Egypt vs Peru: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Egypt
- Peru
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 21.6% against 21.2% in Peru, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Peru ahead.
Egypt ranks 82nd and Peru ranks 84th of 196 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.5% | 37.3% | 16.8% | Peru |
| 1970s | 17.2% | 35.4% | 18.2% | Peru |
| 1980s | 7.6% | 18.1% | 10.5% | Peru |
| 1990s | 9.6% | 27.9% | 18.2% | Peru |
| 2000s | 9.6% | 18.6% | 9.0% | Peru |
| 2010s | 16.8% | 18.9% | 2.1% | Peru |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 22.3% | 4.9% | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Egypt or Peru?
- Egypt, at 21.6% against 21.2% in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Egypt and Peru?
- 0.4%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Peru?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Peru rank globally for food exports?
- Egypt ranks 82nd and Peru ranks 84th 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.