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

South Africa, at 259 imports against 258 imports in Ghana as of 2011.

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

1 imports, with South Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana 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 (imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs South Africa: Number of product

Ghana

258 imports

in 2011

South Africa

259 imports

in 2011

Ghana rank

4th

South Africa rank

2nd

Number of product over time

Ghana
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 259 imports against 258 imports in Ghana, a difference of 1 imports.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was South Africa ahead.

Ghana ranks 4th and South Africa ranks 2nd of 53 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	250.6 imports	251 imports	0.4 imports	South Africa
2000s	256.3 imports	258.6 imports	2.3 imports	South Africa
2010s	258 imports	259 imports	1 imports	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of product, Ghana or South Africa?: South Africa, at 259 imports against 258 imports in Ghana as of 2011.
What is the difference in number of product between Ghana and South Africa?: 1 imports, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South Africa?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Ghana and South Africa rank globally for number of product?: Ghana ranks 4th and South Africa ranks 2nd 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 (imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of product (imports)
Unit: imports
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) imported 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 imports. The maximum number of products is 261.