Belize vs IDA total: Food exports
Food exports over time
- Belize
- IDA total
How they compare
Belize currently reports 95.3% against 20.4% in IDA total, a difference of 74.9%.
That makes Belize's figure about 4.7 times IDA total's.
Across all 29 years both countries report, Belize has been ahead every year.
Belize ranks 5th and IDA total ranks 6th of 196 countries.
Belize has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | IDA total | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.8% | 33.8% | 35.0% | Belize |
| 1990s | 84.6% | 24.8% | 59.8% | Belize |
| 2000s | 62.7% | 19.3% | 43.4% | Belize |
| 2010s | 72.7% | 19.9% | 52.8% | Belize |
| 2020s | 93.9% | 20.2% | 73.7% | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Belize or IDA total?
- Belize, at 95.3% against 20.4% in IDA total as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Belize and IDA total?
- 74.9%, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and IDA total?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
- How do Belize and IDA total rank globally for food exports?
- Belize ranks 5th and IDA total ranks 6th 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.