High income vs Iceland: Food exports
Food exports over time
- High income
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 46.9% against 8.7% in High income, a difference of 38.2%.
That makes Iceland's figure about 5.4 times High income's.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Iceland has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 40th and Iceland ranks 42nd of 46 groups.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.8% | 92.4% | 76.6% | Iceland |
| 1970s | 12.0% | 78.4% | 66.4% | Iceland |
| 1980s | 10.4% | 76.6% | 66.2% | Iceland |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 77.8% | 69.7% | Iceland |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 55.6% | 49.2% | Iceland |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 44.5% | 36.7% | Iceland |
| 2020s | 8.3% | 45.4% | 37.1% | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, High income or Iceland?
- Iceland, at 46.9% against 8.7% in High income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between High income and Iceland?
- 38.2%, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Iceland?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do High income and Iceland rank globally for food exports?
- High income ranks 40th and Iceland ranks 42nd of 46 groups.
- 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.