Costa Rica vs Togo: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Costa Rica
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 34.4% against 32.3% in Costa Rica, a difference of 2.1%.
That makes Togo's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 56th and Togo ranks 55th of 196 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.9% | 53.9% | 26.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 74.2% | 41.1% | 33.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 68.3% | 25.3% | 43.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 51.8% | 18.6% | 33.2% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 30.3% | 19.0% | 11.3% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 38.5% | 18.7% | 19.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 35.4% | 28.7% | 6.7% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Costa Rica or Togo?
- Togo, at 34.4% against 32.3% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Costa Rica and Togo?
- 2.1%, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Togo?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Togo rank globally for food exports?
- Costa Rica ranks 56th and Togo ranks 55th 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.