Faroe Islands vs IDA total: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Faroe Islands
- IDA total
How they compare
Faroe Islands currently reports 91.9% against 22.6% in IDA total, a difference of 69.3%.
That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 4.1 times IDA total's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, Faroe Islands has been ahead every year.
Faroe Islands ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 7th of 196 countries.
Faroe Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Faroe Islands | IDA total | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 90.5% | 33.7% | 56.8% | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 91.2% | 24.8% | 66.4% | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 90.5% | 19.3% | 71.1% | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Faroe Islands or IDA total?
- Faroe Islands, at 91.9% against 22.6% in IDA total as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Faroe Islands and IDA total?
- 69.3%, with Faroe Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and IDA total?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2009.
- How do Faroe Islands and IDA total rank globally for food exports?
- Faroe Islands ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 7th 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.