Ecuador vs Uruguay: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Ecuador
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 65.3% against 58.7% in Ecuador, a difference of 6.6%.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 27th and Uruguay ranks 24th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 56.4% | 44.6% | 11.8% | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 36.3% | 42.6% | 6.3% | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 53.6% | 46.1% | 7.6% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 33.6% | 53.1% | 19.4% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 39.4% | 63.2% | 23.8% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 50.9% | 66.8% | 15.9% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Ecuador or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 65.3% against 58.7% in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food exports between Ecuador and Uruguay?
- 6.6%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Uruguay?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Uruguay rank globally for food exports?
- Ecuador ranks 27th and Uruguay ranks 24th 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.