Cape Verde vs Small states: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Cape Verde
- Small states
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 86.4% against 17.2% in Small states, a difference of 69.2%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 5.0 times Small states's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Small states ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 13th and Small states ranks 10th of 196 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Small states in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.2% | 23.2% | 5.0% | Small states |
| 2000s | 28.5% | 19.4% | 9.1% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 83.6% | 17.6% | 66.0% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 18.6% | 68.5% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Cape Verde or Small states?
- Cape Verde, at 86.4% against 17.2% in Small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food exports between Cape Verde and Small states?
- 69.2%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Small states?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Small states rank globally for food exports?
- Cape Verde ranks 13th and Small states 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.