El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual over time
- El Salvador
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 25.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 43rd of 206 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.4% | 0.5% | 3.0% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 6.7% | 0.2% | 6.5% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 8.8% | 0.2% | 8.5% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 4.0% | 0.1% | 3.9% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 0.1% | 2.0% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.2% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- El Salvador, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual?
- El Salvador ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 43rd of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.