Cape Verde vs Gambia: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Cape Verde
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 90.7% against 86.4% in Cape Verde, a difference of 4.3%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Gambia ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 13th and Gambia ranks 10th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Gambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.7% | 97.8% | 29.1% | Gambia |
| 1980s | 83.8% | 98.9% | 15.1% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 18.2% | 80.9% | 62.7% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 28.5% | 91.7% | 63.3% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 83.6% | 74.1% | 9.5% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 76.8% | 10.2% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Cape Verde or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 90.7% against 86.4% in Cape Verde as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food exports between Cape Verde and Gambia?
- 4.3%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Gambia?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Gambia rank globally for food exports?
- Cape Verde ranks 13th and Gambia ranks 10th 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.