Belize vs IDA blend: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Belize
- IDA blend
How they compare
Belize currently reports 95.3% against 19.1% in IDA blend, a difference of 76.2%.
That makes Belize's figure about 5.0 times IDA blend's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Belize ahead.
Belize ranks 5th and IDA blend ranks 8th of 196 countries.
Belize has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | IDA blend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.8% | 24.0% | 44.8% | Belize |
| 1980s | 102.1% | 18.2% | 83.9% | Belize |
| 1990s | 64.9% | 16.4% | 48.4% | Belize |
| 2000s | 62.7% | 14.3% | 48.4% | Belize |
| 2010s | 72.7% | 15.6% | 57.1% | Belize |
| 2020s | 94.4% | 16.8% | 77.6% | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Belize or IDA blend?
- Belize, at 95.3% against 19.1% in IDA blend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Belize and IDA blend?
- 76.2%, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and IDA blend?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2025.
- How do Belize and IDA blend rank globally for food exports?
- Belize ranks 5th and IDA blend ranks 8th 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.