Costa Rica vs Uganda: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Costa Rica
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 39.3% against 32.3% in Costa Rica, a difference of 7.0%.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Uganda ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 56th and Uganda ranks 53rd of 196 countries.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 70.4% | 89.9% | 19.5% | Uganda |
| 1990s | 51.8% | 80.5% | 28.8% | Uganda |
| 2000s | 30.2% | 62.4% | 32.2% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 38.5% | 57.6% | 19.1% | Uganda |
| 2020s | 35.4% | 45.7% | 10.3% | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Costa Rica or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 39.3% against 32.3% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food exports between Costa Rica and Uganda?
- 7.0%, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uganda?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Uganda rank globally for food exports?
- Costa Rica ranks 56th and Uganda ranks 53rd 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.