El Salvador vs Liberia: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- El Salvador
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 24.5% against 23.7% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1963 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 72nd and Liberia ranks 70th of 196 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.4% | 3.4% | 57.0% | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 58.3% | 5.8% | 52.5% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 50.4% | 8.0% | 42.3% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 18.4% | 6.7% | 11.7% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 19.8% | 15.7% | 4.1% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, El Salvador or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 24.5% against 23.7% in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food exports between El Salvador and Liberia?
- 0.8%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Liberia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Liberia rank globally for food exports?
- El Salvador ranks 72nd and Liberia ranks 70th 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.