Latin America & Caribbean vs Yemen: Food exports
Food exports over time
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 99.3% against 24.7% in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 74.6%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 4.0 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 4th and Yemen ranks 1st of 46 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39.6% | 26.3% | 13.3% | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2000s | 18.9% | 4.8% | 14.1% | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2010s | 21.2% | 40.8% | 19.5% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Latin America & Caribbean or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 99.3% against 24.7% in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2019.
- What is the difference in food exports between Latin America & Caribbean and Yemen?
- 74.6%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Yemen?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2019.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean and Yemen rank globally for food exports?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 4th and Yemen ranks 1st 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.