Which has higher food exports, Cape Verde or Vanuatu?

Cape Verde, at 86.4% against 85.3% in Vanuatu as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Vanuatu?

8 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2011.

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.

Cape Verde vs Vanuatu: Food exports

Cape Verde

86.4%

in 2024

Vanuatu

85.3%

in 2011

Cape Verde rank

14th

Vanuatu rank

16th

Food exports over time

Cape Verde
Vanuatu

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 86.4% against 85.3% in Vanuatu, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 14th and Vanuatu ranks 16th of 196 countries.

Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1980s	84.0%	95.8%	11.8%	Vanuatu
2000s	46.4%	59.7%	13.3%	Vanuatu
2010s	82.7%	84.6%	1.9%	Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food exports, Cape Verde or Vanuatu?: Cape Verde, at 86.4% against 85.3% in Vanuatu as of 2024.
What is the difference in food exports between Cape Verde and Vanuatu?: 1.1%, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Vanuatu?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2011.
How do Cape Verde and Vanuatu rank globally for food exports?: Cape Verde ranks 14th and Vanuatu 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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Indicator: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Unit: % of merchandise exports
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 242 places, 9,957 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.