Italy vs Turkey: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Italy
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 11.8% against 11.3% in Italy, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 129th and Turkey ranks 126th of 196 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.6% | 60.1% | 48.5% | Turkey |
| 1970s | 8.1% | 49.1% | 41.0% | Turkey |
| 1980s | 6.9% | 34.3% | 27.4% | Turkey |
| 1990s | 6.7% | 20.7% | 14.1% | Turkey |
| 2000s | 6.7% | 10.2% | 3.5% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 8.5% | 11.0% | 2.6% | Turkey |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 11.8% | 1.2% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Italy or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 11.8% against 11.3% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Italy and Turkey?
- 0.5%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Turkey?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Turkey rank globally for food exports?
- Italy ranks 129th and Turkey ranks 126th 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.