Malawi vs Maldives: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Malawi
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 97.0% against 93.3% in Malawi, a difference of 3.7%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 4th of 196 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.9% | 74.4% | 14.5% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 84.6% | 80.5% | 4.2% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 81.9% | 97.8% | 15.9% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 89.9% | 96.1% | 6.2% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Malawi or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 97.0% against 93.3% in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Malawi and Maldives?
- 3.7%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Maldives?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Maldives rank globally for food exports?
- Malawi ranks 7th and Maldives ranks 4th 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.