Gambia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Gambia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 90.7% against 14.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 76.1%.
That makes Gambia's figure about 6.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.
Gambia ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 196 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 98.8% | 26.6% | 72.2% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 76.6% | 19.6% | 57.0% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 88.5% | 14.8% | 73.7% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 74.1% | 13.6% | 60.4% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 76.8% | 13.5% | 63.3% | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Gambia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Gambia, at 90.7% against 14.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food exports between Gambia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 76.1%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for food exports?
- Gambia ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Food exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.