Cape Verde vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Food exports
Food exports over time
- Cape Verde
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 86.4% against 14.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 71.9%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 5.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 14th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 196 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 4 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.7% | 24.8% | 43.9% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 18.2% | 19.8% | 1.6% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 28.8% | 15.2% | 13.6% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 83.6% | 13.6% | 70.0% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 13.5% | 73.5% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Cape Verde or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Cape Verde, at 86.4% against 14.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food exports between Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 71.9%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for food exports?
- Cape Verde ranks 14th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th 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.