What is the difference in number of product between South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?

0 exports, with South Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sub-Saharan 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.

South Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Number of product

South Africa

260 exports

in 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

260 exports

in 2011

South Africa rank

1st

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

1st

Number of product over time

South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 260 exports against 260 exports in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0 exports.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

South Africa ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st of 53 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	256.6 exports	259.2 exports	2.6 exports	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	259.9 exports	260 exports	0.1 exports	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	260 exports	260 exports	0 exports	—

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of product, South Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa?: South Africa, at 260 exports against 260 exports in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2011.
What is the difference in number of product between South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 0 exports, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for number of product?: South Africa ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan 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.