El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Manufactures exports

El Salvador
70.0%
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa
19.4%
in 2024
El Salvador rank
43rd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
40th

Manufactures exports over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
20406080196319932024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 70.0% against 19.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 50.6%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 3.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1974 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 40th of 196 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 26.7% 15.2% 11.5% El Salvador
1980s 36.9% 10.2% 26.7% El Salvador
1990s 44.1% 27.9% 16.2% El Salvador
2000s 48.2% 29.3% 19.0% El Salvador
2010s 74.0% 26.1% 47.8% El Salvador
2020s 73.2% 20.7% 52.5% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher manufactures exports, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa?
El Salvador, at 70.0% against 19.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in manufactures exports between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
50.6%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
34 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for manufactures exports?
El Salvador ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 40th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)
Unit
% of merchandise exports
Source
Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
242 places, 9,912 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). 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.