Maldives vs Pacific island small states: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Maldives
- Pacific island small states
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 97.0% against 47.5% in Pacific island small states, a difference of 49.5%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 2.0 times Pacific island small states's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 4th and Pacific island small states ranks 1st of 196 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Pacific island small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.7% | 47.8% | 38.9% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 97.8% | 49.7% | 48.0% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Maldives or Pacific island small states?
- Maldives, at 97.0% against 47.5% in Pacific island small states as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Maldives and Pacific island small states?
- 49.5%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Pacific island small states?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2018.
- How do Maldives and Pacific island small states rank globally for food exports?
- Maldives ranks 4th and Pacific island small states ranks 1st 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.