Italy vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Merchandise exports to high-income economies
Merchandise exports to high-income economies over time
- Italy
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Italy currently reports 84.0% against 48.1% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 35.9%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
Italy ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 43rd of 206 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.4% | 87.8% | 6.4% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1970s | 81.8% | 88.1% | 6.3% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 83.4% | 86.6% | 3.3% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 87.1% | 79.2% | 7.9% | Italy |
| 2000s | 85.7% | 57.6% | 28.0% | Italy |
| 2010s | 82.1% | 47.2% | 35.0% | Italy |
| 2020s | 84.6% | 48.0% | 36.6% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise exports to high-income economies, Italy or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Italy, at 84.0% against 48.1% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise exports to high-income economies between Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 35.9%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Italy ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 43rd of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.