El Salvador vs Greece: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- El Salvador
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 24.1% against 23.7% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Greece ahead.
El Salvador ranks 72nd and Greece ranks 71st of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Greece in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.0% | 60.3% | 0.3% | Greece |
| 1970s | 58.3% | 34.6% | 23.7% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 59.0% | 29.4% | 29.6% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 50.7% | 28.5% | 22.2% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 17.2% | 21.6% | 4.4% | Greece |
| 2010s | 20.2% | 19.0% | 1.2% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 21.0% | 20.5% | 0.5% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, El Salvador or Greece?
- Greece, at 24.1% against 23.7% in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between El Salvador and Greece?
- 0.4%, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Greece?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Greece rank globally for food exports?
- El Salvador ranks 72nd and Greece ranks 71st 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.