What is an unambiguous way to represent two different valid interpretations of what "total" might mean in this context Sorry for the unspecific title, but my lack of a way to accurately describe the problem is part an parcel of the problem itself.  I'll try and demonstrate clearly through example, as I'm not confident in my describe the problem clearly.
In a very simplified example, let's say I have a company which ships some products to 4 countries.

Representing how those products are distributed countrywise, I might produce a table like so:

However it seems there are 2 perfectly valid ways to describe a "total".  I could say 14, in that there are 14 products unique products sold per country.
Or I could say 8, in that there are 8 different products sold worldwide.
My problem is that both are useful, valid numbers for different purposes.  While perhaps the second is the more obvious, intuitive answer for what "total" would mean here, it's not hard to imagine why I might want to know the number 14: Let's say I must register a product with a made up "European fruit registry".  To know how many of those registrations I'd want to make, the answer would be 14.
What is a clear, unambiguous way to present what the numbers 14 and 8 are to this data?
My actual data involves 1000s of rows and 10s of columns
 A: A good way to discuss this would be to talk about a frequency table with interesting marginal frequencies.  Your overall table looks like this:
          Product
Country    Apple Banana Melon Orange Peach Pear Plum Pomegranate
  Austria      1      1     0      1     0    1    1           0
  Belgium      1      0     0      0     0    1    0           1
  Bulgaria     1      0     0      0     0    1    0           0
  Croatia      1      0     1      1     1    0    0           0

A potentially useful way to discuss your 14 is that there are 14 unique Product-Country combinations.  You can also discuss the frequencies of the margins, which is to say how frequent are the categories in each of the two dimensions without concern for the other dimension.  Along the Product dimension, the marginal frequencies are:
Product
      Apple      Banana       Melon      Orange       Peach        Pear        Plum Pomegranate 
          4           1           1           2           1           3           1           1 

For this, I would say there are 8 unique Products where the most frequently appearing products are apples, pears, and oranges.  You already have this for the Country dimension:
Country
 Austria  Belgium Bulgaria  Croatia 
       5        3        2        4 

There are 4 unique Countries, and Austria has the most diverse fruit, followed by Croatia.
To make it clear, I would present the results alongside the appropriate tables.
