Cote d'Ivoire vs North America: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- North America
How they compare
Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 55.0% against 10.0% in North America, a difference of 45.0%.
That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 5.5 times North America's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Cote d'Ivoire has been ahead every year.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 32nd and North America ranks 32nd of 196 countries.
Cote d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cote d'Ivoire | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.4% | 19.3% | 48.1% | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 65.0% | 17.7% | 47.3% | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 62.9% | 15.7% | 47.1% | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 59.5% | 9.0% | 50.5% | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 46.2% | 8.2% | 38.0% | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 50.3% | 10.2% | 40.1% | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2020s | 50.2% | 10.8% | 39.4% | Cote d'Ivoire |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Cote d'Ivoire or North America?
- Cote d'Ivoire, at 55.0% against 10.0% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Cote d'Ivoire and North America?
- 45.0%, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and North America?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2025.
- How do Cote d'Ivoire and North America rank globally for food exports?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 32nd and North America ranks 32nd 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.