Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
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The World Bank
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Merchandise exports (current US$)
5797449373.0287 1960
5868488976.4276 1961
6078519108.2155 1962
6812595010.0037 1963
7550789149.6701 1964
7916282761.3599 1965
8470185755.9771 1966
8673008971.4782 1967
9379286767.5886 1968
10585930465.9 1969
11566071080.91 1970
12599748788.337 1971
13956708169.202 1972
20028020361.131 1973
32194324612.788 1974
29788244132.452 1975
33081804875.539 1976
39237540943.97 1977
40041626889.688 1978
57510162409.521 1979
78464786293.245 1980
62214389719.065 1981
51991975014.718 1982
50355418850.963 1983
51699011257.009 1984
51280780237.382 1985
45979146442.698 1986
53448712044.431 1987
54968082705.103 1988
61405203615.875 1989
68944474387.546 1990
64578304177.823 1991
65121802459.367 1992
63587659281.964 1993
65533869882.922 1994
77331319820.543 1995
86973495537.902 1996
88109710860.205 1997
73673211467.314 1998
79986528782.619 1999
95290591697.161 2000
90647763397.936 2001
96617691193.611 2002
118219921885.83 2003
159963967842.66 2004
200711174223.39 2005
236684256312.1 2006
282698451942.44 2007
358827908444.28 2008
264012002259.55 2009
355577827637.9 2010
454021543100.6 2011
439877934768.57 2012
416441600053.86 2013
415922475897.72 2014
293978797662.26 2015
261692103063.7 2016
313374245706.27 2017
363521235202.27 2018
341407960107.31 2019
296529003169.54 2020
401326313069.61 2021
455022646155.43 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source