Libya vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Merchandise exports to high-income economies
Merchandise exports to high-income economies over time
- Libya
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Libya currently reports 85.6% against 48.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 37.4%.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
Libya ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 41st of 206 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97.1% | 87.8% | 9.3% | Libya |
| 1970s | 96.4% | 88.1% | 8.3% | Libya |
| 1980s | 93.3% | 86.6% | 6.7% | Libya |
| 1990s | 88.9% | 79.2% | 9.6% | Libya |
| 2000s | 86.0% | 57.8% | 28.2% | Libya |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 47.3% | 31.9% | Libya |
| 2020s | 77.9% | 48.1% | 29.8% | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise exports to high-income economies, Libya or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Libya, at 85.6% against 48.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise exports to high-income economies between Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 37.4%, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Libya ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 41st 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.