IDA total vs Malawi: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- IDA total
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 93.3% against 22.6% in IDA total, a difference of 70.7%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 4.1 times IDA total's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
IDA total ranks 7th and Malawi ranks 7th of 46 groups.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA total | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 36.1% | 92.6% | 56.5% | Malawi |
| 1990s | 24.8% | 89.2% | 64.4% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 19.3% | 86.1% | 66.7% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 81.9% | 61.9% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 89.2% | 68.5% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, IDA total or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 93.3% against 22.6% in IDA total as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between IDA total and Malawi?
- 70.7%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Malawi?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do IDA total and Malawi rank globally for food exports?
- IDA total ranks 7th and Malawi ranks 7th 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.