Caribbean vs Southern Africa: Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled
Caribbean
23,443 t
in 2024
Southern Africa
39,463 t
in 2024
Caribbean rank
25th
Southern Africa rank
23rd
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled over time
- Caribbean
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 39,463 t against 23,443 t in Caribbean, a difference of 16,020 t.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.7 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Caribbean ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 28 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 6 and Southern Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,956 t | 37,844 t | 2,111 t | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 47,967 t | 19,100 t | 28,867 t | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 73,592 t | 279.67 t | 73,313 t | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 58,181 t | 2,340 t | 55,841 t | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 83,510 t | 10,456 t | 73,054 t | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 67,527 t | 33,838 t | 33,689 t | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 25,463 t | 36,786 t | 11,323 t | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled, Caribbean or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 39,463 t against 23,443 t in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled between Caribbean and Southern Africa?
- 16,020 t, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Southern Africa?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Southern Africa rank globally for newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Caribbean ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 28 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.