Number of product (exports) by country
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.
What the numbers show
Number of product (exports) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 260 exports in South Africa; the lowest is 7 exports in Comoros.
The median across all reporting countries is 150 exports, and the mean is 144.43 exports.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 1,215.4%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 86.4%).
Number of product: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 260 exports | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Tanzania | 254 exports | 2011 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 3 | Morocco | 243 exports | 2011 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Egypt | 238 exports | 2011 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 5 | Kenya | 237 exports | 2011 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 6 | Mauritius | 236 exports | 2011 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 232 exports | 2011 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 229 exports | 2011 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 9 | Tunisia | 225 exports | 2011 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 223 exports | 2011 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 11 | Ghana | 218 exports | 2011 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 12 | Djibouti | 214 exports | 2011 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 214 exports | 2011 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 213 exports | 2011 | up 129.0% | rising |
| 15 | Zambia | 211 exports | 2011 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 16 | Senegal | 206 exports | 2011 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 201 exports | 2011 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 191 exports | 2011 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 19 | Eswatini | 190 exports | 2011 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 20 | Mauritania | 187 exports | 2011 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mali | 186 exports | 2011 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 22 | Liberia | 171 exports | 2011 | up 1,215.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Madagascar | 162 exports | 2011 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 161 exports | 2011 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 25 | Botswana | 158 exports | 2011 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 26 | Guinea | 151 exports | 2011 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Gabon | 150 exports | 2011 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 28 | Benin | 147 exports | 2011 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 143 exports | 2011 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan | 136 exports | 2011 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 31 | Equatorial Guinea | 131 exports | 2011 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 127 exports | 2011 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 33 | Congo | 126 exports | 2011 | up 90.9% | flat |
| 34 | Togo | 123 exports | 2011 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 35 | Libya | 116 exports | 2011 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 115 exports | 2011 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 115 exports | 2011 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 98 exports | 2011 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 38 | Niger | 98 exports | 2011 | down 56.4% | rising |
| 40 | Rwanda | 77 exports | 2011 | down 44.6% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 72 exports | 2011 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 42 | Seychelles | 67 exports | 2011 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 43 | Lesotho | 63 exports | 2011 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Chad | 53 exports | 2011 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 50 exports | 2011 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Burundi | 50 exports | 2011 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Gambia | 50 exports | 2011 | down 69.5% | flat |
| 48 | Somalia | 32 exports | 2011 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 32 exports | 2011 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Eritrea | 30 exports | 2011 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 21 exports | 2011 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15 exports | 2011 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Comoros | 7 exports | 2011 | up 133.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 260 exports
- Sub-Saharan Africa 260 exports
About this data
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.