Barbados vs Sierra Leone: Food exports

Barbados
43.5%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
45.6%
in 2018
Barbados rank
46th
Sierra Leone rank
45th

Food exports over time

  • Barbados
  • Sierra Leone
020406080100196319932024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 45.6% against 43.5% in Barbados, a difference of 2.1%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 46th and Sierra Leone ranks 45th of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 60.8% 21.5% 39.3% Barbados
1980s 13.8% 32.1% 18.2% Sierra Leone
2000s 40.5% 55.3% 14.8% Sierra Leone
2010s 33.9% 57.8% 23.8% Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food exports, Barbados or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 45.6% against 43.5% in Barbados as of 2018.
What is the difference in food exports between Barbados and Sierra Leone?
2.1%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sierra Leone?
14 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do Barbados and Sierra Leone rank globally for food exports?
Barbados ranks 46th and Sierra Leone ranks 45th 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

Indicator
Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Unit
% of merchandise exports
Source
Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
242 places, 9,957 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

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.