Bahamas vs World: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Bahamas
- World
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 52.2% against 9.0% in World, a difference of 43.2%.
That makes Bahamas's figure about 5.8 times World's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1974 it was World ahead.
Bahamas ranks 35th and World ranks 37th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 4 and World in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 16.4% | 14.6% | World |
| 1980s | 3.0% | 13.5% | 10.5% | World |
| 1990s | 64.0% | 8.8% | 55.2% | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 41.4% | 7.1% | 34.3% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 21.5% | 8.3% | 13.2% | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 43.0% | 8.8% | 34.1% | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Bahamas or World?
- Bahamas, at 52.2% against 9.0% in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food exports between Bahamas and World?
- 43.2%, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and World?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and World rank globally for food exports?
- Bahamas ranks 35th and World ranks 37th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Food exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.