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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
19,512 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Trinidad and Tobago
1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
40th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
41st

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
  • Trinidad and Tobago
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922023

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre against 19,512 current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 1.72 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 89.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Trinidad and Tobago has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 41st of 44 groups.

Trinidad and Tobago has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Trinidad and Tobago Difference Ahead
1960s 193.56 current US$ per square kilometre 76,728 current US$ per square kilometre 76,534 current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
1970s 759.45 current US$ per square kilometre 258,659 current US$ per square kilometre 257,900 current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
1980s 1,330 current US$ per square kilometre 394,347 current US$ per square kilometre 393,016 current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
1990s 2,265 current US$ per square kilometre 380,056 current US$ per square kilometre 377,791 current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
2000s 8,058 current US$ per square kilometre 1.06 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.06 million current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
2010s 15,981 current US$ per square kilometre 1.73 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.71 million current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago
2020s 17,148 current US$ per square kilometre 1.26 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.24 million current US$ per square kilometre Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago, at 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre against 19,512 current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Trinidad and Tobago?
1.72 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Trinidad and Tobago?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 40th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 41st of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per square kilometre. 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$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 13,248 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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