Qatar vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita

Qatar
11,500 current US$ per person
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
370.53 current US$ per person
in 2023
Qatar rank
38th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
36th

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita over time

  • Qatar
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196019912023

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 11,500 current US$ per person against 370.53 current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 11,129 current US$ per person.

That makes Qatar's figure about 31.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Qatar has been ahead every year.

Qatar ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 206 countries.

Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Qatar Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 497.16 current US$ per person 18.1 current US$ per person 479.06 current US$ per person Qatar
1970s 2,660 current US$ per person 44.36 current US$ per person 2,616 current US$ per person Qatar
1980s 3,593 current US$ per person 60.69 current US$ per person 3,532 current US$ per person Qatar
1990s 4,354 current US$ per person 79.47 current US$ per person 4,275 current US$ per person Qatar
2000s 11,311 current US$ per person 216.25 current US$ per person 11,095 current US$ per person Qatar
2010s 12,909 current US$ per person 371.39 current US$ per person 12,537 current US$ per person Qatar
2020s 10,877 current US$ per person 336.85 current US$ per person 10,540 current US$ per person Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita, Qatar or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Qatar, at 11,500 current US$ per person against 370.53 current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita between Qatar and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
11,129 current US$ per person, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
55 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2023.
How do Qatar and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita?
Qatar ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita
Unit
current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
253 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.