Faroe Islands vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Exports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre

Faroe Islands
1.65 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
21,967 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Faroe Islands rank
41st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
38th

Exports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196519942023

How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 1.65 million current US$ per square kilometre against 21,967 current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 1.62 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 74.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 57 years both countries report, Faroe Islands has been ahead every year.

Faroe Islands ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th of 190 countries.

Faroe Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Faroe Islands Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 16,799 current US$ per square kilometre 598.01 current US$ per square kilometre 16,201 current US$ per square kilometre Faroe Islands
1970s 64,117 current US$ per square kilometre 1,553 current US$ per square kilometre 62,565 current US$ per square kilometre Faroe Islands
1980s 166,121 current US$ per square kilometre 3,448 current US$ per square kilometre 162,673 current US$ per square kilometre Faroe Islands
1990s 311,407 current US$ per square kilometre 4,736 current US$ per square kilometre 306,671 current US$ per square kilometre Faroe Islands
2000s 569,038 current US$ per square kilometre 10,530 current US$ per square kilometre 558,508 current US$ per square kilometre Faroe Islands
2010s 1.06 million current US$ per square kilometre 18,102 current US$ per square kilometre 1.04 million current US$ per square kilometre Faroe Islands
2020s 1.45 million current US$ per square kilometre 20,262 current US$ per square kilometre 1.43 million current US$ per square kilometre Faroe Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher exports of goods and services (current us$), per square kilometre, Faroe Islands or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Faroe Islands, at 1.65 million current US$ per square kilometre against 21,967 current US$ per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in exports of goods and services (current us$), per square kilometre between Faroe Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
1.62 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Faroe Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
57 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2023.
How do Faroe Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for exports of goods and services (current us$), per square kilometre?
Faroe Islands ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Exports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Exports of goods and services (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
234 places, 10,747 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Exports of goods and services (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.