Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Merchandise exports to high-income economies
Merchandise exports to high-income economies over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 85.2% against 48.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 37.0%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 39th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 41st of 206 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 6 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91.3% | 88.2% | 3.1% | Somalia |
| 1970s | 95.0% | 87.8% | 7.2% | Somalia |
| 1980s | 96.0% | 86.6% | 9.4% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 73.0% | 79.2% | 6.2% | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 64.7% | 57.8% | 7.0% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 79.8% | 47.3% | 32.5% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 84.5% | 48.1% | 36.4% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise exports to high-income economies, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Somalia, at 85.2% against 48.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise exports to high-income economies between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 37.0%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for merchandise exports to high-income economies?
- Somalia ranks 39th 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.