Italy vs East Timor: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Italy
- East Timor
How they compare
Italy currently reports 11.3% against 10.5% in East Timor, a difference of 0.8%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2004 it was East Timor ahead.
Italy ranks 129th and East Timor ranks 132nd of 196 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.5% | 97.6% | 91.2% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 50.0% | 41.1% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 12.7% | 2.5% | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Italy or East Timor?
- Italy, at 11.3% against 10.5% in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Italy and East Timor?
- 0.8%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and East Timor?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
- How do Italy and East Timor rank globally for food exports?
- Italy ranks 129th and East Timor ranks 132nd 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.