Exports of goods and services — all countries

Exports of goods and services — Sub-Saharan Africa

Exports of goods and services in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 616,007,475,887 US$. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 5,517.1%.

2025 616B US$ +10.5% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 616B US$2025
Period minimum 10.97B US$1967

Trend over time

1967–2025 · US$

Exports of goods and services — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967–20250200B400B600B800B196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 10,966,574,756 US$1968: 12,268,604,678 US$1969: 12,863,882,447 US$1970: 13,687,038,666 US$1971: 14,503,679,530 US$1972: 17,165,228,303 US$1973: 22,731,750,818 US$1974: 31,471,391,172 US$1975: 32,697,538,131 US$1976: 34,000,025,164 US$1977: 40,409,298,257 US$1978: 46,650,945,584 US$1979: 59,114,724,475 US$1980: 80,368,993,989 US$1981: 68,702,647,525 US$1982: 62,034,289,774 US$1983: 62,154,669,690 US$1984: 61,737,525,701 US$1985: 59,830,711,949 US$1986: 64,905,571,509 US$1987: 76,267,087,949 US$1988: 78,429,809,760 US$1989: 79,474,318,520 US$1990: 87,329,775,269 US$1991: 84,828,793,430 US$1992: 86,027,101,588 US$1993: 87,774,580,855 US$1994: 91,470,472,702 US$1995: 107,322,472,363 US$1996: 114,352,062,635 US$1997: 115,210,838,833 US$1998: 108,946,426,726 US$1999: 108,654,689,498 US$2000: 118,883,804,690 US$2001: 115,055,075,044 US$2002: 122,561,255,690 US$2003: 147,925,271,408 US$2004: 185,231,951,698 US$2005: 230,714,901,850 US$2006: 274,505,456,183 US$2007: 335,646,486,354 US$2008: 407,156,524,694 US$2009: 319,504,470,531 US$2010: 402,614,853,333 US$2011: 482,827,940,304 US$2012: 472,133,901,239 US$2013: 466,841,832,232 US$2014: 457,510,048,065 US$2015: 361,636,893,818 US$2016: 334,907,481,167 US$2017: 393,312,824,923 US$2018: 440,350,319,170 US$2019: 424,318,060,166 US$2020: 366,960,343,991 US$2021: 490,506,477,517 US$2022: 559,029,212,459 US$2023: 527,155,772,395 US$2024: 557,478,109,547 US$2025: 616,007,475,887 US$
Change over the period: +605B (+5,517.14%) Average annual rate: 7.19 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 616B US$
World 34.89T US$
Exports of goods and services — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 616B +58.53B +10.5%
2024 557B +30.32B +5.75%
2023 527B −31.87B −5.7%
2022 559B +68.52B +13.97%
2021 491B +124B +33.67%
2020 367B −57.36B −13.52%
2019 424B −16.03B −3.64%
2018 440B +47.04B +11.96%
2017 393B +58.41B +17.44%
2016 335B −26.73B −7.39%
2015 362B −95.87B −20.96%
2014 458B −9.33B −2%
2013 467B −5.29B −1.12%
2012 472B −10.69B −2.21%
2011 483B +80.21B +19.92%
2010 403B +83.11B +26.01%
2009 320B −87.65B −21.53%
2008 407B +71.51B +21.31%
2007 336B +61.14B +22.27%
2006 275B +43.79B +18.98%
2005 231B +45.48B +24.55%
2004 185B +37.31B +25.22%
2003 148B +25.36B +20.69%
2002 123B +7.51B +6.52%
2001 115B −3.83B −3.22%
2000 119B +10.23B +9.41%
1999 109B −292M −0.27%
1998 109B −6.26B −5.44%
1997 115B +859M +0.75%
1996 114B +7.03B +6.55%
1995 107B +15.85B +17.33%
1994 91.47B +3.7B +4.21%
1993 87.77B +1.75B +2.03%
1992 86.03B +1.2B +1.41%
1991 84.83B −2.5B −2.86%
1990 87.33B +7.86B +9.88%
1989 79.47B +1.04B +1.33%
1988 78.43B +2.16B +2.84%
1987 76.27B +11.36B +17.5%
1986 64.91B +5.07B +8.48%
1985 59.83B −1.91B −3.09%
1984 61.74B −417M −0.67%
1983 62.15B +120M +0.19%
1982 62.03B −6.67B −9.71%
1981 68.7B −11.67B −14.52%
1980 80.37B +21.25B +35.95%
1979 59.11B +12.46B +26.72%
1978 46.65B +6.24B +15.45%
1977 40.41B +6.41B +18.85%
1976 34B +1.3B +3.98%
1975 32.7B +1.23B +3.9%
1974 31.47B +8.74B +38.45%
1973 22.73B +5.57B +32.43%
1972 17.17B +2.66B +18.35%
1971 14.5B +817M +5.97%
1970 13.69B +823M +6.4%
1969 12.86B +595M +4.85%
1968 12.27B +1.3B +11.87%
1967 10.97B

About the indicator

Exports of goods and services in current US dollars — the value of all goods and market services provided to the rest of the world: transport, travel, communications, construction, financial, information and business services, license fees. It excludes investment income and compensation of employees, which belong to the primary income account of the balance of payments.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.