SDR per US$ of GDP against 0.0058 SDR per US$ of GDP in United States of America as of 1989.
What is the difference in reserves excluding gold (sdr), per unit of gdp between Somalia and United States of America?: 0.0041 SDR per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and United States of America?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 1989.
How do Somalia and United States of America rank globally for reserves excluding gold (sdr), per unit of gdp?: Somalia ranks 173rd and United States of America ranks 176th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per unit of GDP
Unit: SDR per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 179 places, 9,198 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 01 September 2026

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