Which has higher number of product, Egypt or South Africa?

South Africa, at 260 exports against 238 exports in Egypt as of 2011.

What is the difference in number of product between Egypt and South Africa?

22 exports, with South Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South Africa?

17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/), published as Number of product (exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs South Africa: Number of product

Egypt

238 exports

in 2011

South Africa

260 exports

in 2011

Egypt rank

4th

South Africa rank

1st

Number of product over time

Egypt
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 260 exports against 238 exports in Egypt, a difference of 22 exports.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 4th and South Africa ranks 1st of 53 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	188.4 exports	256.6 exports	68.2 exports	South Africa
2000s	235.8 exports	259.9 exports	24.1 exports	South Africa
2010s	234.5 exports	260 exports	25.5 exports	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of product, Egypt or South Africa?: South Africa, at 260 exports against 238 exports in Egypt as of 2011.
What is the difference in number of product between Egypt and South Africa?: 22 exports, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South Africa?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Egypt and South Africa rank globally for number of product?: Egypt ranks 4th and South Africa ranks 1st of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/), published as Number of product (exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of product (exports)
Unit: exports
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 55 places, 935 data points, 1995–2011
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of products (at SITC, Revision 3, 3-digit group level) exported by country or country grouping; this figure includes only those products that are greater than 100,000 dollars or more than 0.3 per cent of the country’s or country group’s total exports. The maximum number of products is 261.